Portland State Business Accelerator

Spring 2012 Portland Startup Weekend

Students:

The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network would like to invite you to participate at this year's Internship Workshop and Job Fair event. Internships not only provide excellent work experience, but also allow you to be an integral part of an exciting and dynamic business environment. Learn how to maximize the internship experience and meet some of Oregon's hottest startups.

Companies seeking Interns:

If you are a company seeking summer interns, the OEN invites you to participate at this spring's Internship Workshop and Job Fair. Learn how to maximize the internship experience and connect with some of Oregon’s brightest business students. The Job Fair will be held in a speed dating format where each company will be able to meet with the students for 10 minutes per session.

Co-sponsored by: ortland State Univeristy Business Accelerator

Career Models – Ignore Them At Your Peril

How can engineers advance their career? How can managers develop a high performing team? How can both succeed at the same time?

Date: February 15th, 2012

Everyone seems to have an opinion on what drives success – more education, the right project, working with leading edge technology, chemistry, knowing the right person, networking, and more – but the truth is what works for one person often doesn’t work for another.

Career Models presents a multidimensional framework of unwritten rules, unique personal strengths, and the role of emotions common to successfully advancing career stages. The framework describes what contributes to a successful career at any career stage. This presentation will help engineers and managers to make informed decisions and avoid missteps that can derail a career. Managers will learn what contributes to successful staff development and project completion.

Speaker(s): John Prohodsky,

Agenda:

5:30 P.M. Registration table opens

5:30 – 6:00 P.M. Food and networking

6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Presentation and Q & A

Location: Room: Mt. Hood Room, 2nd floor. Bldg: Portland State Business Accelerator SW Corbett & SW Meade Portland 97201

Meet innovative entrepreneurs, engineers, students and scientists. Companies pitch on the BIG stage. Interactive product demos. Tour PSU’s 40,000 SF business incubator & brand new wet labs. 20+ technology, bioscience and cleantech companies. Twitter: #PSBAshowcase

Welcome to the signup page for the Portland Startup Lessons Learned simulcast. We'll all be getting together to watch the Startup Lesson Learned conference at the Portland State Business Accelerator at SW Corbett & SW Meade starting at 9 am.

Please register here so we know how many people to expect. Note: your name, company and email address will be provided to the conference organizers (Eric Ries). We won't send you any spam or share your information with others.

Please use the driving directions on the PSU Business Accelerator website to find our location: http://www.psba.pdx.edu/drivingdirections The Portland State Business Accelerator is PSU's technology business incubator. Since 2004 the Business Accelerator has worked with 50 emerging technology companies. The Business Accelerator provides hands-on development support, a dynamic entrepreneurial community, connections to Oregon universities and plug and play space for bioscience, IT / software and cleantech startups.

Co-sponsored by: Portland State Univeristy Business Accelerator

Join Guest Speaker Noah Murphy, Senior Systems Engineer

Stuxnet? Google and Operation Aurora? CyberSitter and ‘Green Dam?’

Have you heard of these recent industrial espionage cases?

Maybe you should.

Your intelligence is what they want and they are going to great lengths to obtain it.

• Who are “THEY?”...It might surprise you.
• What is the most important data you have?
• Why does your IT need to understand your business?
• What makes you and your company a target?
• Gain inside information and views from the trenches.
• Learn about layered security...in practice not just in theory.
• Security is not just an IT problem...what Engineering needs to know.

Date: February 16th, 2011

Speaker(s): Noah V. Murphy, SGFWA, SGIPSA,

Agenda:

5:30 P.M. Registration table opens

5:30 – 6:00 P.M. Food and networking

6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Presentation and Q & A

Location: Mt. Hood Room, 2nd floor. Portland State Business Accelerator SW Corbett & SW Meade Portland , Oregon 97201

Co-sponsored by: Portland State University Business Accelerator

Join Guest Speaker Kent Lewis, President of Anvil Media.

How can your technology company maximize the benefits of social networking tools and at the same time minimize the risk?

Learn the business risks of using social media such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Irresponsible use of social media sites will create undeniable business risk. Social networking content is subject to a wide range of potential liability and could subject any technology business to reputational or legal damage.

Also learn how to maximize your ability to market products and service. Connect with more customers. Gather product feedback and provide support. And gain proven methods to manage your engineering and technology staff.

Kent Lewis, President of Anvil Media, will outline fundamental strategies to create, deploy, and track a social media program and manage engineering and technology staff using social media for business purposes.

Date: January 11th, 2011

Speaker(s): Kent Lewis, President of Anvil Media,

Agenda:

5:30 P.M. Registration table opens

5:30 – 6:00 P.M. Food and networking

6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Presentation and Q & A

Location: Room: Mt. Hood Room, 2nd floor. Bldg: Portland State Business Accelerator SW Corbett & SW Meade Portland 97201

Co-sponsored by: Portland State Univeristy Business Accelerator

Join Guest Speaker John Patton, President & CEO Cadence Management Corp.

Taking on a new scale of project? Integrating new products or operations into your business? Get a better compass before you embark.

This presentation differentiates between the standards and methodology of project management, program management and portfolio management.

The life cycle (stage/gate) approach is established as a best practice and a basis for any methodology. Attendees will take away the concepts and structures of gate deliverables and decisions.

Date: November 17th, 2010

The talk relates the processes of the most recent standards, which are the Portfolio Management Standard, and the Program Management Standard, both in their second edition to project, program, and portfolio life cycles, showing how all interrelate and coexist in an organization.

Speaker(s): John Patton, President & CEO Cadence Management Corp.,

Agenda:

5:30 P.M. Registration table opens

5:30 – 6:00 P.M. Food and networking

6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Presentation and Q & A

Location: Room: Mt. Hood Room, 2nd floor. Bldg: Portland State Business Accelerator SW Corbett & SW Meade Portland , Oregon 97201

The Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition and the Portland State Business Accelerator are teaming up to host a 2-day workshop dedicated to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program on November 3rd and 4th, 2010.

This year's instructor will be Jim Greenwood from Greenwood Consulting Group.

*For pricing please visit www.oregonsbir.org

Workshop Schedule:

Day 1 - Phase I: - SBIR/STTR Program Overview - Proposal Strategies - Proposal Drafting Tips - Critique of Actual SBIR Proposal

Day 2 - Phase II: - Phase II Basics - Understand the differences between Phase II agencies - Phase II proposal presentations - Phase II cost accounting basics

Speaker: Dale Lehar Date: October 20th, 2010 Time: 5:30-7:30 pm Location: Portland State Business Accelerator; Free Parking Seating is limited. RSVP strongly recommended. Register on-line: http://www.ieee-oregon.org/. Then click the right sidebar under Technology Management Chapter Fee: $10 Members, $15 Non-members; IEEE Life Members and IEEE Students - free

Join Guest Speaker Dale Lehar, transitional management consultant as he discusses:

Key action principles for a new team or management leader during his/her first 100 days: • Learn critical success factors to launch your new role successfully. • Develop a personal "manager on-boarding process," to organize and structure your thinking in advance. It avoids unnecessary mistakes, while keeping you and your team together and on track. • Create a practical 90-180 day action plan to drive and measure your progress, ensuring the right outcomes.

Half of newly hired managers fail within 18 months. Many, many more simply don’t distinguish themselves. Secure your advantage by avoiding critical mistakes and delivering better results faster than anyone thought possible.

This presentation focuses on newly appointed engineering management (team leaders, managers, directors, VP's). It covers the key action principles for a new team or management leader during his/her first 100 days

Speaker(s): Dale Lehar,

Agenda: 5:30 P.M. Registration table opens 5:30 – 6:00 P.M. Food and networking 6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Presentation and Q & A

Location: Room: Mt. Hood Room, 2nd floor Bldg: Portland State Business Accelerator 2828 SW Corbett Avenue, Suite 100 Portland 97201

TMC Chapter

Topic: Technology Innovation Speaker: Dundar Kocaoglu
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 15 2010, 5:30pm - 7:30pm Location: Portland State Business Accelerator, SW Corbett & SW Meade, Portland, OR 97201. Mt. Hood Room, 2nd floor. Free Parking

Join Guest Speaker Dr. Dundar Kocaoglu, renowned expert on Management of Engineering and Technology as he, discusses:

The characteristics of the technology era in the “new world” in which we are living

• The impact technology is making on our lives in this era • The challenges of managing technology, and • The leadership for successful management in the technology-driven world.

Seating is limited. RSVP strongly recommended.

Cost: $10 members, $15 non; IEEE Sr. Members and Students - free

Credit card register on-line: http://www.ieee-oregon.org right sidebar under Technology Management Chapter Register by email (cash/check at door)

Contact: Chris Dennis, Registration Volunteer, 503-803-7627, christopher.dennis@ieee.org.

Speaker(s): Dundar Kocaoglu,

Agenda: 5:30 P.M. Registration table opens 5:30 – 6:00 P.M. Food and networking 6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Presentation and Q & A

Location: Room: Mt. Hood Room, 2nd floor Bldg: Portland State Business Accelerator SW Corbett & SW Meade Portland

Product Development and Management Association Learning and Networking Event

Most new products fail even though really smart people work hard to make them successful. Why is that? The journey from a glimmer of a new idea to a commercially winning product is long and arduous, with many steps and decisions along the way. This event will identify the most common causes of new product failure and propose action to avoid those problems in the future. The discussion will range from the fuzzy front end to sales support and from individual to team to market challenges.

Two of the most experienced Product Managers in Portland, with combined new product experience of over 50 years, will illustrate the causes of failure with real-world examples. Audience members will have time to pose questions, offer comments and exchange ideas on this important and challenging topic.

Everyone involved in product planning and product development from either the engineering or marketing side will benefit. The causes that will be explained apply to start-up companies as well as large, established corporations. By attending, you’ll be able to go back to your product development activities and quickly assess if you’re at risk of becoming a victim of one or several of these all too common pitfalls.

This event will be at: Portland State Business Accelerator intersection of SW Corbett Ave. & SW Meade St. Portland, OR 97201

Be aware that this location can be difficult to find. The best set of directions for finding the event are available at http://psba.pdx.edu/drivingdirections
NOTE: if using GPS or online mapping: use intersection of SW Corbett Ave and SW Meade St, Portland, OR 97201. Do NOT use street address (2828 SW Corbett Ave.), as you will be given bad directions.

$20 on-line registration prior to the event $25 at the door (A discount is available for PDMA members)

For more details on the event and the speakers and to register on-line, visit www.pdma.org/oregon For additional information contact: Steve Little Programs Director -- PDMA/Oregon Chapter 503-756-2545 dirprograms-oregon@pdma.org

Executive team members from a recently funded medical device company will share insight into today’s investment landscape. Intended to provide C-level technology professionals an inside look at creating a winning diligence package, the discussion will be uniquely focused on maintaining an edge while engaging investors and working the process to the advantage of the company. Specific attention will be given to planning, positioning and focus at the various stages of investment including the initial approach, management of the “due dilly” process and orchestration of a successful close.

Speaker bios:

Michael J. Baker Mr. Baker has 27 years of executive management experience, including merger and acquisitions with Philips Medical, Lockheed Martin and GE. He has launched multiple entrepreneurial ventures in the medical device, medical IT and clean tech industries. Among these, most notable are the original picture archiving and communications system (PACS), an award-winning through wave acoustic holography system for non-radiation breast imaging and an ultra high-efficiency electric motor for use in alternative energy applications. Over the course of his professional career in innovation, his efforts have resulted in the successful commercialization of over 40 products.

Currently the CEO/President of Home Dialysis Plus (HD+), a venture-backed medical device company that is developing an innovative home dialysis system, and the Managing Partner of the Baker Group LLP, Mr. Baker has secured over $65 million on behalf of various companies over the past three years.

Joe Rasmussen Mr. Rasmussen specializes in financial leadership, CFO services, restructuring, raising capital, mergers & acquisitions and emerging growth. Currently the CFO of Home Dialysis Plus, he played an integral role in raising and closing the company’s recent capital investment. During his 25 years in executive management, Mr. Rasmussen has completed mergers and acquisitions, implementing a $32.5 million asset-based acquisition financing for CalTex Industries, a $120 million manufacturer of aluminum extrusions, and merging BioTek Solutions, Inc., a growth stage manufacturer of medical instruments and biochemical reagent solutions, into Ventana Medical Systems participating in the subsequent $200 million valued IPO. He raised $2 million initial seed capital and obtained $3.5 million term-sheet commitments from venture capital firms as COO and CFO for GreyPilgrim, Inc., taking a garage-based start-up to a $2 million early stage manufacturer of industrial robotic technologies.

Brenda Edin With 15 years experience in business development, Ms. Edin has proven performance in the development and implementation of integrated marketing, communication and business growth strategies. She has expertise in corporate collateral development, presentation and messaging relative to fundraising with specific experience in the medical device, clean tech and service industries. A seasoned grant writer, she has brought in over $3 million in both the non-profit and commercial sectors over the course of her career. Through her role as the Director of Business Development for Home Dialysis Plus and The Baker Group LLP, she has been a critical participant in advancing multiple emerging technology companies, raising over $65 million on their behalf.

Register: http://www.oen.org Date: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 Time: 8am – 10am

Where: Portland State Business Accelerator, Mt. Hood Conference Room - 209 SW Corbett Avenue & SW Meade, Portland http://www.psba.pdx.edu/drivingdirections

Parking: In PSBA lot; at no charge.

Cost: Free, registration required Questions: call 503-725-2312 or email PSBA office at psbainfo@pdx.edu.

The Oregon chapter of the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) invites you to its first 2010 Learning and Networking Event; "Proven Techniques Turning Customer Requirements into Successful Products! Using 'Voice of the Customer' processes to develop products that meet REAL market needs."

A major component of business success is developing products that meet customer needs and provide superior value. Meeting customer needs requires that those needs be understood. The "voice of the customer" (VOC) is the term to describe the stated and unstated customer needs or requirements. The voice of the customer can be captured in a variety of ways: direct discussion or interviews, surveys, focus groups, customer specifications, observation, warranty data, field reports, etc.

This program will explore the practical side of collecting and using the VOC. Frank Binnendyk, and expert in VOC and a founder partner of Customer Alignment Consulting will explain the basics of this market research methodology. Then, three representatives from companies that have used the VOC research will provide a users' perspective. They will explain why and how they did it; how they used the information gathered; if it worked well or didn't meet their expectations and what were their VOC lessons learned. Ed de la Fuente VP of Marketing from Aperion Audio, John Williams Product Marketing Manager from FEI and Robert Buxton a High Tech B2B Professional will present company examples. The contrast between these types of companies will provide insights into how a VOC program can be scaled and adapted to meet the needs and resources of any company.

After presentations by the panelists, members of the audience can express opinions and ask questions of the panel during the Q&A session.

Event Details Thursday, January 21, 2010 5:30 - 6:00 pm Registration and Networking 6:00 - 7:30 pm Presentations and Q&A

Portland State Business Accelerator Building 2828 Southwest Corbett Avenue Portland, OR 97201 (503) 725-2312

$20 on-line registration prior to the event. $25 at the door

Register now at www.pdma.org/oregon

For more detailed information, contact: John Huber VP of Programs, PDMA Oregon Chapter (503) 706-8350 jphuber@ieee.org

Press announcement released by Steve Gerts, VP Communications, PDMA Oregon Chapter

We'll have a discussion on one of the people issues associated with agile software development: how do you turn a bad situation around?

Just as legacy code is a set of problems that take special techniques to overcome, legacy interpersonal interactions are too. I'm pretty sure that unit tests aren't the answer for most interpersonal problems, either. :)

More seriously, it's pretty common to join a company or team with existing trust and communication (and yes, tech) issues. Come share ways of turning those into successes.

Pizza and networking at 6:30pm, 7pm talk, beer afterwards.

(Note: location is hard to get to via GPS or map service. Use directions here instead.)

The current economic climate has limited access to capital and has left companies across the healthcare industry struggling to determine the best way to fund and fuel growth.

Our experienced panel, drawn from investors & executives with experience in Healthcare IT ventures both from a funding and entreprenuerial perspective, will address questions like: - What products, services, and technology sectors in healthcare are investors most excited about now? - What do investors want to see regarding company growth and exit strategy? - Which investors are best positioned to support my company in this current environment? - How should one approach valuation and other funding strategy discussions?

Panelists include: Bill Newman, Managing Director, NW tech ventures
Jim Plymale, CEO, Clinicient

The current economic climate has limited access to capital and has left companies across the healthcare industry struggling to determine the best way to fund and fuel growth. Our experienced panel, drawn from investors & executives with experience in Healthcare IT ventures both from a funding and entreprenuerial perspective, will address questions like:

What products, services, and technology sectors in healthcare are investors most excited about now?

What do investors want to see regarding company growth and exit strategy?

Which investors are best positioned to support my company in this current environment?

How should one approach valuation and other funding strategy discussions?

Our panelists include: William Newman - Managing Director, NW Tech Ventures Jim Plymale - CEO, Clinicient

Panel to be moderated by: John Hull - Managing Director, Marquam Hill Capital

Register at oregon.tie.org $10/$15/$25 online $10/$20/$30 onsite (student member/member/non-member)

Many technology and science start-ups that require outside capital have found investor groups with open doors but closed wallets this past year. But not everyone has struck out. Come hear how two early stage new ventures have closed their Series A rounds and are well on their way with Series B rounds. Also on the panel will be two early stage VCs who have their finger on the pulse of the changing investor market and can give the inside scoop on what to expect for 2010.

RSVP to jdalton@pdx.edu This event is free of charge, bring a lunch if desired.

David Wheeler will be giving his "Unit Test Your Database" talk. It was well-received at Open Source Bridge; now he's giving it to an audience of Agile practitioners.

We’re all used to unit testing our applications by now. The Extreme and Agile programming movements have done a great deal to promote unit testing, to the extent that many of us are now dependent on tests to assure that our applications work reliably. But how often do we test the database underlying our applications? Given that the database, as the repository for all of the knowledge and data for an application, just might be the single most important part of that application, the time for standardized database unit testing has come.

This talk promotes the practice of writing and running unit tests that directly test the schema, storage, and functionality of application databases. Following a review of the available PostgreSQL unit testing frameworks, we’ll review examples of testing tables, views, columns, constraints, indexes, triggers, and functions. The idea is to promote complete test coverage every aspect of a database, independent of application unit tests, to ensure reliably canonical data integrity.

Pizza and networking at 6:30pm, 7pm talk, beer afterwards.

Take your understanding of the federal SBIR/STTR program to the next level. This half-day workshop will teach you the critical requirements for creating a competitive Phase I proposal for the federal innovation grants program that sets aside $2 billion annually to fund technology commercialization. This workshop will help you decide if you have an SBIR/STTR proposal that can win.

Defining Your Winning Phase I Proposal will take you to the next level in determining if this is the opportunity to help fund your innovation. It will go over program details that program managers don't usually tell you. And it will help you decide whether you can create a competitive proposal.

Workshop Details: This half-day workshop will be interactive with opportunities for discussion and questions. Participants will learn:

• Pre-qualification questions: Is SBIR/STTR right for your firm? Do you have a true innovation? Will your team be seen as credible?
• The nuts and bolts of program rules, eligibility requirements, and general differences among agencies -- beyond what the program managers tell you
• How can you avoid learning the hard way?
• How to hone your story themes and approach that then become the crux of your Phase I proposal
• The ins and outs of producing a competitive Phase I SBIR/STTR proposal
• How to avoid losing
• And critical dos and don'ts of electronic submission
  

The Instructor: Mark Henry is nationally known as an SBIR/STTR expert, and in the past three decades he has worked on some 1,800 proposals and has given more than 50 presentations at national SBIR conferences. Mark has also provided training in more than 30 states. While managing the government R&D marketing effort at Bend Research (Bend, OR) for 17 years, the firm won 175 of 350 SBIR/STTR proposals. Mark also has had an 83% win rate on 72 Phase II prototype/demonstration proposals.

When: Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Time: Registration/networking: 8:00 am. Workshop: 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Where: Portland State Business Accelerator (directions below)

Cost: $75.00 - General Public

$60.00 - Members of sponsor organizations

Sponsors:

• Portland State Business Accelerator (PSBA). (Note: All Oregon University System members eligible for discount.)
  
• Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition (PNDC)
• Oregon Bioscience Association (OBA)

LOGISTICS

Location: Portland State Business Accelerator, Mt. Hood Conference Room - 209

Directions:< For GPS and online mapping directions to PSBA, use "SW Corbett Ave & SW Meade St, Portland, 97201" or click here for detailed driving instructions.

Parking: In PSBA lot at no charge.

Questions: call 503-725-2312 or email PSBA office.

The Software Association of Oregon Dev Forum has partnered with the Portland State Business Accelerator and the Portland SIG of TiE Oregon to bring you the most comprehensive and in-depth technical discussion in Portland about Cloud Computing yet.

  This program is specifically designed for developers and architects. In one afternoon we intend to host a collaborative best practice exchange aimed specifically at the top things developers and architects need to know in order to make the right Cloud Computing platform evaluation and implementation decisions.


  REGISTER: https://sao.yourmembership.com/events/event_details.asp?id=68684

This free seminar is presented by the Oregon Bioscience Association and features Gregory Milman Ph.D Director of the Office for Innovation and Special Programs National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of NIH

Join us on August 12th, 11:30 AM to 1:00pm, at the Portland State Business Accelerator, 2828 SW Corbett Ave, Portland. Complimentary lunch will be served.

Learn how to tap into $700 million of NIH funds.

And find out:

• How to decide between SBIR or STTR programs
• What is flexible and what is not in SBIR and STTR eligibility rules
• Success rates for NIH applications
• Difference between core technology and a grant application
• What belongs in the Title of your application
• Review criteria and how they are applied to your application
• What to put in your Specific Aims
• Why you need preliminary data
• More tips you are unlikely to learn from other NIH staff

Developments Since Sun Microsystems v. Microsoft: Building a License in Light of Current Case Law

TOPIC: It has been almost ten years since the important 9th Circuit Court decision in Sun Microsystems v. Microsoft. The speaker will highlight developments that influence licensing practice since that August 1999 decision.

SPEAKER: Chuck Valauskas Chuck Valauskas is a partner and founder in the firm, Valauskas & Pine LLC based in Chicago. He is legal counsel to companies and ventures with emphasis on start-ups based on new product and services, concepts, and technologies. Chuck is a patent attorney registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and a former adjunct law professor for intellectual property matters. He is affiliated with LES and Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM).

MEETING FORMAT: 5:30-6:30 pm Registration & Networking with appetizers and beverages

6:30-7:30pm Welcome by Chapter Chair, Michele Gunness Presentation

8:00pm Adjourn

Announcing: Invention to Venture Portland A workshop in technology entrepreneurship

Organized and hosted by the NCIIA and the University of Portland, the event is open to students, faculty and technology entrepreneurs from universities and communities throughout the Northwest

Are you a technologist? An inventor? Have entrepreneurial ambition? Plan to attend this introductory workshop on technology entrepreneurship. Invention to Venture is for science, business and technology students and faculty, as well as business people, entrepreneurs, and investors interested in commercializing cutting edge technology.

At Invention to Venture, you will:

. Explore technology entrepreneurship fundamentals . Discover how to turn an innovative product idea into a new technology venture . Network with the people who can help make your ideas a reality

Date: Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 (In addition, a social networking event will be held the prior evening for students who are in town and able to attend, though this is not required.) Time: 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: Portland State Business Accelerator, 2828 SW Corbett, Portland, OR, 97201 Cost: Students $25, Faculty $25, Others $50 Contact: Nicole Andrade, andrade@up.edu

To register today visit http://www.invention2venture.org/portland09/

Invention to Venture workshops are conducted at universities around the country and feature a nationally recognized curriculum delivered by top speakers from the business community. For more information about the course and NCIIA, visit www.invention2venture.org.

This is a quick-start class for experienced developers that want to get started on the iPhone platform.

We'll be covering:

• Objective-C Fundamentals • The Cocoa Frameworks • Developing in Xcode • iPhone application development, from the ground up • Hands-on development exercises and collaboration

Please register by 2/2.

Full class information can be found: www.nixwire.com/classes

Lunch & Learn: Technology Roadmapping Date: Thu, Nov 6th Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm Location: Portland State Business Accelerator 2828 SW Corbett Avenue, Suite 100 Portland, Oregon 97201 Cost: $10 for members $10 for non members Registration Deadline: 11/06/2008 Topic: Lunch & Learn: Technology Roadmapping Register for this Event Back to Event Calendar

Whether you call it strategic product development, technology forecasting, or something else, planning your company's technology evolution while also keeping an eye on technologies in your market is a critical capability. It supports developing successful technologies, gaining investor confidence, and successfully competing in the market. Come learn the basics from an experienced industry product developer who now teaches for PSU.

Speaker Tugrul Daim, Ph.D., is a PSU faculty member in the Engineering Technology Management Department. Dr. Daim was a product manager at Intel for over a decade. He held management positions including technology planning, development and new product development. He is the co-director of technical activities and program co-chair of Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology. Dr. Daim's work is published in more than ten technology management journals.

Why is product management and product marketing so critical to the success of your start-up? As critical as sales? Perhaps even more critical than engineering? If perception is reality, then product management and product marketing define reality.

This lunch and learn is being provided by Mark Gaydos, vice president of worldwide marketing at Tripwire. Mr. Gaydos also is teaching a five-week course on High Tech Product Management and Product Marketing offered by Portland State University's Professional Development Center. Click on this link if you want more info on the full program.

What You'll Learn at the Lunch and Learn This one-hour program will cover two of the many topics on product management and product marketing that will be covered in the five-week course, including:

* How to evaluate your existing software marketing plan
* How to create more compelling messaging

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Mark Gaydos, M.B.A., taught this course for UC Berkeley Extension for over 10 years before moving to Portland in 2007. Gaydos has more than 20 years of experience in high-tech marketing, sales, and product management. He is currently vice-president of worldwide marketing at Tripwire, where he directs the company's efforts in extending its market leading position. Prior to Tripwire Mr. Gaydos was senior director of marketing and inside sales for SAP America, guiding the company's CRM on-demand marketing in North America.

Date: Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Time: Noon - 1:00 pm

Where: Portland State Business Accelerator, Mt. Hood Conference Room - 209

2828 SW Corbett Avenue, Portland

Parking: In PSBA lot; at no charge.

Mobile Portland is local user group focused on mobile development. We gather on the fourth Monday of every month for presentations, discussion and networking.

This month's topic is on SMS from the people behind bBoing.com. More details to come.

We've been meeting at the Portland State Business Accelerator and may have this meeting there as well, but we're still determining if that is the case. We will meet in or near downtown.

If you're interested, sign up to receive notices about our meetings or join our Mobile Portland Google Group.
http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-portland

PSU Professor Carolyn McKnight will lead an active discussion of what this means for you and your team and help you develop strategies for expanding your "entrepreneurial EQ" so that you and your company can succeed.

Advanced Invention to Venture (AI2V) is a proven new venture accelerator that has been taught around the country. It was developed under a Kaufmann Foundation grant and is offered through the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA). Participants range from student new venture teams through existing ventures run by experienced entrepreneurs. The Portland program includes the following opportunities to build and test a new venture plan.

* Workshop: A four-day intensive workshop to help technology entrepreneurs understand the critical requirements of their new ventures and provide the guidance to build analysis-rich plans and investor pitches. Workshop includes hands-on development of technology roadmaps, market entry strategies, financial requirements mapping, and other key components that are critical to the success of new ventures.
* Investor Panel Dry Run: A volunteer panel of investors will provide feedback on pitches during the final hours of the workshop.
* Follow-up Coaching: Participants then spend eight weeks to close the gaps in their plan that they identified during the workshop. Business coaches assist during weekly meetings and help fine-tune the investor pitch.
* Investor Presentation: At the end of the eight-weeks, participants that are ready to seek outside investment present to an investor panel tailored to the company's venture.

Curious what the future holds for everyone's favorite open source browser? Want to know more about how it is being modified to work on mobile devices?

Development of a mobile version of Firefox is moving apace. Dietrich Ayala will talk about how it's being propelled by the major advances in performance and memory consumption in Firefox 3, and how the user interface elements of Firefox are being reinvented for size- and input-constrained devices.

Dietrich Ayala works as a Senior Software Engineer for Mozilla, and has been spending altogether too much time on bookmarks, tagging and history in Firefox 3.

Mobile Portland is local user group focused on mobile development. We gather on the fourth Monday of every month for presentations, discussion and networking.

Because of memorial day, the May meeting will be held on TUESDAY. The May meeting topic is to be determined.

If you're interested, sign up to receive notices about our meetings or join our Mobile Portland Google Group.
http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-portland

The Portland State Business Accelerator (PSBA) houses 20+ early stage technology companies. More than a dozen companies are currently looking for new hires, from entry level to senior level. Some companies also are seeking student interns.

http://groups.drupal.org/node/9749

Where’s your business plan? Sitting on a shelf gathering dust? In your head where you haven’t exactly pinned down some critical details? A plan needs to be a living document that is readily accessible, gets updated frequently, and helps you stay on track. But it also can guide you in the qualitative side of business—building your team and your company culture. That’s where the work gets done.

This lunch seminar will help you effectively “live your plan.” Topics will cover:

1. . Creating a plan that works for you
2. . Living your business plan
3. . Motivating your employees
4. . Expanding and growing your business

Speaker: Bob Zarhowski, Adjunct Faculty, Portland State University

Major mobile carriers are opening up their networks to devices and applications created by other companies. New mobile phone technologies allow users to surf the web easier than ever. These changes in the wireless industry are expanding opportunities for companies in Oregon. This panel discussion will explore both US and global opportunities created by these changes and some of the challenges in pursuing those opportunities. The panel includes two successful mobile-technology entrepreneurs and an Intel executive who tracks mobile software innovations for Intel in its efforts to identify trends and potential collaborative partners.

Panel Members:

Steve Asbjornsen of Intel Kevin Dent of Exit Games (PSBA Graduate Company) Jon Maroney of FreeRange Communications

http://www.psba.pdx.edu/mobileopennetworks

Mobile Portland is local user group focused on mobile development. We gather on the fourth Monday of every month for presentations, discussion and networking.

This month's guest presenters are GoLife Mobile's Mounir Shita, Founder and President of Technology; and Greg Applegate, VP of Business Development (http://golifemobile.com).

Get the inside scoop on the challenges GoLife Mobile faced building a mobile application development and delivery framework that works on multiple devices. Learn how their platform addresses those challenges and how they hope to enable startups and garage developers to build on top of the solutions they've created.

If you are a developer, this is a good opportunity to learn more about the platform and what it can enable you to do. If you are contemplating starting a mobile business, learn more about the opportunities and challenges that GoLife Mobile sees in the mobile market generally and Portland in particular.

NOTE: We will be in the Mt Hood Conference Room -209.

http://www.portlandaccelerator.com/node/914

http://www.portlandaccelerator.com/node/914