Portland Ten, one of the region’s leading training resources for the startup community, is excited to announce that Architectural Applications, adesign and engineering consultancy dedicated to building energy efficient technologies , has completed the Portland Ten program. Key to this sucess was reaching the milestone of exceeding $1million in revenue within 18 months.

To celebrate the successful completion of the Portland Ten entrepreneur incubator program, Architectural Applications is hosting a party on Wednesday October 3rd, from 6pm-8pm at The Good, in the Pearl District. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be provided.

The Good - is located at 1626 NW 15th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209.

Portland Ten alumni, Sponsors, community members, and staff will be on hand to meet and mingle with guests, and the community is invited to enjoy refreshments and learn more about entrepreneurial mentoring opportunities.

Since 2009, Portland Ten companies have exceeded $20M in revenue/funding, and Architectural Applications is the five graduate company to exceed its revenue goal.

For information, email [email protected], @portlandten, or call 503.707.7763

Considering a career in coding, but wondering how exactly you'll get there and what your job prospects will be once you're trained up?

At this event, hear from Code Fellows alumni, instructors and staff on how Code Fellows helps you launch your new career as a software developer. We'll have pizza, beverages and plenty of time to answer any and all questions you have about the Code Fellows formula for success.

RSVP; space is limited.

A full day of great advice and discussion around building your company on a solid legal and regulatory foundation, raising funds successfully and legally and avoiding common missteps that distract and derail new businesses.

Lunch is provided and there will be a well-known lunch time speaker, soon to be announced, who will talk about the local fund raising market and recent deals.

In this engaging day-long course you'll learn how to:

• Pick the right business structure and domicile.
• Meet basic licensing, registration and tax requirements.
• Establish appropriate governance practices.
• Identify and protect critical intellectual property.
• Structure and manage key relationships with co-founders, investors, employees and other stake holders.
• Negotiate better contracts with partners, suppliers and customers.
• Develop a successful financing strategy from seed round to C round.
• Understand and negotiate VC term sheets, plus other advice for successful fundraising.
• Organize and manage a data room to support financings and M&A.
• Identify and meet key regulatory requirements.
• Prevent, manage and resolve commercial disputes and other conflicts.

The Women Who Code PDX Workshop: Introduction to Sketch

Sketch is a popular digital design tool for Mac. Most companies and screen-based designers use Sketch at work. (It's pretty great).

This workshop will be hands-on, and you will need your Mac laptop to follow along. By the end, you will have designed a couple of screens that you will test using InVision (a collaboration tool for design and product teams), animated through Principle or Framer, and handed off to developers through Zeplin.

You don't need to have any experience with Sketch to come. Beginners totally welcome!

Requirements:

• A MacBook of some kind. Sketch is a Mac-only tool.
• A copy of Sketch. You can download a free 30 day trial.

About the Instructor:

Kristin Lasita is a Product Designer at Simple, an online bank with super customer service and well-designed tools to help you save and budget.

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For general information about the Design + Product Study Night, including our Code of Conduct, check out our Meetup page.