Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

Dino and I kept in touch as he moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Part 1: Bend, Oregon Ecosystem and Entrepreneurs. Bend, Oregon is an ideal case study because of its size, location and entrepreneurial characteristics. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

Currently this structure is available in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., Maryland was the first U.S. state to adopt this structure in 2010.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

For Dan Hughes, Director of Operations at startup brewery ColdFire Brewing, he and his brother have been hard at work on business development and recipe formulation, navigating bureaucracy, and enduring the inevitable delays that come with brewery construction, equipment delivery, and regulatory approval. But they all take so much time.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Here’s a brief example: The problem : There is a lack of affordable pediatric and gynecological care available in coastal areas of Lane County, Oregon. The solution : Dr. Gardner plans to open Ocean Lane Outpatient Care to serve smaller Oregon coastal communities scattered outside of major towns with major hospitals. Operations.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 14, 2014

Now I affectionately refer to my GTI 2-door sport coupe as my “Oregon Motorcycle.” Managing a Business Operations Strategy business lessons making decisions motorcycling' A lot has changed in my life since then; those years are wonderful memories. What have your experiences taught you? Share them with us in the comments below.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

A venture feasibility study analyzes an idea from several perspectives: market opportunity, competition, resources available, resource gaps, financial viability, operational issues, intellectual property rights, development timeline and technology needs. Personal credit ratings and collateral are also important.

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Small Business CPA Government North America 87

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. We try to recruit investment partners who bring startup operating experience. The reality of most startups is about survival.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Languishing businesses were counted as survivors. Of the 6,613 U.S.-based Massachusetts.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

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. The need for funding in the early days of a business is constant and the timeline until profit can be long.

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Advisory Board Entrepreneur Portland Oregon 249

Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2013

She sells her products in 11 stores and two restaurants in and around Oregon House, California, where Freja’s Foods currently operates. Freja Nelson’s been in business for 18 months, making a completely vegan, organic and soy-free alternative to meat called VegiMeat. “My business really, really needed this break.”

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Zoning laws and setting up shop: In terms of where you can legally operate your business, you should consider local zoning regulations and ordinances. Zoning map of Eugene, Oregon. If you’re operating a business out of your own home, many of the same zoning laws will apply to you. Give it a try.

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Rhode Island North Carolina South Carolina Technical Review 60

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

This focus has helped me recruit the best and the brightest in the field, build a world-class operation, and most of all, with all the knowledge in a specific vertical, help build a leading agency for food & beverage manufacturers that are looking to build a direct to consumer channel. Thanks to Gwen Montoya, The MOB Nation !

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David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

Here are our core operating principles: - Healthy alternatives should be truly viable alternatives, not luxury products. We thank Duncan MacDonald-Korth , Captain, University of Oregon Men’s Tennis Team, and Matt Fairbank , Harvard ’12, for their help researching this post, and our office residents for being guinea pigs in our experiment.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Operating across varied industries, Fractional CMOs offer a fresh, tailored approach, helping businesses to be more agile, adaptive, and strategic in their planning Questions I ask Nicole Bernard [00:46] What exactly is a fractional CMO? Well, again, I appreciate you stopping by and the next time, hopefully I'm in Hood River, Oregon.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Key Takeaways Family dynamics add complexity to business operations, requiring clear boundaries between personal and professional roles. You know, the, the, generations, they're, they're not used to somebody coming out and pumping their gas and Oregon, Oregon.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 5, 2012

Virgin Islands,” five states - Delaware, Maine, New Jersey, New York, and Oregon - already have active SEA programs. Oregon has been operating an SEA program since 1995, and a survey shows nearly half of its program’s participants have created an average of 3.12 To entrepreneurial types this seems like a no-brainer.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Tired of working for someone else, in 2010 they opened a Northwest-style-meets-Southern-cuisine food cart in downtown Eugene, Oregon. The University of Oregon marketing department also did a survey for us to see what beers and food worked best in a 50-mile radius. ” But in 2013, the Sheehans set their sights higher.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

.” This was a statement told to me years ago by a former client of mine, Chuck Kaady, owner of Kaady Car Washes, located in Oregon. It’s a rule of thumb that I’ve since followed in my PR marketing business that I’ve operated for more than 13 years.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

For InternMatch, the "where," so far, includes Washington, Oregon, and California - the three states where the company has launched its operations.

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Matching Oregon Startup Washington 121

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

A limited liability company (LLC) is a popular business structure for small businesses thanks to its ease of operations, tax advantages, and liability protection for its owners. And Oregon requires insurance agents to be licensed by the state’s Division of Financial Regulation. In Oregon, it’s called corporate activity tax.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 11, 2013

I’m a member of an angel investment group based where I live in Oregon. Services are great for owner operators, but not a great opportunity for investors. And I watch Shark Tank, the TV show, in which a select group of seasoned investors (the sharks) pick and choose investments from business pitches.

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Valuation Oregon Burn Rate Angel Groups 136

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2012

Professor Mark Thoma at the University of Oregon shares some of his thoughts on issues like banks, the economic crisis, government budgets, and more. The Operations Room. Check out this blog to learn more about operations management, with a special focus on new strategic and tactical developments making waves in the field right now.

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South Carolina Merger Acquisition Oregon 157

Up and Running

MAY 9, 2014

Provide longer hours of operation. It might also mean scheduling appointments for customers outside regular operating hours. It may be time to analyze when customers actually shop in your establishment then adjust your hours of operation accordingly, or add online shopping capabilities to your website. Good customer service.

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Customer Oregon Operations Small Business 91

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Seasonal businesses are very common, especially in locales where travel and tourism are important industries, where weather has an impact on outdoor business operations, and where retail sales slow during the winter months. How do I ensure I have sufficient cash flow throughout the year? Accounting Strategy'

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Oregon Small Business Administration SBA Forecast 104

Up and Running

JULY 16, 2015

Beginning as a small red cart in Eugene, Oregon, today Red Wagon Creamery has a downtown storefront, local retail distribution, and online ordering. We wanted ice cream that we make from scratch,” Emily says, “to showcase local, Oregon dairy, and using local, seasonal fruit, berries, and produce.”.

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Oregon Prospectus Southern California California 60

Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2013

In Oregon, nearly 30 percent of all traffic fatalities are related to drunk driving. In his research, Jonathan uncovered existing services similar to RIDE in other cities— Be My DD , for example, operates in much of the country—but none of them were nonprofit organizations. Right now, prevention is a hassle.

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Oregon Forecast Campaign Green 73

Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2014

Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.

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Rhode Island South Carolina Delaware Arkansas 110

Up and Running

JULY 10, 2014

[ Down to Business is a weekly small business advice column featured in The World Newspaper, originally published online by the Oregon Small Business Development Center Network , and republished here with permission. ]. Growing a Business Operations Strategy business business ideas business planning goal setting'

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Oregon .Net Channel Small Business 80

Up and Running

MARCH 31, 2010

We moved from Palo Alto, California to Eugene, Oregon. We voted with our feet, moving from the world’s startup capital to a comfortable university town (the University of Oregon is here) in Oregon. But there’s a lot less angel investment in Oregon than in California. And we’re glad we did.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco Oregon Italy 60

Up and Running

JULY 21, 2014

One restaurant-store in my own town, Eugene, Oregon, has got this approach down to a tee. Integrate all of your operations across channels to create a channel-less operating model. Each operations channel is a part of the supply chain, enabling customers to communicate with the company in a number of ways.

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Channel Mobile eCommerce Oregon 106

SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

And on Wednesday, moovel announced plans to consolidate its operations and house everyone at its Portland, Oregon headquarters. In April, Austin-based RideScout and Portland-based GlobeSherpa merged and re-branded to form moovel North America, a subsidiary of Daimler.

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Portland Austin North America Oregon 59

Up and Running

JULY 31, 2014

For example: The inventory may be increasing with no corresponding increase in revenues, leaving less operating cash. Growing a Business Operations financial forecasts inventory' Accountants typically recognize inventory control issues because they notice financial trends that concern them.

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Management Forecast Oregon Demand 72

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

If the free flow of ideas is important to business operations, regardless of whether you’re a sole-trader or a business with 20 employees, you’re going to want to build an environment that breeds creativity. Powell’s bookstore in Portland, Oregon has done just this. Think about the meeting room, the kitchen, even the bathroom!

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Portland Oregon Employee Management 109

Up and Running

JULY 15, 2014

This ensures the idea is not forgotten and does not interfere with operating the core business. The first step in this system is to write down the idea, date it, and put it in a file for at least two weeks. Schedule a time periodically to review the ideas in the file, such as twice a month.

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Oregon Business Plan Small Business Operations 77

YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2018

Verdafero is a utility analytics software company that helps commercial building owners and operators save up to five and six figures annually in energy bills by investing in energy efficiency. Layers of natural mineral pigment run through the material, upstaging even the natural formations of the Painted Hills in Oregon.

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Non-Compete Oregon Cofounder Green 100

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

They also offer resources for market research and consulting on how to efficiently scale operations as your business grows. For instance, America’s SBDC Oregon offers a variety of services for entrepreneurs, like access to Market Research Institute data, and business advising for veterans through its Veterans Mean Business program.

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David Teten

JULY 6, 2011

First, here are our core operating principles: – Healthy alternatives should be truly viable alternatives, not luxury products. We thank Duncan MacDonald-Korth , Captain, University of Oregon Men’s Tennis Team, for his help researching this blog post. Motion is better than no motion; stasis kills.

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