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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Part 1: Bend, Oregon Ecosystem and Entrepreneurs. as a distribution channel have vastly reduced the amount of capital a startup needs at the early stage when the risk is greatest. ——-.

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Half-stepping into video

Jeff Hilimire

Case in point, I had my first The Crisis Turnaround book talk (via Zoom), hosted by Tech Oregon last week. You can also subscribe to my YouTube channel to receive updates when I post more videos. (If With The 5-Day Turnaround , my first book which came out almost a year ago, I did exactly zero Zoom/video book talks.

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SWOT Analysis Examples

Up and Running

Botanical Bounty is an Oregon-based perennial farm that grows a variety of botanical, medicinal plants. Sales channel relationships. The recycled material from the PET plant will then be channeled into a brand-new Replay Plastics Packaging Division, which will produce extruded sheet plastic to sell to manufacturers.

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Technology For Scaling Your Real Estate Company

YoungUpstarts

While cloud based call center software does offer the ability for a caller to be engaged with a customer service agent over voice channels, many call center software solutions offer other options for customer interactions with your business as well.

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What You Can Do To Make Customer Care Your Most Effective Marketing Strategy

YoungUpstarts

Make sure to follow these customers on the social channels your brand is on. Born and raised in Oregon and having lived for several years in Seattle, Andrew has a damp, green place in his heart for the Pacific Northwest. Follow up with them now and again to make sure their experience was a positive one.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

It’s also a good idea if you want a cohesive campaign that reflects your company’s goals, messaging and branding across multiple channels, from Facebook to smartphones. This is a good choice if you need ongoing support and are ready to make a greater commitment to tech-based marketing than just a one-off mobile or social app.

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Three Lessons For Building A Successful Company With Sustainability Benefits

YoungUpstarts

Hood realized that energy-efficiency consultants, electrical contractors, and distributors of energy-efficient products are great champions for Verdafero, and therefore great channel partners. Layers of natural mineral pigment run through the material, upstaging even the natural formations of the Painted Hills in Oregon.