Week ending Mar 27, 2026 - Oregon startup news

This week: Beaverton Startup Challenge deadline, All Raise's VC diversity survey, Dominic Kuklawood on The Awkward Handshake, my Prosperity Council response on SB 1507, the Yex Labs fiscal impact model that shows Oregon could lose a billion dollars over 10 years from QSBS taxation, and Charles Voloshin's Control Your Persona manifesto. Plus secrets.Chapters00:00 Intro00:27 Beaverton Startup Challenge — applications due01:48 All Raise survey 02:41 Dominic Kuklawood on The Awkward Handshake04:10 SB 1507 & the Prosperity Council response07:35 Yex Labs QSBS fiscal impact model — Monte Carlo simulation13:55 Control Your Persona16:20 SecretsLinks- Beaverton Startup Challenge: https://www.oregonstartupcenter.org/beaverton-startup-challenge-applications-open- All Raise: https://www.allraise.org/- Calagator: https://calagator.org/events- Portland Startup Events: https://lu.ma/PortlandStartupEvents- The Awkward Handshake podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjpnwIgg0K0- My Prosperity Council response: https://siliconflorist.com/2026/03/23/my-response-to-the-oregon-governors-prosperity-council/- QSBS fiscal impact model: https://www.yex.ai/- Control Your Persona manifesto (Soqratic / Charles Voloshin): https://controlyourpersona.org/FIND RICK TUROCZY ON THE INTERNET AT…- https://patreon.com/turoczy- https://linkedin.com/in/turoczy- Portland Oregon startup news on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/portland-oregon-startup-news-silicon-florist/id1711294699- Portland Oregon startup news Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2cmLDH8wrPdNMS2qtTnhcy?si=H627wrGOTvStxxKWRlRGLQ- Startup Stories on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1Tk7bbzaNYowGouI9ucKC3- Startup Stories on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/startup-stories-with-silicon-florist/id1849468494- The Long Con on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-long-con/id1810923457- The Long Con on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/48oglyT5JNKxVH5lnWTYKA- https://bsky.app/profile/turoczy.bsky.social- https://siliconflorist.substack.com/- https://pdxslack.comABOUT SILICON FLORIST ----------For nearly two decades, Rick Turoczy has published Silicon Florist, a blog, newsletter, and podcast that covers entrepreneurs, founders, startups, entrepreneurship, tech, news, and events in the Portland, Oregon, startup community. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a startup or tech enthusiast, or simply intrigued by Portland's startup culture, Silicon Florist is your go-to source for the latest news, events, jobs, and opportunities in Portland Oregon's flourishing tech and startup scene. Join us in exploring the innovative world of startups in Portland, where creativity and collaboration meet.ABOUT RICK TUROCZY ----------Rick Turoczy has been working in, on, and around the Portland, Oregon, startup community for nearly 30 years. He has been recognized as one of the “OG”s of startup ecosystem building by the Kauffman Foundation. And he has been humbled by any number of opportunities to speak on stages from SXSW to INBOUND and from Kobe, Japan, to Muscat, Oman, including an opportunity to share his views on community building on the TEDxPortland stage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj98mr_wUA0). All because of a blog. Weird.https://siliconflorist.com#pdx #portland #oregon #startup #entrepreneur