Portland State Business Accelerator

First Fridays are back and Upstart wants to invite you to our 7th floor perch for a toast to the month ahead!

Join Portland-metro founders for a happy hour with views for days and inspiring conversations that will jump start your weekend.

Please join the Portland State Business Accelerator and Christine Slattery, Portland-based attorney, trainer and workplace investigator, for a training session on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. In this training, Christine will discuss how to craft a meaningful value statement for your company, why this is important, and how to bring this statement to life. Additionally, the need of having a company handbook will be covered as well as an anti-harassment policy, required for all Oregon companies as of October 1, 2020.

Speaker: Alex Theodore

As a CTO I saw everything that went into and came out of the web development process, from the "client needs" to the source-controlled code. But being skilled in database development showed me time and time again that databases (and their architecture) were often sidelined treated as after-thoughts and often times served as little more than flexible storage spaces. Yet, their contents were the very essence of value for the process/client/company being served. This strange inversion of priorities led me to develop a way of looking at databases as "outside" the application and ultimately to interacting with them as API's. In my talk I'll be presenting this concept and showing with simple rules and examples how it can be done.

Bio:

I was the product and technology founder of Fracture.me and CTO up until 2018 where I developed the manufacturing processes and ERP software that powered our production process. That got me deeply involved in database work, especially with architecture and process design and optimization. Now I work part time as a database consultant and part time building modern, minimalistic furniture for my new (small) company MillFinish.com.

Oregon Bioscience Incubator (OBI) and the Portland State Business Accelerator (PSBA) are partnering to bring you a Finance Series. The first of three programs will be on September 17th at the Portland State Business Accelerator with the NOW CFO Financial Consultant, Chris Hall. Come learn the basics of AP and AR.

Chris will be staying after the program to meet individually with companies and answer specific questions - 3 slots available at 10 minutes each. If you are interested in signing up for a 10-minute one-on-one with Chris, please email Julia Baldwin at [email protected].

PSF's semi-annual public pitch event at the Portland State University Business Accelerator. How it works: No sign-up required. Just show up - first 15 entrepreneurs get 5-min power sessions with PSF managers Jim Huston, Angela Jackson and Jenn Lynch. PSF alumni founders, investors and mentors are also available to give you instant feedback and concrete next steps. Use this as a way to hone your Bend Venture Conference application and pitch (due Aug. 15). Everyone gets pizza (and a beer!)

Details coming this Fall.

Come mingle with your fellow biotech and digital health enthusiasts, help build community, and share your ideas on how to further accelerate the growth of these promising sectors in Portland.

Our monthly happy hour brings together creative and driven professionals who are passionate about promoting the growth of Portland's Biotech and Digital Health sectors. This is a great opportunity to network and build relationships with individuals working across these sectors in both academia and industry. Enjoy a free drink, build community, and contribute your ideas and efforts towards accelerating Biotech and Digital Health in PDX.

Whether talking to someone in line at the supermarket or pitching to a VC, you need to be able to communicate your great idea. But the best message in the world won’t stick if you deliver it poorly, and a great delivery cannot overcome a confusing message. Join us to learn how to craft a clear, concise, compelling pitch that will pique investor interest.

You’ll walk away with an understanding of:

• The problem you’re solving and your value proposition
• What questions you need to answer before crafting your pitch
• The elements, structure, and visuals that comprise a successful pitch
• How to condense a full pitch into a one-minute elevator pitch

Registration for this workshop includes one pass to our March 14 PitchFest and three free months of LivePlan business plan software (combined value of $85). Following the workshop, participants will have an opportunity to complete a one-page overview of their business using LivePlan and submit it for the opportunity to compete in PitchFest.

Register here: http://bit.ly/oen-seminar-pitchperfect

Please join us for our February Accelerate Biotech + Digital Health PDX Happy Hour at the Portland State Business Accelerator (Mt. Hood Room)!

Come mingle with your fellow biotech and digital health enthusiasts, help build community, and share your ideas on how to further accelerate the growth of these promising sectors in Portland.

Not sure what a term sheet is? Clueless when it comes to determining the valuation of your company? Never fear. Our experts will decode the terminology and demystify the math.

As an early stage entrepreneur looking for the first round of funding, one of the most daunting tasks may be determining the valuation of your company and deciphering a term sheet. This workshop will arm you with the knowledge and tools you need to effectively negotiate with angel investors.

Learn more and register at: http://bit.ly/oenvaluation

Got a great idea? We want to help it take flight. OEN’s Angel Oregon 2017 Program is an opportunity for you to:

• Receive a sizeable investment (historically between $200-300k)
• Hone your pitch and business plan
• Get intensive coaching & mentoring from our network of Angel Investors
• Present to hundreds of investors and business leaders at OEN’s annual Angel Oregon Spring Showcase

At our Jan. 5 info session, OEN staff and active investors will provide an overview of OEN’s Angel Oregon 2017, including eligibility requirements and new funding opportunities.

There’s a lot that goes into selecting our final investment winner, but the first step is taking the time to put together a thoughtful, compelling application. We will also walk you through Gust, the application and evaluation platform we use, and show you how to most effectively make your case to investors.

Cost: FREE, limited to 75 people. Please register at: http://bit.ly/angeloen

Our Holiday Hiatus is over.

Come meet Cannabis Connect the "Etsy of Cannabis" 

Every week we have a new local entrepreneur building an amazing company here in Portland. They give a short presentation followed up with a great Q&A session where you get to ask questions and ask about the real challenges and triumphs behind the business. 

As always we welcome everyone interested in startups and founders building great companies here in Portland.

Come and check it out and bring a friend. 

Join us online on the 1MC PDX Startup Slack channel. 

TripGrid returns to talk about changes they have made over the last year.

Every week we have a new local entrepreneur building an amazing company here in Portland. They give a short presentation followed up with a great Q&A session where you get to ask questions and ask about the real challenges and triumphs behind the business. 

As always we welcome everyone interested in startups and founders building great companies here in Portland.

Come and check it out and bring a friend. 

Join us online on the 1MC PDX Startup Slack channel. 

This week Storybulbs - a personalized video platform that is launching this week. Learn how to send unique videos to your customers. 

Every week we have a new local entrepreneur building an amazing company here in Portland. They give a short presentation followed up with a great Q&A session where you get to ask questions and ask about the real challenges and triumphs behind the business. 

As always we welcome everyone interested in startups and founders building great companies here in Portland.

Come and check it out and bring a friend. 

Join us online on the 1MC PDX Startup Slack channel.