Rick Turoczy is joining us on the Independent Technopreneur panel. Rick Turoczy has worked in marketing communications roles at Portland area startups for more than a dozen years, on both the corporate and consulting sides of the desk. In that time, he has had the opportunity to experience practically every stage of the startup lifecycle: bootstrapping, splashy launches, seeking funding, building a strong privately held presence, riding the IPO roller coaster, and posturing for acquisition. Only that fabled brass ring–profitability–has escaped his grasp. He is currently managing a startup of his own, Return, a communications consultancy that also dabbles in product development. He can be found most readily via Twitter or on his blog about Portland-area startups, Silicon Florist.