Rick Turoczy

You've heard that AI can help you generate content. But your experience tells you that most all AI content sounds exactly like that. AI content. Where is the personal touch…? Or personality at all…? That's the problem

As a startup, you often need to gravitate to where the resources are. Sometimes, it's talent. Sometimes, it's customers. And more often than not, it's the mentorship and guidance you need to build your company. Which is why Portland companies landing spots in incubators and accelerators outside of the region is a fairly common occurrence. This time, it's

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How are you holding up, startup founder…? Every once in a while, I like to check in on you , startup founder. Especially when you're quiet and not asking.

If you happen to around Bend next weekend (I don't know. Maybe you live there or something.), Bend Startup Central is putting me in the hot seat

The community is always asking for ways to more easily engage with local government. Last year, they got the Portland Office of Small Business , a Prosper Portland managed entity designed to facilitate that exact request. And even though they've only been around for a year, they've already done a ton to engage with the community

Silicon Florist links arrangement for May 26, 2026 Here's a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

A whole new flavor of question has shown up for the folks who build developer tools: which models recommend you and why…? Adam DuVander's EveryDeveloper has a public answer to that question: LLM Rank , a free, independent ranking of which dev-tool companies the major AI language models actually point developers toward.

Silicon Florist links arrangement for June 1, 2026 Here's a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

The Portland Metro Region Innovation Hub — you know, the hub of innovation for the Portland metro region — has seen its fair share of fits and starts. And unfortunately, I'm sad to share that it is going to have another start. Or restart. The organization's second Executive Director Asad Butt has announced he is stepping down from his role.