Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. It’s home to a small but growing tech community that has been developing over the past decade, and that’s what piqued my interest. What’s Different.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

My partner Greg Bettinelli gave me the idea for the title of this post because he ran a breakout session at the Upfront Summit titled “How to Out Amazon, Amazon.” When we look at investing in companies we often look at their communities and the social engagement as an indicator of whether there is organic demand for the product (vs.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2012

Many Partners, Many Missions, One Changi.” But that’s not everything the company’s customers and partners value. In Portland, Oregon, Apple buses senior citizens from the local community center to its stores and teaches them to use a computer, some for the very first time. Engaging Service Vision.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2011

And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Portland too. Vancouver has a number of local events and programs that connect and support members of the community, including Vancouver GreenTech Exchange, Vancouver Startup Weekend, Mobile Mondays, and BCIC-New Ventures Competition. Then there's Seattle, of course.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 17, 2021

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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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And our vertical and powered by programs – Cloud (in San Antonio with Rackspace), Microsoft Accelerator (in Seattle with Microsoft) and Nike Accelerator (in Portland with Nike) were also started from scratch.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Announcing that you pay workers in bitcoin might signal to the community that you are a cutting-edge business on the forefront of modern strategies. Meneghello is a partner with employment law firm Fisher Phillips in Portland, Ore. There is also a bit of cachet associated with the use of bitcoin.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Now we are growing based on the projections our wholesale partners give us annually in sales. And all this must be tied together with ongoing communications with staff, business partners, vendors, and other key people affecting your business. Key man insurance via a buy-sell agreement (if the brewery has multiple partners).

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Up and Running

JANUARY 22, 2015

In the last year alone, several have opened across the United States, with cafes in New York City, Oakland, California, and soon, Portland Oregon. I spoke with wife and husband team Kristen and Sergio Castillo, whose cat cafe, Purringtons, is set to open in Portland at the end of January. Do something that fits your community.

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

client / Washington, DC ($500 Referral Reward) Developer/Partner / Rocket Whale, Inc. Ycombinator © 2010 Social Matchbox, - WordPress Themes by DBT. . Ycombinator © 2010 Social Matchbox, - WordPress Themes by DBT.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 12, 2019

John Jantsch: So, in preparation for this, because you do the conference and have your business in the city of Portland. Portland, Maine. John Jantsch: Yeah, I was going to go there, because I did a little search, I said, “Fun facts about Portland, Maine.” It was five fun facts about Portland, Oregon.

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Transformify

AUGUST 5, 2019

That means unifying the company’s exceptional talent around a set of shared values to create lasting relationships between PEMCO, its customers and the community. The Portland native is happiest when spending time with family, which includes her Seattle public school teacher husband, her adult son and their sweet cat Alice.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

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. We give back to the community, just like we would do with the cart too, and that giving back has also helped put us on the map. Colleen: Having a good partner and spouse.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Building relationships with vendors and the local community. Step 4: Building relationships with vendors and the local community. And all this must be tied together with ongoing communications with staff, business partners, vendors, and other key people affecting your business. Finding a brewery location. he explains.

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

” 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.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2017

A few years later, John and his business partner, Dan Kiefer, created Bier Station, one of the most successful neighborhood beer bar and store concepts in the nation. Essentially this is a concept that was started on the West Coast in Portland, Oregon. My business partner and I are happy. Remember those?). Our staff seems happy.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

And of course, supporting the your local community and local economy really is something worth doing. I definitely suggest reading it if you and your spouse or partner aren’t open with each other about finances. Small Business Saturday is tomorrow. Last year, this shopping event certainly showed small business the love; 5.7

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2019

This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order. It was in a part of Portland that was up and coming and I always loved serving small businesses. crosstalk] John Jantsch: Hopefully next time I’m in Portland I will stop by. Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

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. The Andyies asked me to talk about our Indie.vc And that’s not a joke.

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