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One of the things I hated most about Portland was the culture around startups needing to pay for coaching, etc... I was worried about the pay to play issues wi

One of the things I hated most about Portland was the culture around startups needing to pay for coaching, etc... I was worried about the pay to play issues with the Portland Seed Fund and heavily encouraged them not to do that. In fact I told them I wouldn't help or speak if the pay to play stayed and they removed it. So hopefully they'll talk about this next week because they've told me that they will NOT be charging an application fee.

mikey_p 16y ago
Awesome, I hadn't heard that news yet, that would make me much more comfortable recommending the program. The other big one that stands out to me is Portland Ten. I've been unsure about what I've seen from the Mentoring and Knowledge networks (I'm not following the Financing network) that were started after the software summit, but I think they could prove to be very valuable.