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Where to Find High-Quality Drone Parts and Accessories

The Startup Magazine

Electronic speed controllers regulate power distribution from the flight battery to the motors, while the flight controller acts as the drone’s computerized brain coordinating inputs and stabilizing altitude. Motors directly impact maneuverability, lift capacity, and flight times based on wattage specifications.

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Succeeding in Venture Capital as an Introvert

Hunter Walker

And I’m anticipating doing a lot of this in the places our portfolio companies are scattered: the Bay Area, New York City, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Toronto, Portland, San Diego, Boston, Salt Lake City, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and so on. There’s just so much community and learning-by-osmosis (or serendipity) that comes from being together.

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How I Started a Gluten-Free Cookie Company: With Josh Fegles of Jude’s Foods

Up and Running

” That’s what got me connected with Oregon State University’s Food Innovation Center and Portland Community College’s Small Business Development Center. The way the SBDC works is they’ll partner you up with people who have done what you’re trying to do. It was the community college course I took.

Oregon 60
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How to Start a Brewery

Up and Running

Where in your area will you find land or a building with the right zoning, size, facilities, and access for bringing in raw materials, attracting customers, and/or shipping out finished beer for distribution? How wide do you want to grow production and distribution, or do you want to focus on selling over your own bar? Relationships.

Oregon 60
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My XOXO Talk

Bryce Dot VC

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak at the XOXO Festival in Portland Oregon. Back in 2005 we started a venture firm called OATV, O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, myself, my partner Tim O’Reilly, and my partner Mark Jacobson. Then we put a 5X cap on the distributions. And that’s not a joke.

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How to Start a Brewery: Growing Your Own Craft Beer Business

Up and Running

Building relationships with vendors and the local community. These products will be distributed to remote yet extremely viable areas, where the market is appreciative of readily-available, good-quality brew. With this money, they plan to expand its distribution to selected metro areas within the state of Oregon.

Oregon 24
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From Food Cart to Award-Winning Restaurant: A Secret to Success Story

Up and Running

We added an employee-of-the-month program, we work on providing meals and beers, and trips to Portland, but retaining people is still a tough one. Colleen: Currently it’s all about distribution. We make our money in beer distribution, not so much on the food side. Colleen: Having a good partner and spouse.

Oregon 60