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  • 'Window pane bandit' (or a copycat) hits another bike shop
    The thief (thieves) made out with a Surly LHT. Southeast Portland bike shop Seven Corners Cycles was broken into this morning. The thieves (or thief) made out with one new bike (a large, black Surly Long Haul Trucker), seven Chrome messenger bags, and some lights and locks. According to shop owner...
  • Blumenauer: Transpo bill mess could be "springboard" for the movement
    Blumenauer does not take attacks on bicycling lightly.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) As arguably the most bike and transit-sensitive member of the U.S. Congress, Earl Blumenauer has had a trying week. Yesterday, the widely-maligned House transportation bill, a bill that eliminates the Safe Routes to...
  • Project comes with four month closure of popular Gorge road
    Crown Point is a popular biking destination.(Photo: Carye Bye) For four months beginning this fall, a Federal Highway Administration project in the Columbia River Gorge will come with a road closure that will prohibit vehicle access ? including bikes ? to popular bicycling routes on the Historic...
  • BikeCraft: Coming soon to an online storefront
    Screenshot I've got some exciting news about the continued evolution of the annual BikeCraft event. You'll recall this year I formally handed over the event to Aaron Kaffen and Amos Hunter after running it for six years (sniff, sniff). Amos and Aaron took it to a whole new level and the event was...
  • City of Beaverton looking for feedback on downtown redesign
    SW Broadway in downtown Beaverton might soon look like this.(Conceptual rendering by the City of Beaverton) The City of Beaverton and the Beaverton Downtown Association are in the process of redesigning SW Broadway, the street that runs through the heart of downtown Beaverton. The goal of the...

InnovativEye

  • The Problem Solving Dilemma
    A dilemma suggests a choice between two or more equally undesirable alternatives. It’s a frequent managerial situation where a decision, and ultimately trade offs must be made to solve a problem. The real problem is not the lack of attractive alternatives, but a lack of understanding of the problem itself.
  • Innovative business model based on the laws of physics
    Business models that capitalize on opportunities overlooked by conventional market structures can be very lucrative territory for an innovative entrepreneur. It is the essence of innovation to focus on what’s missing rather than what’s there. The solution is in the model. Strategically reorienting business elements creates a series of opportunities for products or services. It’s a foundation for serial entrepreneurship. Hayden Hamilton, is mining the market gaps left unattended by industry giants with a series startups. He is applying basic laws of physics to economics with interesting results.   

Things About Portland That Rule

  • #10 Waterfront Blues Festival
    Towards the end of the glorious 80′s, a genius came up with this amazing idea: to bring the blues to Portland.  Although it initially didn’t create much of a spark throughout the state, it continued to grow throughout the 90′s and into the massive awesomeness that it is today.  National Blues musicians come through Portland, [...]
  • First Thursday @ Lizard Lounge
    I’ve been to so many First Thursdays and consider it one of the greatest ongoing events in Portland.  Of all the galleries, there is only one place that hosts the ultimate First Thursday experience. Lizard Lounge has been holding these events since they first opened.  Each event showcases art and music from the Northwest.  Somehow, [...]
  • #8 Powell?s Books
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  • #7 BarFlyMag.com
    When I first became of age in Portland, OR, Citysearch was the place for information about where to go Friday night.  I hated Citysearch.  It felt fake.  It made me believe that the only genuine reviews they had to offer were the over-the-top negative comments.  My knowledge of bars in my area and where I [...]
  • #6 Urban Iditarod
    Definitions: Iditarod – an important dogsled race run annually on the Iditarod Trail Urban Iditarod – a human-led shopping kart race run annually through SE, NW and SW Portland bars. ?There are no winner, there are no losers, there are just a bunch of belligerent people.? KATU NEWS The insanity of Portland’s urban iditarod can [...]

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