Transparency: It’s good for business
Transparency isn’t exactly a natural instinct for companies in the throes of fierce competition.
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Thinking Small
Not all startups aim to save the world. Here’s a look at three consumer-product startups targeting the hyper-niche category.
Tactics: Systems Upheaval
Fall got off to a busy start for Mentor Graphics, the Wilsonville-based electronic design automation company that makes software products for engineers.
Launch, Startup Tip and Where They Are Now
Inspired by 3-D printing, Beth Esponnette is putting a new spin on wearable technology. Her startup, unspun, aims to print clothing from the ground up. Her goal is to eliminate waste from the apparel manufacturing process. A 28-year-old Stanford graduate, Esponnette got the idea for the Eugene-based company while working for a major outdoor clothing … Read more
Sex & Tech: The good, the bad and the ugly
Dating apps. Geek office love. Seed funding (Get it?) Welcome to our sex and software issue.
Pushing the boundaries: tech and sex workers
New business models reframe age-old debates about entrepreneurialism and exploitation in the sex industry.
Coding romance: Tales of love and startups
Profiles of Oregon software executives and employees who are partners in love as well as business.
Launch, Startup Tip and Where They Are Now
Society Nine muscles into women’s gear, Steve Morris advises startups to validate product with customers and RapidMade quadruples staff.
Big Baby: Launch, Startup Tip and Where They are Now
Babies are a miracle of nature. They are also a budding market for entrepreneurs in the smart-tech market. And BabyBit, a sensor that attaches to an infant’s clothes, takes child care to its logical, connected-future extreme.
