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Startups, Bacon and Speed Iteration

Event Interactive 2011
Format Panel
Organizer Renny Gleeson Wieden + Kennedy
Description The Portland Incubator Experiment (P.I.E.) is an ongoing incubator/accelerator/iterative startup formed in Portland, Oregon as a partnership between a bunch of tech entrepreneurs/hackers and communications agency Wieden+Kennedy. The experiment has fostered and grown several successful businesses, a tech-community center, a VC-funded program "graduate", multimedia installations/robotics efforts, and 30-hr fundraisers. Hear from P.I.E.'s founders about what has and hasn't worked, cooking bacon @ 5am, our funky startup model and speed iteration."
Questions
Answered
  1. What makes P.I.E such a unique model in the World of technology incubators?
  2. How is Portland, Oregon even on the radar screen for emerging technology start-ups?
  3. What does it take to foster a successful business?
  4. What is a 30 hour fundraiser?
  5. How much bacon is too much?
Level Intermediate
Category Entrepreneurism / Monetization
Tags Incubators, startups, technology development