Portland Startup Summit
Event Information
Description
SCHEDULE & AGENDA
12:50 PM - 1:20 PMRegistration & Networking
Welcome to Portland Startup Summit!
Check-in begins 10 minutes before the official 1 PM start time.
1:20 PM - 1:30 PMCall to Order & Opening Remarks
Doors open to the Conference Room ten minutes before the first panel. Opening remarks start at approximately 1:25 PM.
Christian Perry
Executive Producer, Portland Startup Summit
Dina Moy
Mistress of Ceremonies, Portland Startup Summit
PANEL: THE FUTURE OF BANKING
Anchored by the success of Simple, Portland has quickly risen to prominence as a hub of financial technology innovation. This panel brings together founders of local banking and finance startups to discuss the future of the banking industry, and the role that Portland will play at its center.
Rich Maloy (Moderator)
Community Development Manager, SoftLayer
Krista Berlincourt
Communications Manager, Simple
Eli Alford-Jones
Founder & CEO, Paydici
Anna Guyton
Co-Founder, BitConsultants
Trevor Dryer
CEO, Mirador
THE ART OF THE PITCH
You only get one chance to make a first impression — and you only get one slide deck to do it. Andrea Barrica, co-founder of San-Francisco-based SlideChef, dedicates her career to helping startups build the best slide deck possible. In this talk, she'll share insights, methodologies, and techniques that lie at the heart of a successful deck, discussing best practices to follow, along with pitfalls to avoid.
Andrea Barrica
Co-Founder, SlideChef
SAN FRANCISCO, THE WORLD, THEN PORTLAND
Backed by YCombinator and Andreesen Horowitz, mobile grocery startup Instacart rose to rapid success in the Bay Area. From there, they expanded to a dozen cities before arriving in Portland earlier this year. In this three-part case study, Heather Wake, GM at Instacart, will discuss the experience of building, scaling, and operationalizing a service-driven startup.
Heather Wake
GM, Instacart
Short Break
2:55 PM - 3:25 PMLAUNCH PARTNERS: MESSAGE BUS & ADEXPEDITER
We warmly welcome two startups from California — Message Bus, from Silicon Valley, and AdExpediter, from Los Angeles — who will join us on stage to make their Portland debut. Drop in to hear their story, learn from their expertise, and discover what they're all about.
Ben Andrews & Alexia Wellons
Co-Founders, AdExpediter
Kirill Popov
Director of Product, MessageBus
PANEL: THE INVESTOR'S CASE FOR PORTLAND
Portland is green in more ways than one. Presented by BlueRun Ventures, the lead investor in PayPal, this panel brings together two investors from Silicon Valley and two investors from Portland. The panel will explore the capital discrepancy between the two regions and outline why this may soon be a historical anomaly.
Jeff Tannenbaum (Moderator)
Principal, BlueRun Ventures
Scott Sandler
Fund Manager, Oregon Angel Fund
Ramsey Chapin
Early Stage Investments, True Ventures
Tom Sperry
Founder, Rogue Venture Partners
Cocktail Break
Enjoy an artisinal cocktail from Holocene's mixologists.
4:15 PM - 4:50 PMPANEL: THE FIRST MILLION — STARTUP SALES STRATEGIES
Turning a vision into a reality is one thing. Selling that vision to customers is quite another. This panel brings together local bootstrapped entrepreneurs to discuss strategies and case studies in making your first million dollars in revenue, and the role that sales plays in the process.
Robin Wang (Moderator)
Founder, Vibrant Future
Lindsay Nelson
CEO, ThemeDragon
Justin Yuen
President, FMYI
Sam Pardue
CEO & Founder, Indow Windows
Andrea Barrica
Co-Founder, SlideChef
THE TECHNOLOGY OF CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT
This talk will discuss how technology plays a role in how people make important buying decisions. We'll talk about the technology that has traditionally been used in the past, what's being used today, and what's on the horizon.
Josh Carter
Co-Founder, Plunk
Founding Evangelist, Assembly
Founder, Jetson Creative
Executive Producer, Portland Startup Summit
PANEL: PORTLAND STARTUP SUCCESS STORIES
Moderated by Rick Turoczy, this panel features the success stories of up-and-coming Portland startups, exploring why they chose Portland, and how the city contributes to their success. Speakers represent the next generation of Portland startups, providing a glimpse of our city's future, and the founders who are leading the way there.
Rick Turoczy (Moderator)
Founder, Silicon Florist
JR Storment
Co-Founder & Chief Customer Officer, Cloudability
Katrina Scotto di Carlo
Co-Founder & Creative Director, Supportland
Jimmy Douglass
Co-Founder, Trakt.tv
Special Mystery Guest!
A founder from the top-scoring Pitch Challenge team
Closing Reception
As the summit comes to an end, enjoy a few moments to relax and socialize with fellow attendees. Then, make your way to Doug Fir Lounge for our official After Party.
7:00 PM - 10:00 PMOfficial After Party
Join us for our official After Party at Doug Fir Lounge, just a quick walk (or streetcar ride) from Holocene.
Portland Startup Summit is a full-day convergence bringing together more than 300 people to celebrate the startup revolution in the City of Roses.
Join us at Holocene on December 3 for an event featuring live startup launches, amazing talks, and an unbeatable after party.
NEXT EVENT: PORTLAND STARTUP SUMMIT 2.0
PRESENTED BY
LAUNCH PARTNERS
STARTUP SHOWCASE
In partnership with SoftLayer, we've invited six startups to our Expo Hall, where they'll demo and pitch throughout the day.
Each startup is bootstrapped or seed-funded, run by full-time founders, and actively raising capital.
As an attendee, you'll meet each team and vote for your favorites. The winner receives a prize package worth over $9,000.
Coursetto — Empower anyone in a company to create, track, and share courses on any device.
SpinRiot — Create and deliver immersive presentations to support marketing, sales, and education.
Chroma — Real-time royalty engine that allows creators to automatically distribute product revenue.
KOIN.BE — Share any physical item with your friends, family and community.
StatDragon — Saas platform that helps companies succeed at video marketing.
BIOMIO — Biometric authentication & identification API for any resource or device.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
CHRISTIAN
PERRY
CEO
BETA, LLC
SUMMIT PRODUCTION TEAM
AARON
EPPERSON
HEAD OF OPERATIONS
DINA
MOY
MC
MAX
DUBOWY
REGISTRATION COORDINATOR
DRACO
ASTREUS
GUARDIAN OF THE GATE
SHELBY
MILLER
FACILITATOR
SHAWN
MACARTHUR
NINJA
FEATURED SPEAKERS
RICK
TUROCZY
FOUNDER
SILICON FLORIST
KATRINA
SCOTTO DI CARLO
CO-FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR
SUPPORTLAND
LINDSAY
NELSON
CEO
STATDRAGON
SCOTT
SANDLER
FUND MANAGER
OREGON ANGEL FUND
JEFF
TANNENBAUM
PRINCIPAL
BLUERUN VENTURES
KRISTA
BERLINCOURT
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
SIMPLE
TOM
SPERRY
FOUNDER
ROGUE VENTURE PARTNERS
JR
STORMENT
CO-FOUNDER
CLOUDABILITY
RAMSEY
CHAPIN
EARLY STAGE INVESTMENTS
TRUE VENTURES
ANNA
GUYTON
CO-FOUNDER
BIT CONSULTANTS
TREVOR
DRYER
CEO & CO-FOUNDER
MIRADOR
JIMMY
DOUGLAS
CO-FOUNDER
TRAKT.TV
HEATHER
WAKE
GENERAL MANAGER
INSTACART
ROBIN
WANG
FOUNDER
VIBRANT FUTURE
JOSH
MICHAELS
FOUNDER
JETSON CREATIVE / DIODE GALLERY
SAM
PARDUE
CEO & FOUNDER
INDOW
ANDREA
BARRICA
CO-FOUNDER
SLIDECHEF
KIRILL
POPOV
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT
MESSAGE BUS
ELI
ALFORD-JONES
FOUNDER & CEO
PAYDICI
BEN
ANDREWS
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
ADEXPEDITER
JUSTIN
YUEN
PRESIDENT
FMYI
ALEXIA
WELLONS
CO-FOUNDER & CMO
ADEXPEDITER
JOSH
CARTER
CO-FOUNDER
PLUNK
AUSTIN
SMITH
PLATFORM EVANGELIST
ASSEMBLY
GET INVOLVED
There are lots of ways to participate at Portland Startup Summit:
- Give a talk or speak on a panel
- Participate in our Startup Pitch Challenge
- Become a Community Partner and help spread the word
- Sign up as a volunteer
- Support us as a sponsor
To learn more, contact Christian Perry at christian.perry.pdx@gmail.com.
Organizer Beta LLC
Organizer of Portland Startup Summit
