I received an email today from Smartups.org, an organization sponsored by Palo Alto Software (my former employer) and the Lundquist College of Business (my Alma Mater). Yes, this city can feel very small at times!

Smartups is holding their first “Pub Talk” on April 2nd. Local startups will present their business plans to a panel of sober, gavel-wielding judges. Ok, I don’t know if they’ll have gavels, and I doubt they will be 100% sober, but how else could they look judgely? Wigs would be an excellent start…

Here is the link, and here are the details:

When: Wed., April 2nd, 2008 from 5:00-7:30 pm

Where: Davis’ Restaurant

Cost: $10 – pre-register now! Or $15 at the door (includes hors d’oeuvres and one free beverage)

What: A presentation of 4 new start-up companies. Each company will have 10 minutes to pitch their company. We will have a panel of judges who will then have 10 minutes to ask questions. The audience will also be given an opportunity to vote and ask questions.

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Joel Burslem over at FOREM posted an excellent review of Roost, a new real estate search engine platform built upon IDX functionality.

He makes some great points, and one especially relevant to a lot of people who visit this site – the listings are complete. You can quickly search MLS listings for multiple brokers at once.

Time to add it to the Find a Home tab..only to have ZERO people come back to visit this blog once they discover how great Roost is!

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When I think of blight, several things come to mind:

1. A rotten tomato.
2. Certain neighborhoods South of the Willamette.
3. Certain neighborhoods North of the Willamette.
3. Two giant cesspools full of rainwater downtown.
4. This blog.

Eugene has a blight problem. People leave stuff everywhere. From Cigarettes to lawn chairs to sailboats (see the last LTE). Not art, junk.

So what should conscientious Eugeneans (all five of us) do to protect the value of our biggest asset, especially in a soft housing market?

Well, that’s for the poll of the week..

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