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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Part 1: Bend, Oregon Ecosystem and Entrepreneurs. The Oregon startup scene today looks very different from what it did 10 years ago. This is true whether the company is concept stage or ramping revenue.

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How to Start a Brewery: Growing Your Own Craft Beer Business

Up and Running

About the plan: Located in Medford, Oregon, Martin Cove Brewing Company has been a successful microbrewery for the past three years. With this money, they plan to expand its distribution to selected metro areas within the state of Oregon. Within any model, there are things breweries can focus on to stand out and increase revenue.

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How to Make Your Construction Business Stand Out at Trade Shows

The Startup Magazine

For instance, the International Mass Timber Conference in Portland, Oregon, caters to sectors such as forestry, wood products, real estate development, and design. The results are impressive with 70% of respondents reporting revenue growth due to automation. Furthermore, select trade shows that match your industry focus.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs Are Not Always Right

ReadWriteStart

In How To Defend Your Dream Against All Odds , Alex and I explore the company's journey to $200 Million in revenue, while their VCs wrote them off. Zoho is already over $100 million in revenue and is seeing tremendous traction. Misty Denson from Portland, Oregon, presented NameYourRentNow.com. Statisco Economic Analytics.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

states for-profit companies can accept donations and nonprofit companies earn revenue, which dispels the myths that a nonprofit can’t make money, or a for-profit venture would miss out on donations. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. They also note that after the 2007 recession—when things looked grim for the U.S.

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SWOT Analysis Examples

Up and Running

Botanical Bounty is an Oregon-based perennial farm that grows a variety of botanical, medicinal plants. This is one area in which being a small local firm could be a major advantage, but international market research and more information about the government export initiatives are required. Example SWOT analysis: Botanical Bounty.

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14 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Biggest Accomplishment in 2016

Hearpreneur

As MehtaFor continued to grow in 2016, expanding pro bono services and the trainee program, receiving the support of an Oregon-based grant created just for entrepreneurs making a living with their craft was tremendously appreciated. 7 – Over $1M in Gross Revenue. Thanks to Jessica Mehta, MehtaFor ! #5