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Reid Beels

Portland Oregon

Designer, developer, geonerd, community organizer, and generally nice guy. Works on @calagator, @osbridge, @wherecamppdx, @paydici, & more.

http://reidbeels.com

Technologies

ruby, rails, css, sass, html, javascript

Companies

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    Paydici

    Rent collection, simplified.

Groups

  • Pdxdevops

    Portland DevOps User Group

    pdxdevops is a Portland, Oregon user group that explores the glorious intersection of software development and systems operations, and shares practical advice on working effectively in an era of agile infrastructure, server automation and cloud computing.

  • Pdx_func

    Portland Functional Programming Study Group

    pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring functional programming in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers with any level of experience or interest in any functional language, including Haskell, Lisp, OCaml, and others.

  • Pdx_rb

    Portland Ruby Brigade

    The Portland Ruby Brigade is a user group for Ruby programmers in the Portland, Oregon area. We're a friendly group that freely shares knowledge about the Ruby programming language, its libraries and frameworks, such as Ruby on Rails.

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    Open Source Bridge

    An all-volunteer run conference for open source citizens.

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    PDX11

    The next step toward making Portland the most awesome place in the world to start and run your software business. We're here to keep you informed about the City's initiative to promote and enhance our local software industry. Mentoring & Learning pilot program: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=3956973&trk=anet_ug_hm

  • Demolicious

    Demolicious is Portland Web Innovators’ showcase of member’s work. Whether it’s a side project or a new business, you have ten minutes to show what you’ve got.

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    Code 'n' Splode

    Supporting the participation of women in the Portland tech community.

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    Portland Semantic Web Interest Group

    A community for discussion of topics related the use of Semantic Web technologies and Linked Data for application development in Portland, Oregon.

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    PDX Weekly Hackathon

    Come do strange things with computers amongst others whilst drinking fine Portland beer. Look for the row of geeks with computers in the back of the main room. All programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc. You're encouraged to bring a computer, but can t...

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    Legion of Tech

    The purpose of this not-for-profit organization is to grow and nurture the local Portland community through free, educational, community-run technology events.

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    NoPoCoNi - North Portland Coders Night

    Come hang out, drink beer, and write code every Monday night. The meetings are extremely informal, and everyone is welcome! Maybe we'll be in the middle room, maybe in the back room, just keep walking until you see a table full of laptops.

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    PDX Breakfast

    A bimonthly gathering of people who need coffee, bacon, and conversation. Frequented by techie types, arty types, policy wonks, and rabbis. Logo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/framboise/

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    "Collective Agency"

    "Collective Agency" is a supportive and nurturing space to work alongside people doing work they're passionate about and committed to, a space where 80% of people want to say hi. A voluntary association of individuals in Portland Oregon.

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    SEPoCoNi

    Come hang out and write code in a nice uncrowded environment with your fellow nerds, drink beer and eat nachos! The meetings are extremely informal, and everyone is welcome! The place is small so finding the nerd herd shouldn't be too difficult. We're usually at the long tables by the door.

Projects

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    Calagator

    A community-editable calendar of tech events in the Portland, Oregon area. The software the site runs on is published as open source and is in use in many other cities.

  • Citizenry

    The software that powers this directory.

  • OpenConferenceWare

    OpenConferenceWare is an open source web application for events and conferences. This customizable, general-purpose platform provides proposals, sessions, schedules, tracks and more. The software is used for conferences like Open Source Bridge and Linux Plumbers, and various Ignite sites.

Topics I can mentor

Protecting company ideas, Assembling the founding team, Picking the right legal entity type, Allocating initial equity, Defining the market problem, Validating business solutions, Sizing and scoping the market, Understanding the competition, Defining business and revenue models, Building a financial model, Deciding whether to raise money, Analyzing how much money to raise, Assessing sources of financing, Deciding on the type of financing, Defining customer requirements, Creating a product development roadmap, Deciding whether to contract or hire developers, Balancing people, features and time, Creating a marketing plan, Establishing a marketing budget, Understanding the target market, Crafting creative and effective messaging, Pursuing advertising, PR and/or social media strategies, Creating a sales plan and revenue targets, Establishing a sales budget, Setting sales compensation levels, Hiring a sales team, Pricing products and services, Understanding operational requirements, Finding office space, Establishing internal communications channels, Setting up operations and customer support systems, Defining an exit strategy, Understanding valuation metrics, Identifying potential acquirers, Deciding when to pursue an exit

Topics I would like mentoring in

Establishing a sales budget, Protecting company ideas, Assembling the founding team, Picking the right legal entity type, Allocating initial equity, Defining the market problem, Validating business solutions, Sizing and scoping the market, Understanding the competition, Defining business and revenue models, Building a financial model, Deciding whether to raise money, Analyzing how much money to raise, Assessing sources of financing, Deciding on the type of financing, Defining customer requirements, Creating a product development roadmap, Deciding whether to contract or hire developers, Balancing people, features and time, Creating a marketing plan, Establishing a marketing budget, Understanding the target market, Crafting creative and effective messaging, Pursuing advertising, PR and/or social media strategies, Creating a sales plan and revenue targets, Setting sales compensation levels, Hiring a sales team, Pricing products and services, Understanding operational requirements, Finding office space, Establishing internal communications channels, Setting up operations and customer support systems, Defining an exit strategy, Understanding valuation metrics, Identifying potential acquirers, Deciding when to pursue an exit