Online Webinar

Have an idea for a new venture, or need help growing your existing venture? Want to learn more about equity financing and the options available in Oregon? Join Laura Kubisiak and Ana Chaud for an interactive session on resources available to entrepreneurs looking to start a new business, as well as existing ventures looking for higher growth.

Laura Kubisiak is the Venture Catalyst for Washington County and will talk about the services and resources for early-stage entrepreneurs, as well discuss equity financing to raise capital. She will be joined by Ana Chaud, founder of Garden Bar. Ana successfully sold the business in 2019 and is now giving back to the entrepreneurial community in a variety of ways, including as a TiE Oregon angel investor and an Executive Partner in Elevate Capital. She’ll share her experience as an entrepreneur, as well as her thoughts on working with angel investors and venture capital firms.

Topics to be discussed:
• The Venture Catalyst (VC) Network
• The VC Services in Washington County
• Equity Financing as part of the Funding Ladder
• Types of Equity Investors
• Local Venture Funds
• Straight Scoop from Ana on being an Entrepreneur and an Investor

The focus is on traded sector, but all business are welcome!
There will be plenty of time for questions.

Speaker Backgrounds:

Laura Kubisiak serves as the Venture Catalyst for Washington County. She is an “on the ground” resource for helping traded-sector companies start-up and scale-up. She meets one-on-one with entrepreneurs, assesses their business needs, and then connects them to people, programs and financial capital to help fuel their growth. Laura also leads programming to educate entrepreneurs and give them an opportunity to network with others in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Prior to this role, Laura served as a senior executive in marketing, sales and business development at companies ranging from start-up to Fortune 500.

Ana Chaud started her career as a financial and business manager in the San Francisco Bay Area. In January 2014, Ana co-founded Garden Bar, the first fast casual, salad concept restaurant in the NW. In five years, Garden Bar grew ~600% in revenue and expanded from 9 to 120 employees. In 2019, Garden Bar was acquired by Evergreens, which provided Ana with a full circle experience – from concept to exit. Ana recently joined the Board at TiE Oregon and will share her insights on being an entrepreneur, as well as investing in new ventures through TiE Angels and Elevate Capital.

BrainStation Online Live Thought Leadership Series:

Join BrainStation, the global leader in premium digital skills training, as they welcome industry leaders to discuss Product Management in the time of COVID-19. In Scrapping the Roadmap: Navigating Products Through Change, three expert guests will share their experience with how they pivoted their product roadmaps to adapt to the sudden changes in the market.

Scrapping the Roadmap: Navigating Products Through Change

Wednesday, May 21st // 10 - 11am PT

Guest speakers:

Michael Ayoola, Senior Product Manager, The New York Times

Daryl Porter, Vice President, eCommerce Logistics & Operations, Walmart

Maria Potoroczyn, Head of Citi Bot, Global Consumer Bank, Citi

Register here: https://bit.ly/2yQlYkI

BrainStation is the global leader in premium digital skills training for professionals and enterprises looking to future-proof themselves in the digital economy.

In addition to empowering professionals with the skills they need to be durable in their careers, we have a thriving Community that is enabled through our Thought Leadership Series. Twice per month, we welcome industry titans to an online live panel discussion to unpack relevant and important topics as it pertains to Technology, Innovation and how to thrive in a digital economy. These events support individuals with key industry, discipline and development insights that support them as they navigate their professional growth. They've welcomed leaders from some of the most successful companies in the world, like Spotify, The New York Times, Patagonia, Vimeo, Google, Nike and many more.

Watch out for the next event in June, How World-Class Brands are Winning With Data-Driven Marketing!

RSVP: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2731951442299603715?source=Morgan

In pursuit of enhanced connectivity, scalability, and efficiency, cloud migration is hastening across all industry sectors. In order to unlock the cloud’s benefits, these environments – public, private, and hybrid – must be explicitly architected and engineered to suit the respective applications they will host, while also meeting security and compliance requirements.

How do businesses determine their ideal cloud environment and optimize it post-migration?

In this presentation, we will review and compare: - The physical and virtual components of public, private, and hybrid cloud environments; - The business considerations that differentiate each environment, including storage space, workloads, compliance, internal staff, and other business requirements; - The relationship between organizations, cloud providers, and MSPs; - The best practices organizations should consider keeping their cloud environment secure, compliant, and optimized post-migration.

Presenter: Scott Harvey VP of Operations & Engineering, Atmosera

RSVP: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2731951442299603715?source=Morgan

Join us on Monday, July 31st for an update on TAO membership and its benefits. This webinar is a great opportunity for new members of TAO, as well as those that are looking for a refresher on taking advantage of your company membership.

In this brief webinar, TAO staff will highlight some of the member resources recently introduced across our region and focus on upcoming opportunities for engagement and events.

The TAO team will also be on hand to answer questions and looks forward to an engaging conversation!

Agile development methods and practices are radically different from ‘waterfall’ or sequential, phased approaches. Agile development has become mainstream in software development over the last decade and has recently spread beyond software to other domains. It is important for leaders and manager to understand how to build, develop, and lead Agile teams -- not just for your company, but also for your own career.

This workshop introduces leaders and managers to a cohesive set of methods, practices, and principles to maximize business results from Agile and Lean development, while also cultivating a workplace where people thrive. The workshop defines and clarifies the roles of leaders, first-line managers, middle managers, and executives using materials drawn from over a decade of Agile and Lean adoption experience covering tens of thousands of people within Fortune 100 companies. It also addresses what does and doesn't work well in Agile and Lean adoptions across a diverse set of global cultures.

Brought to you by https://www.nucognitive.com

Agile Finance for Agile IT: How trends in IT pose challenges to traditional acquisition models and accounting methods and what to do about it

Thursday August 25, 2016 10:00am PST

Recent trends in IT like mobile and cloud computing, and Internet of Things, are creating pressure on IT organizations to respond to the demands of the business in ever shrinking planning and implementation cycles. In the era of agile IT, the infrastructure is only as nimble as the least agile component and that typically is the network. The challenge of creating agile systems on legacy networks is compounded by the constraints of legacy acquisition models and accounting methods which force IT to estimate the future needs of the business in 3 to 5 year intervals. Finance should be an enabler to creating agile IT systems that deliver the most value to the organization by ensuring the network’s capability matches the immediate needs of the business without network resources sitting idle or being overly constrained due to poor planning. Please join us for a webinar hosted by Greg Buchanan, Sr. Manager in Brocade’s office of the CFO; and David Aden, Territory Manager for Oregon and SW Washington at Brocade, to discuss how businesses can better equip Finance to help IT meet the demands of the New IP.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN - The three types of Professional Services firm and the management at each - The emphasis that clients and employees put on values and culture - Using your influence, passion, and vision to lead the organization We will also have a live thirty-minute Q&A period after the presentation.

This webinar series is a world-first: a dedicated professional services manager course with a dedicated focus on management—this exclusivity of focus is designed to strip away the redundant training that comes with other options, such as the MBA: - Eight 90 minute webinars covering the fundamentals of professional services management - Topics include areas such as estimates, engagement scheduling and KPIs - Available to watch online on all internet web browsers

About Kayne McGladrey I have always had the good fortune of not being the smartest person in the room. Much of my understanding of professional services management has come from mentoring by the vice presidents and senior partners I had worked with over the years. I am fortunate to be currently working with one of the three most influential mentors in my career. However, many of the hundreds of consultants and former professional services managers I have spoken with have identified a lack of available training to manage a professional services organization. I believe that the only way to demonstrate mastery of a skill is to teach someone else. I regularly write about my experience managing a worldwide professional services organization.

Want to launch your idea, startup and need the support of your community? Crowdfunding might be the solution. Join us for a discussion around crowdfunding.

We will help you find answers to these questions:

1. Is crowdfunding right for me?
2. What is the best crowdfunding platform for me?
3. How do I know what financial goal to set?
4. Can I run the campaign solo or should I have a team?
5. What is the small and the big picture of crowdfunding?
6. What myths of crowdfunding?
7. What are the top 5 biggest mistakes of a successful crowdfunding campaign?
8. What are the 3 circles of crowdfunding?

Lets explore what crowdfunding is and what it is not. We will explore the good and the bad of crowdfunding.

The Cloud’s business model allows your organization to leverage existing infrastructure and platform investments for greater convenience, but developing a secure Cloud strategy involves numerous considerations and planning. Join us for this free webinar on October 29th, 2014 at 11am PT where we we will explore Microsoft Azure and Cloud Security.

Will IT services go the way of electricity? How long will the transformation take? Who will be the builders in the future? Who will be the buyers?

As an IT Professional, you have your own predictions about industry trends.

Join us for an informative webinar as EasyStreet’s CTO Steve Knipple presents an overview of the top trends in IT services based on leading industry reports plus actual client examples, including:

• High performance computing enabled by flash storage

• On-prem clouds to mitigate bandwidth costs and limitations

• Leveraging IT to meet compliance requirements (PCI, HIPAA, etc.)

• Hybridized IT environments for complex customization

• Actual buying patterns and budget breakdowns

Tuesday, April 15

10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PDT

Click to register: http://bit.ly/1pPk3Ny

About the Speaker:

Steve Knipple has 20 years’ experience in IT enterprise strategy, architecture, management and operations. He is a specialist in Corporate IT transformational programs of local, national and international scale. Before joining EasyStreet in 2010, Steve was Senior Manager of Global IT Architecture, Deployment and Operations at Munich-based Wacker Chemical Corporation. He holds an M.S. in Applied Information Management from the University of Oregon.

Event name: Silicon Florist Founder Hotseat with Adeo Ressi

Description: Do you have an idea for a startup? Could you use feedback on your ideas from a leading Silicon Valley entrepreneur? Then join us for the Founder Hotseat with Adeo Ressi, the CEO of the Founder Institute. During this webinar, viewers can pitch their startups to Adeo, either through text or on screen in a video conference. Adeo will provide blunt and detailed feedback on the idea, the pitch and the business. Even if you don't want to pitch, you are invited to RSVP, log on, and watch how an expert startup advisor evaluates new business ideas. Date: 2013-11-08, 12:15 PM

Registration: This is an online event, Online location TBA (register to be notified), Submit your pitch at: http://bit.ly/siliconflorist_hotseat

Website Link: http://fi.co/e/5501/SUP