In January, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment) and a variety of our community partners threw together the beta test for a lowkey networking event for the Portland startup community.
No programming. No activities. Just people meeting people in the community. (We kind of thought of it as one of those "after parties" that take place at a major event — without having the actual major event.)
The result…? 400+ folks showed up. People who have been around forever met new people. People who just moved to town said "This is exactly what I needed." And all in all, a good time was had by all.
