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Taking Notes Episode 138: 2011.08.08 - The Portland Incubator Experiment 8.8.2011
On this episode of Taking Notes we sit down with Rick Turoczy the Co-Founder of the Portland Incubator Experiment or "PIE".

In the show we talk about:
  • Who Rick Turoczy is and his background in industry
  • The Silicon Florist blog
  • Some history about the www.bacn.com website and how it got started
  • What is an incubator
  • How ideas get turned into companies
  • How things don't always go the way people envision them to go
  • More about what PIE is/does and how it got started
  • The Wieden and Kennedy partnership
  • What companies are involved with PIE
  • What companies are helping mentor PIE's classes
  • What industries are participating in PIE
  • The PIE application process
  • Which companies have graduated PIE
  • When the next round of PIE will be
  • What startups get in terms of financing and office space
  • and much more...
Listen to Rick Turoczy talk about the Portland Incubator Experiment >



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