One of the great things about liv­ing in Portland is our grow­ing startup cul­ture. Since last October I’ve been work­ing out of PIE and have had the chance to see some of that hap­pen­ing first hand.

Tiny Startup Camp takes a unique approach to cre­at­ing local star­tups. Jason’s goal is to help 100 peo­ple start new, self-sustaining, busi­nesses. No spend­ing thou­sands of dol­lars on devel­op­ment. No play­ing the billion-dollar VC lot­tery ticket game. Just small, sus­tain­able busi­nesses that help peo­ple do what they love.

It’s a 2-day event: Saturday will be great con­fer­ence and Sunday is a full-day work­shop. The goal is to get every­one up and run­ning with a WordPress-powered site for their busi­ness, a way for peo­ple to sign up, and some tar­geted ads bought to test their new idea. Pretty cool.

I’m really excited that Jason’s putting this on. If you’re in town and have been want­ing to start your own busi­ness, you should go reg­is­ter!