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Willamette Angel Conference Invests More than $450K

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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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How To Stay Safe If Your Company Gets Sued

YoungUpstarts

Johnston of Johnston Law Firm, P.C. – a dedicated Portland lawyer who remains committed to serving his community – shares a few tips in order to stay safe if your company gets sued: Hire a competent attorney. Also reviewing every term regularly will help to make further changes in its which will make the company more strong.

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How a Buyer (or User) Persona Can Improve Your Business

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For example, a company that is searching for new customer relationship management (CRM) software might have a senior executive make the purchasing decision, even though she might not be using the software on a daily basis. Here at Palo Alto Software, we developed a persona named Garrett who drives the bulk of our product decisions.

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How to Create a Successful Business Event

Duct Tape Marketing

Brooks created the conference in Portland, Maine to build an event for digital marketers and to get flyte’s name out there as an industry leader. Register for the Agents of Change Conference (Use the code DUCTTAPE for $25 off). Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! and use the promo code PODCAST.

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

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Review your business plan regularly. Committing to regularly reviewing your business plan and financials is a good step toward making more informed, smarter spending decisions, that can have a big impact on a new business’s long term viability. Many brewers avoid that due to perceived qualitative differences,” says Patrick.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

If you’re not going through a recruiter — and even if you are — you’ll want to set up something akin to a technical interview, wherein you assess the problem-solving and coding abilities of your candidate. Evil Mammoth Generally, I agree if someone has the money to pay. PM OK, agree. What will you find here?

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What’s an SBDC and Why You Want to Know

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And about 100 miles north of us, near Portland, Clackamas SBDC director Tim Shea offers his Small Business Greenhouse class, three hours on Tuesday nights from September to February, including books and software. I’ve been a guest speaker at that one several times; it gets great reviews. I like these people.

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