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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. Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Part 1: Bend, Oregon Ecosystem and Entrepreneurs. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds.

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Capacity Building Grants for Nonprofits in 2022

Board Effect

A capacity building grant is often used with words such as organizational development or institution building. Simply put, a capacity building grant is a sum of money that a foundation offers to a nonprofit to work on new strategies, develop competencies, and improve processes and systems to improve efficiency. Meyer Memorial Trust.

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Reflection on Local Angel Investment From Inside Out

Gust

I just finished with the fourth of our annual angel investment event for my local group based in Eugene and Corvallis, Oregon. We now have an investment in Cascade ProDrug, using technology developed at our own University of Oregon (based in Eugene, where I live) to help people fight cancer by reducing the toxic effects of chemotherapy.

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#askadeveloper Your Web and Programming Questions

Up and Running

Are you wondering which web hosting service to use, or which programming language you need to learn, or what’s important to look for when hiring a software or web developer? About the developers. She has been working in software development since 2000, with extensive experience in website design and functionality.

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Willamette Angel Conference Invests More than $450K

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Yesterday’s Willamette Angel Conference (WAC) 2013 event invested more than $465,000 in four Oregon startups, highlighted by more than $250,000 in Portland-based Sonivate , which has developed a fingertip-mounted ultrasound probe that enables imaging while leaving both hands free to do work with simultaneous tactile feedback. .

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Today From 9am–10am PDT: #askadeveloper Your Programming Questions

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Simply tweet @bplans using the hashtag #askadeveloper between 9 and 10 am PDT , and our team of professional software and web developers will respond in real-time. About the developers. She has been working in software development since 2000, with extensive experience in website design and functionality.

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Bigger in Bend – Building a Regional Startup Cluster–part 1 of 3

Steve Blank

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. Dino and I kept in touch as he moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Here’s Part 1 of Dino’s story….