Rick Turoczy

  • Silicon Florist founder shares “ideas about ideas” with Speak Easy crowd

    Rick Turoczy is the editor and founder of Silicon Florist, a 20-year veteran of the startup industry and co-founder of the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE). I guess you could say we liken him to the Jeff Slobotski of Portland. Last week Turoczy brought a fresh perspective on what makes entrepreneurs successful to the more than…

  • Could the Silicon Prairie use a slice of PIE? A look at the Portland incubator

    One of our friends in the Pacific Northwest, Rick Turoczy of the blog Silicon Florist, is about to help serve up the second helping of the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE) as co-founder. Modeled after TechStars – a Boulder, Co.-based startup accelerator that takes an equity stake in exchange for its three-month program involving seed funding,…

  • How does the Silicon Prairie become more attractive for venture capital?

    (Left: Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch interviews David Hornik of August Capital.) After reading a post by our friends at Silicon Florist looking at the same issue in Portland – “How does Portland become more attractive for venture capital investment?” – it inspired me to ask the same question of the Silicon Prairie community. Silicon Florist…

  • South by Southwest is right around the corner

    It’s hard to believe that this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive is just around the corner, like two and a half weeks around the corner! It seems like we just got back from the 2009 event, but we’re excited to hop on the plane to Austin! This year, we’ll not only be covering the…

  • SXSW 2010 panel voting is live!

    South by Southwest Interactive…a phrase you’ll hear us talking about a lot over the next few months! This is one event we suggest you plan on attending… South by Southwest (SXSW) is a set of interactive, film, and music festivals and conferences that takes place every spring in Austin, Texas. SXSW began in 1987 and is…