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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. Few entrepreneurs find this scalable and repeatable business model because it’s not easy. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds.

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Can you Do Well by Doing Good? The Data Say Yes

Up and Running

As an entrepreneur, you depend on the support of your community to realize your vision, but what are you giving back? By tracking five sources (talent, investments, technology innovation, brand, new market entry) diligently, the company has built its citizenship efforts into the way it works every day, all over the world.

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How to Write a Business Plan for an Outpatient Medical Practice

Up and Running

If you’ve never written a business plan before, Bplans also offers a library of sample medical business plans that you can review or even download to use as a model. Here’s a brief example: The problem : There is a lack of affordable pediatric and gynecological care available in coastal areas of Lane County, Oregon. Executive summary.

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Meet the Grand Prize Entrepreneurs of the BEC Boost

Up and Running

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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5 Things I Look when Investing in a Startup

Gust

It’s the result of several decades in high tech, three years as an investor in a local Oregon angel investment group , some consulting in due diligence for venture capital, and my experience as founder and co-founder of successful ventures. What I say here is my opinion and mine alone. Startup experience. Closeness.

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Beyond the Full-Time CMO: How Companies are Opting for a Fractional Future

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! She also hosts a popular podcast called Bubbles and Biz and is a contributing writer to entrepreneur. You get unlimited graphic designs, website funnels, C R M, email automation integrations, automations, really anything that requires you to log into software.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. Our best chance to make the world better is to agree that the choice among corporate structures should be made entirely in service of social impact,” says Rich Leimsider, the Vice President of Fellowship Programs at Echoing Green, a nonprofit that invests with social entrepreneurs.