Podcasts about oregon entrepreneurs network

Ride Report got acquired. Built Oregon shares a list of gift boxes for your holiday giving. Oregon Entrepreneurs Network held their annual awards ceremony, and other Portland startup news. https://siliconflorist.com PORTLAND OREGON STARTUP NEWS Ride Report acquired https://inrix.com/press-releases/inrix-acquires-ride-report/ Portland Business Journal startups to watch in 2024 https://siliconflorist.com/2023/11/14/portland-business-journal-seeks-startup-suggestions/ Hello, Portland startup community: Tracy Chao https://siliconflorist.com/2023/11/14/hello-portland-startup-community-im-tracy-chao/ Built Oregon holiday gift box list https://siliconflorist.com/2023/11/14/searching-for-a-locally-sourced-gift-box-this-holiday-season/ Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Awards https://www.oen.org/2023/11/16/2023-oregon-entrepreneurship-awards-winners-announced/

Cara Turano is the President and Executive Director of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN), which helps entrepreneurs acquire capital to develop their businesses. As the Former COO of the Technology Association of Oregon, she has spent over 20 years in technology-related companies, including startups. As a non-profit executive and active community leader, Cara has been recognized as an Atlanta Business Chronicle 40 Under 40.   In this episode: Entrepreneurship is a rewarding process with opportunities for personal and financial freedom and relationship building. Yet, for many founders of emerging startups, access to capital is limited. How can you obtain adequate funding and invest in other startups to fuel systematic community growth? As an advocate for entrepreneurship and community leadership, Cara Turano understands that not all funding is accessible and requires a process-oriented approach to obtain. Therefore, it's essential to identify investors' priorities and align your vision with the appropriate financer. Cara recommends joining angel investing programs and networks to assess competition in the market, partner with multiple investment businesses, and invest in angel funds to give back to your community.  In this episode of Systems Simplified, Adi Klevit sits down with Cara Turano, President and Executive Director of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, to discuss how to obtain and create access to capital for startups. Cara shares processes for securing funding, how to unify entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds through networking, and how to systematize risk as an investor.

Kim Malek built a successful ice cream business around one central idea: community. As the CEO and co-founder of Salt & Straw, Kim disrupted the idea of a typical ice cream shop by building an inviting, accepting environment that showcases local artisans and unique flavors. Kim's career started at Starbucks, where she worked in marketing when the iconic coffee brand only had about 30 stores nationwide. With previous marketing experience at companies like Yahoo!, Adidas, and (RED), she learned a lot about what it takes to build a global brand. "I always like to say I learned enough to be dangerous about a bunch of different things —  operations, real estate, branding, but most importantly… building a company based on people and how you treat people," Kim says on this episode of The Empowered Challenger. During her years in corporate America, Kim kept her ice cream shop vision on the back burner. After a decade of toying around with the idea, she moved to Portland, Oregon, and was struck by the strong sense of community in the entrepreneurial city. She knew it was "the perfect vehicle" to bring her ice cream store idea to life. She partnered with her cousin, Tyler, to figure out a unique ice cream making process. They shopped around town and found standout local ingredients —  chocolate, salt from a local saltmaker, and cheese from local farms. They realized they could foster a true sense of community by focusing on "farm-to-cone" ingredients, highlighting the artisans who made them. One of Kim's favorite pieces of advice is to not take advice. She welcomes stories about the experiences of fellow business owners and entrepreneurs but, unless you're in her exact shoes, she doesn't want to be told what to do. If Kim had followed everyone's advice when she was starting her business, she'd never be where she's at today. Kim started by opening a single store in Portland's Alberta Arts District. Now, there are 25 more throughout the U.S., plus a successful ecommerce business.  Featured Challenger

603: Replacing Tobacco and Saving Lives John Friess, Metolius Hemp Company   – The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 603 John Friess John Friess is focused on founding and building the marketability, viability and exit ability of idea and emerging stage startups. His career in this realm began in 1999 when he was a Marketing Manager on behalf of the VC backed kozmo.com, the $250M backed startup delivered convenience goods to your door in an hour. This role helped shape his thoughts on funding, brand and startup best practices. Most recently in 2020, John joined on, Co-Founded and is the President of Metolius Hemp Company, a completely vertically integrated industrial hemp medicine (CBD, CBG, etc.) and consumer product company. The company was launched out of an organic industrial hemp farming company and was co-founded by family and friends who managed the hemp farms. As a company and brand Metolius believes ‘Medicine Is The Mission’ and the company develops, manufacturers and delivers first to market industrial hemp products to consumers to either ‘Reduce Or Replace Tobacco’. The company accomplishes this through launching the world’s first set of Canna Clubs, which deliver industrial hemp tobacco replacement products direct to consumers at the same price they were spending previously. The company ships to 46 of the 50 United States and has products within its line to replace cigars, cigarettes, dips and pipe tobacco. John previously also served on the Board of Directors of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, which provides resources and support to entrepreneurs throughout the state, and Incight, which provides education, scholarships, career support and empowerment to individuals with disabilities. He has also been angel investing in startups sine 2001, with ownership in 17 startups to date, and has sat as an advisor to a series of Starve Ups and non-membership startup companies since 2000. A graduate of the University of Oregon, John received a B.A. in Business Administration.    Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with John Friess about replacing tobacco and saving lives with hemp. Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show: ●    How organic CBD and CBG are used in Metolius Hemp products. ●    How Metolius Hemp provides a clean hit with 0 carcinogens or additions. ●    How Metolius Hemp will match the price that you spend on tobacco every month. ●    How cannabinoids work and why they are good for people. ●    How CBD does not get people high but still has all the health benefits of cannabinoids.   Connect with John: Guest Contact Info Instagram @metoliushemp Facebook facebook.com/MetoliusHemp Links Mentioned: Metolius.Market   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us for the latest #AllShineNoFlash conversation with Ann and Amanda Oborne, president & executive director of Oregon Entrepreneurs Network. We talk about taking continual steps forward toward equity and inclusion, stepping up during times of crisis and why female entrepreneurs are both leading the charge and facing steep challenges. 

Please meet Paige Hendrix Buckner who came through for Episode 16! Paige let us in on how humor helps with trauma, her 'recovering unprofessional person' status, and her 14+ job transitions. This one's a treat! Paige Hendrix Buckner is the Program Director of Founder Gym. Throughout her career, Paige has operated at the intersection of education, entrepreneurship, and social justice. After graduating from the University of Missouri, she taught fourth and fifth grade as a Teach for America Corps Member while earning a Master's degree in education. When she wasn't teaching elementary school, she co-founded the Nevada Chapter of the Not For Sale Campaign, an anti-human trafficking organization. She relocated to Portland, Oregon in 2011 to join her husband and worked at the Urban League of Portland helping families get access to health insurance. She then joined Multnomah County as a Policy Advisor for an elected official. After attending a Startup Weekend, she started building a company and made the leap into full-time entrepreneurship when her company was selected for the Startup PDX Challenge. As a founder and educator, she has helped cultivate the Portland ecosystem, including teaching entrepreneurship with the TiE Young Entrepreneurs Oregon Program, serving on the board of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, and co-founding the Xxcelerate Fund for women entrepreneurs. When she's not teaching, Paige loves gardening, going for long walks with her family and reading science fiction. Her #TNWIDTakeaway: "Don't feel like you have to do everything and don't feel like your work is what makes you worthy." Check out the rest of the show notes here: https://stephanieghoston.com/tnwid-episode-16 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tnwid/message

At OEN they believe that a thriving network of entrepreneurs makes Oregon stronger. OEN helps entrepreneurs start-up and scale-up by connecting them to peers and mentors, startup funding opportunities, and hands-on training. A nonprofit, membership-driven organization with a 28-year track record, OEN is Oregon’s only organization that supports scalable startups from every industry across the state. OEN: https://oen.org Oregon Coronavirus Information: https://www.oregon4biz.com/Coronavirus-Information/ Digital Marketing Masters Podcast: https://hookseo.com/podcast

Charles Jennings is the author of the new book, Artificial Intelligence: Rise of the Lightspeed Learners. He is a serial entrepreneur, writer, and speaker who has been starting and running growth organizations for over 40 years. He was founder or CEO of three successful Internet companies launched in the 1990s; a co-founder of TRUSTe; and has written several books on technology, including the seminal work, The Hundredth Window (2000), translated into five languages. From 2014-2017, Jennings served as CEO of an AI company set up to transfer technology from Caltech/JPL to the commercial market. He’s a recipient of the prestigious lifetime achievement award of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, and was also the subject of a major feature story, on his work in emergency alerting software, in Wired magazine (December 2005 issue). More information about the guest can be found at http://lightspeedlearners.com/

Mat Ellis founded Cloudability in April 2011 and is its CEO. Prior to Cloudability, Mat held executive positions with four startups, and key technology roles at Frito-Lay, Pepsi Cola and Goldman Sachs. He currently sits on the boards of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network and the Technology Association of Oregon. Originally from the UK and now residing in Portland, Mat is well known as a mentor and advisor to startups across the US.

Linda Weston is former executive director of Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, and currently has her own business Rapporto helping entrepreneurs build […]

Mat Ellis is the Founder & CEO @ Cloudability, the startup that provides cloud cost efficiency at scale and they have raised close to $40m in VC funding including from our good friends at Foundry Group and Data Collective. As for Mat, prior to Cloudability, Mat held executive positions with four startups, and key technology roles at Frito-Lay, Pepsi Cola and Goldman Sachs and he currently sits on the boards of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network and the Technology Association of Oregon. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: How did Mat make the move from the UK to SaaS startup founder in Portland, Oregon? How has Mat seen elements change within the business when moving through the stages of company growth? What were the challenges when going through these strategic inflection points? At present, many SaaS founders are looking to hire COOs, what does Mat believe about this hire? When is the right time to make the hire? What should one look for in their first COO? How does Mat assess the balance of sustainability and growth? How does Mat balance between this tough line? What are the inherent challenges? What are Mat’s thought on culture maintenance when startup move into hypergrowth? What is core to retain this startup culture with the scaling through stages? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr Mat Ellis

Have you ever thought about putting everything you own into a moving van and taking a new job in a new city? The typical American moves 11.7 times in a lifetime. From across town to across the country, you’ll face common challenges with job hunting and settling in a new city. This week on Find Your Dream Job, we talk about how to kickstart your career in a new city. Our guest is Terry St. Marie, who knows all about starting over. In the midst of a successful business career, Terry made the big jump from the the East Coast to the West Coast in 2011.  He’ll share his best tips for building rebuilding a career--and a professional network--from scratch. In this 41-minute episode you will learn: How to create a community after you move to a new place How to research new locations and opportunities to determine where you should move Networking tips for out-of-staters, from LinkedIn to email Why shared connections - from sports teams to donut preferences - can help build connections and strengthen relationships How a city’s culture affects the way you network How making an effort and putting yourself out there will help you secure an informational interview This week’s guest: Terry “Starbucker” St. Marie (Twitter | LinkedIn) Co-Founder, BuiltOregon.com Portland, Ore. Terry “Starbucker” St. Marie is a writer, consultant, entrepreneur and startup investor living in Portland, Oregon. Before moving to the Rose City in 2010, he had a successful 23 year tenure as an executive in the cable television industry.  Terry has extensive experience in business operations, customer care, strategy and financial management. For the past 10 years he has also published a popular blog featuring his “More Human” leadership philosophy, TerryStarbucker.com, and was recently cited by Inc. Magazine as one of the “Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts”. He’s also the co-founder and publisher of the online media company focused on Oregon entrepreneurs, BuiltOregon.com, which launched in December 2014. Terry is also an investor in the Oregon Angel Fund, and is on the boards of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, and Social Venture Partners Portland. Listener question of the week: I’m moving to a new city for a job.  Any tips on how to make sure my professional life doesn’t completely take over my personal life? If you have a question you’d like us to answer on a future episode, please contact Jenna Forstrom, Mac’s List Community Manager at jenna@macslist.org. Resources from this week’s show: Weekend Resume Kit TerryStarbucker.com BuiltOregon.com Bushwackers GlassDoor's Best Cities for Jobs Land Your Dream Job in Portland (and Beyond) – On sale through Today! If you have a job-hunting or career development resource you’d like to share, please contact Ben Forstag, Mac’s List Managing Director at ben@macslist.org. — Thank you for listening to Find Your Dream Job. If you like this show, please help us by rating and reviewing our podcast on iTunes. We appreciate your support! Opening and closing music for Find Your Dream Job provided by Freddy Trujillo, www.freddytrujillo.com.