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Willamette Angel Conference Invests More than $450K

Up and Running

Yesterday’s Willamette Angel Conference (WAC) 2013 event invested more than $465,000 in four Oregon startups, highlighted by more than $250,000 in Portland-based Sonivate , which has developed a fingertip-mounted ultrasound probe that enables imaging while leaving both hands free to do work with simultaneous tactile feedback. .

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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. They failed due to: the dearth of deals in the region that have IPO potential and. I visited Bend last year and caught up with his progress.

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Can you Do Well by Doing Good? The Data Say Yes

Up and Running

By tracking five sources (talent, investments, technology innovation, brand, new market entry) diligently, the company has built its citizenship efforts into the way it works every day, all over the world. Sabrina Parsons, CEO of Palo Alto Software says, “Being a good corporate citizen has given Palo Alto Software tremendous ROI.

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#TrackThis Episode 4: How Do You Measure Happiness?

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With us is also Sabrina Parsons, the CEO of Palo Alto Software. Harvard Business Review actually did a whole roundup in 2012 on all kinds of different studies that really proved that if you can create a culture in your company where your employees are really happy, you will benefit financially. I’m Matt Rissell, CEO of TSheets.

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How to Write a Business Plan for an Outpatient Medical Practice

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If you’ve never written a business plan before, Bplans also offers a library of sample medical business plans that you can review or even download to use as a model. 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. Executive summary.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

They attended property management association meetings in Oregon outside of the technology echo chamber of California to get a sense for people’s daily problems. I know that their are independent software companies now focused on this like UserVoice and Get Satisfaction. What changed for us was Tim Barker arrived.

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5 Things I Look when Investing in a Startup

Gust

It’s the result of several decades in high tech, three years as an investor in a local Oregon angel investment group , some consulting in due diligence for venture capital, and my experience as founder and co-founder of successful ventures. What I say here is my opinion and mine alone. Startup experience. Closeness.