Week ending Jul 3 2026 - Oregon startup news

This week in Portland startup news, we start with the top 10 Silicon Florist posts from H1 2026 — the list readers built by clicking, not me — and the story it tells is worth pausing over: QSBS grabbed the top two slots, Dwayne Johnson's community read landed at number three, and Panthalassa's quiet $140 million Series B slotted in at four. From there, a midyear refresh of the "how to Portland startup community" primer — the front door for anyone who's been circling the edges and hasn't quite found their way in yet. CHAPTERS:00:00 Portland startup news02:05 Small Business resources07:10 Top 10 Oregon startup stories so far18:35 How to Portland startup community22:15 SecretsLINKS:Top 10 Silicon Florist posts, H1 2026 — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/07/01/top-10-silicon-florist-posts-for-the-first-half-of-2026/How to Portland startup community (midyear) — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/07/02/refresher-how-to-portland-startup-community-midyear-2026-quickstart-edition/Portland Startups Slack — https://pdxslack.com/Bricks Need Mortar × Portland Office of Small Business AI Shop Talk — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/06/29/run-a-small-business-curious-about-ai-bricks-need-mortar-can-help/The AI Conversation — register (Jul 16) — https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ai-conversation-thats-been-missing-for-small-business-tickets-1991933655184Our Place — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/07/01/helping-you-find-your-people-and-community-with-our-place/Our Place app — https://www.ourplace.community/LocalFirst PDX — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/07/01/portland-loves-local-small-business-localfirst-pdx-makes-them-easier-to-find/LocalFirst PDX site — https://localfirstpdx.com/FIND RICK TUROCZY ON THE INTERNET AT…- https://patreon.com/turoczy- https://linkedin.com/in/turoczy- Portland Oregon startup news on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/portland-oregon-startup-news-silicon-florist/id1711294699- Portland Oregon startup news Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2cmLDH8wrPdNMS2qtTnhcy?si=H627wrGOTvStxxKWRlRGLQ- Startup Stories on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1Tk7bbzaNYowGouI9ucKC3- Startup Stories on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/startup-stories-with-silicon-florist/id1849468494- The Long Con on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-long-con/id1810923457- The Long Con on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/48oglyT5JNKxVH5lnWTYKA- https://bsky.app/profile/turoczy.bsky.social- https://siliconflorist.substack.com/- https://pdxslack.comABOUT SILICON FLORIST ----------For nearly two decades, Rick Turoczy has published Silicon Florist, a blog, newsletter, and podcast that covers entrepreneurs, founders, startups, entrepreneurship, tech, news, and events in the Portland, Oregon, startup community. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a startup or tech enthusiast, or simply intrigued by Portland's startup culture, Silicon Florist is your go-to source for the latest news, events, jobs, and opportunities in Portland Oregon's flourishing tech and startup scene. Join us in exploring the innovative world of startups in Portland, where creativity and collaboration meet.ABOUT RICK TUROCZY ----------Rick Turoczy has been working in, on, and around the Portland, Oregon, startup community for nearly 30 years. He has been recognized as one of the “OG”s of startup ecosystem building by the Kauffman Foundation. And he has been humbled by any number of opportunities to speak on stages from SXSW to INBOUND and from Kobe, Japan, to Muscat, Oman, including an opportunity to share his views on community building on the TEDxPortland stage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj98mr_wUA0). All because of a blog. Weird.https://siliconflorist.com#pdx #portland #oregon #startup #entrepreneur