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

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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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How to Start a Brewery

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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?

Oregon 60
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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Computer Software. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Hospitality.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

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An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S.

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

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Review your business plan regularly. Committing to regularly reviewing your business plan and financials is a good step toward making more informed, smarter spending decisions, that can have a big impact on a new business’s long term viability. Many brewers avoid that due to perceived qualitative differences,” says Patrick.

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Meet the Grand Prize Entrepreneurs of the BEC Boost

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The contest was sponsored by Palo Alto Software , which provided free access to LivePlan , its cloud-based business planning software, to all of the Boost entrants. “ The contest was sponsored by Palo Alto Software , which provided free access to LivePlan , its cloud-based business planning software, to all of the Boost entrants. “

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Episode 2: Business Planning, Content Marketing, and 3D Printing – The Bcast

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Since the banana stand has been around since the sixties, we’ve actually already developed a really strong following of customers, primarily due to the hit song “Big Yellow Joint” that was released by Jimmy Jane in the seventies. What can a place like The Barn Light here in Eugene, Oregon do to content market?