BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20120311T020000 RDATE:20120311T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120417T222705Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120509T120000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120509T110000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120417T222705Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120417T222705Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250462283 DESCRIPTION:According to Business Incubation Works\, "\;Business incu bators reduce the risk of small business failures. Historically\, NBIA* member incubators have reported that 87 percent of all firms that have g raduated from their incubators are still in business."\; In this we binar series\, OEN will explore the ups and downs of starting a company in an incubator. \;\n \;\nWhat really happens within start up incu bators? Do they help companies become successful or at least get over ce rtain challenges? What type of companies and people find the incubator e xperience to be a positive? Are there downfalls to going through the exp erience? These are just a few of the questions you can ask Nathan Tagga rt who has started his successful company in an incubator. \;\n \; \nWant to submit your questions ahead of time? Email them to Larry Will iams at larryw@oen.org for the next session. \;\n \;\n*National Bu siness Incubation Association \;\n \;\nSpeaker Bio: Nathan Taggart \;\n \;\nNathan Taggart is CEO of LaunchSide\, a Portland Seed Fu nd company. He's acts as marketing advisor to UpStart Labs\, mentors at Startup Weekend\, and is active in Portland's startup community.\n\nTags : oen\, incubator\, entrepreneurs\, Oregon Entrepreneurs Network\, Launc hside\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250462283 URL:http://www.oen.org/events.aspx?id=274 SUMMARY:OEN Webinar: Life in an Incubator Series: Launchside LOCATION:Online (Portland): false SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR