YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2020

From your classic bar and grill to the always-popular pizzeria, these are the most profitable types of restaurants that are perfect for the aspiring entrepreneur. With their very specific menus and unique interior design services, vegetarian eateries often got a bad rep as catering to “hippie” diners. Bar and Grill.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

By Ingrid Vanderveldt, Dell’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence. With new crowdsourced fundraising operations like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , entrepreneurs are finding that they might be able to rely on the kindness of thousands of strangers who are willing to invest in their ideas. It’s the paradox of the modern startup.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

That's exactly the challenge posed by Geeks on a Train , a veritable Nerd Express from Portland, Ore., to Vancouver, where passengers "rethink business" among like-minded entrepreneurs and investors. The final headcount was a raucous, adventuresome 100+ founders, investors, entrepreneurs, bloggers, developers and designers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Graphic design is a notoriously competitive field and it can be tough for companies to stand out. But, at least twenty graphic design firms from around the world have proven to be the best in their field, with gorgeous portfolios filled with impressive clients and prominent design campaigns. Frog Design. MetaDesign.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 8, 2012

You’d think athletic socks are just a fashion commodity, but two college entrepreneurs think crew socks can not only be a fashion statement but also allow wearers to declare city affiliations. The original design featuring the Seattle city skyline sold out in three weeks when it was first launched. per pair. .

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

That's exactly the challenge posed by Geeks on a Train , a veritable Nerd Express from Portland, Ore., to Vancouver, where passengers will "rethink business" among like-minded entrepreneurs and investors. The final headcount was a raucous, adventuresome 100+ founders, investors, entrepreneurs, bloggers, developers and designers.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

That’s exactly the challenge posed by Geeks on a Train , a veritable Nerd Express from Portland, Ore., to Vancouver, where passengers will “rethink business” among like-minded entrepreneurs and investors. The post 114 Entrepreneurs On 1 Train For 8 Hours Pitching Ideas appeared first on ReadWrite.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 22, 2015

In the last year alone, several have opened across the United States, with cafes in New York City, Oakland, California, and soon, Portland Oregon. I spoke with wife and husband team Kristen and Sergio Castillo, whose cat cafe, Purringtons, is set to open in Portland at the end of January. An entrepreneurial epiphany.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

Part 1: Bend, Oregon Ecosystem and Entrepreneurs. So what types of entrepreneurs and startups exist in Bend? Nearby Portland Oregon (just 160 miles away) is home to over 300 startups; between the two markets, nearly 80 new startups are forming each year. Entrepreneurs in Bend. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

DIY Tools There are quite a few do-it-yourself options for the thrifty entrepreneur. Also make sure that you’re communicating well with any web developers or designers you hire. Have appropriate expectations, listen to the professionals in your employ and don’t micro-manage a design or development project.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Focus on your designated market area instead. Conversely, you may want to keep the fundamentals of the plan, but focus on a different audience. . ##### Today’s guest blog post is by Mahesh Raj Mohan, a freelance writer and editor based in Portland, Oregon. Tags: entrepreneur startup business plan writer audience.

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Up and Running

JUNE 3, 2011

Frank Chimero , a designer and author in Portland, Oregon, keeps a collection of articles that inspire him to make things. How to Get Started as an Entrepreneur. 100 Rules for Entrepreneurs – James Altucher. 100 Rules for Entrepreneurs brings me down to earth. Text Playlist. It’s a beautiful idea.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 3, 2019

This is why entrepreneurs are often encouraged to build businesses that solve problems that they have themselves. It’s much easier to develop a product and design marketing content and campaigns when you know exactly who the customer is and how they will react to different kinds of marketing. a product that gets you customers).

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dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

But for individual entrepreneurs who just have a good idea and big dreams, its easy to be misled into thinking that walking in the door with a fancy legal document makes you look professional or "serious". The essential design paradigm can be sketched on the back of an envelope. or Portland. legal , nda , startups , trust.

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

Like many parents these days, Josh and his wife Bethany realized that it would be a battle keeping the house designated into gluten-free and non-gluten-free areas, so they all got on the bandwagon and kicked gluten to keep things simple. Was it always your plan to be an entrepreneur? Jude’s Foods logo, designed by Bethany Fegles.

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Up and Running

MAY 18, 2015

As I write this, I am currently sitting in my home office, overlooking my sleepy little neighborhood in Southeast Portland. I’m home at 11am on a weekday because I work remotely; I am employed by Palo Alto Software, but as they are located in Eugene, Oregon, and I am currently living in Portland, I am rarely in the office.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 29, 2016

I thought of names like, Ranking Results Northwest, Portland Optimization Strategies, or Portland SEO Works. We chose the name ‘Katherine Hamilton Intimates’ to communicate to our customers that we are a UK designer of luxury lingerie. Thanks to Nanette Miner, Ed.D, The Training Doctor, LLC. #11

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Up and Running

AUGUST 15, 2016

I’m a big fan of IPAs (I live in Portland, Oregon, after all), and so the IPA Beer of the Month Club would be a subscription service right up my alley. Canva —free design program (great for creating logos, social media graphics, and more). Graze Box has you covered. Me, for example? Trello —an excellent project management system.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

If you’re a startup, you are by definition competing with the smartest people in the world – either large companies with more resources than yours or fellow entrepreneurs who are hoping to disrupt large companies. It’s also beautifully designed. Narrative and Comms Design by Portland State University. Khan Academy.

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Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak at the XOXO Festival in Portland Oregon. We’ve create archetypes for entrepreneurs and narratives about ambition for what these Unicorns are supposed to look like. The Andyies asked me to talk about our Indie.vc experiment and I was more than happy to oblige. And that’s not a joke.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 12, 2019

John Jantsch: So, in preparation for this, because you do the conference and have your business in the city of Portland. Portland, Maine. John Jantsch: Yeah, I was going to go there, because I did a little search, I said, “Fun facts about Portland, Maine.” It was five fun facts about Portland, Oregon.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2011

We needed to have a number of logos and icons designed for our various apps, but it was difficult figuring out where to in order to find good design talent. What’s your working relationship like now with the crowdSPRING designer’s project you chose? People seem to love it! What made you use crowdSPRING? .

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

If you aren’t familiar with the term, bootstrapping, also known as “self-funding,” refers to the various methods entrepreneurs can use to fund their startups beyond funding sources like small business loans. How have other entrepreneurs bootstrapped their way to success? Let’s begin. Your day job.

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conversionxl.com

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Lots of entrepreneurs struggle with pricing. Ash Maurya , a startup entrepreneur, published an article on VentureHacks describing his pricing experiments with a photo sharing service. Use web design or packaging that says “expensive” . Extra Lucrative Conversion Advice. About & Contact. Guest Post Guidelines.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 24, 2014

Part 1: Bend, Oregon Ecosystem and Entrepreneurs. Local entrepreneurs just made it up as they went. The most fertile source of entrepreneurs is the population of existing entrepreneurial companies. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds. Part 3: Engineering a Regional Tech Cluster. Here’s Part 3 of Dino’s story….

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Here in Oregon, we’ve got some in Portland that are really great and then this article talks about some here in Eugene, Oregon which are doing well but fairly new. We were going to do to this fund thing that people can design T-shirts and people vote on it and then whichever one won, it’s like, “Someone has now done that.”

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 23, 2013

Dereks Sivers is an successful entrepreneur and former owner of CD Baby – online alternative music shop. We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of Portland waved “Bon Voyage!” ” In web design pictures are the design.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. What makes 1M/1M unique?

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