Our primary objective with PIE Demo Day is to highlight the achievements of the participants in our program by engaging the broader startup community to celebrate these founders and the companies they are building. And over a decade of hosting demo days, if we’ve learned one thing, it’s this: you attend in hopes of finding ways to support … Continue reading PIE Demo Day 2022: Participating startups
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REMINDER: Join our Discord for a Q&A session
During this PIE application period — which closes on March 14 — we've been running a series of Ask Me Anything sessions on a variety of platforms, like Crowdcast, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube, to name a few. It's all part of an effort to ensure that we're available to answer your questions and ensure … Continue reading REMINDER: Join our Discord for a Q&A session
Twitter Spaces: Startup Accelerators 🚀
I'll be hosting a Twitter Spaces session on startup accelerators on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at 4:00PM Pacific Time. It's an "Ask Me Anything" format so feel free to come with questions about startup accelerators or PIE. For more information or to stay in the loop on future community events, join PIE + Portland startup … Continue reading Twitter Spaces: Startup Accelerators 🚀
Attend PIE Demo Day 2021 virtually
It's almost time for PIE Demo Day 2021! We're looking forward to sharing the stories of the amazing founders with whom we've had the opportunity during this very long and very virtual PIE class. If you're interested in participating in PIE Demo Day, there are three ways for you to do so. Everyone is welcome … Continue reading Attend PIE Demo Day 2021 virtually
Reheating PIE
Photo by Dilyara Garifullina on Unsplash [Note: We shared this information with current PIE and PIE Shop startups and PIE mentors on Pi Day. PIE Consumer companies have been on a different track, this time around. In the interest of transparency with the PIE community, we also wanted to share it with you.] PIE never … Continue reading Reheating PIE
Why we’re extending the PIE application period until August 9, 2020
We realize that referring to what we’ve all been going through as “a weird and unusual time” is an understatement. And we also realize that many folks in our startup community have a number of other compounding stressors during this time. It’s not just a global pandemic weighing on them. It’s any number of other … Continue reading Why we’re extending the PIE application period until August 9, 2020
Talking about The Startup Community Way
Here at PIE, we're big fans of the book Startup Communities by Brad Feld. From the Boulder Thesis to a myriad of other insights, it has served as a seminal work for our work as a participant in the Portland startup community and the broader world of startups. So when we heard that a follow … Continue reading Talking about The Startup Community Way
The next PIE experiment: A virtual startup accelerator
If you’re familiar with the PIE program, at all, you know that physical proximity — founders getting to sit next to one another in a shared office space — has been the cornerstone of our program for more than a decade. But with the world the way it is, that opportunity to share a physical … Continue reading The next PIE experiment: A virtual startup accelerator
What to expect when PIE opens applications for the next cohort
It's that time of year. Time for PIE to start looking for another group of promising founders and startups. It's also time for PIE to engage in a new experiment. And that experiment — which will come as a surprise to absolutely no one — is that, for the first time in more than a … Continue reading What to expect when PIE opens applications for the next cohort
Upcoming live online events designed for the Portland startup community — and the broader startup community, in general
As we all continue to weather the social and physical isolation of the ongoing pandemic, PIE is working to provide ways to help the Portland startup community overcome this feeling of disconnectedness. One way we're doing that is by hosting live Q&A sessions on the PIE Crowdcast channel. The easiest ways to stay in the … Continue reading Upcoming live online events designed for the Portland startup community — and the broader startup community, in general
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