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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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What You Can Do To Make Customer Care Your Most Effective Marketing Strategy

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Born and raised in Oregon and having lived for several years in Seattle, Andrew has a damp, green place in his heart for the Pacific Northwest. After graduating from Portland State University with a double major in Marketing and Advertising, he spent some time learning Spanish and experiencing all that South America has to offer.

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How to Out Amazon, Amazon

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You see sustainability of farms as a key attribute in The Bouqs or Green & Blacks chocolate. From Warby Parker … To Bonobos … To UNTUCKit … And at Parachute Home we’ve also begun our massive retail rollout with our first two locations in Venice and Portland.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

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Bamboo Sushi in Portland, OR is both a benefit corporation and B corp certified. Other corporations may claim to be green or socially responsible, but becoming a benefit corporation shows the public that you are putting your money where your mouth is. Benefit corporations and B corp certification: What’s the difference?

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crowdSPRING Community Gives Back – Campus Consciousness Tour

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Reverb ( www.Reverb.org ) is an environmental nonprofit in the music industry that helps musicians green tours and make it easy for music fans everywhere to take environmental action. The organization is based in Portland, Maine. The Tour includes many greening elements and is run to have a minimal environmental footprint.

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Cold Beer, Strollers, and Craft Draft Hipsters – What’s not to love?

Duct Tape Marketing

Essentially this is a concept that was started on the West Coast in Portland, Oregon. A: Jill Green was my business coach. Tell us a little bit about Bier Station. Answers John C : Bier Station is the Midwest’s first craft beer tasting bar and bottle shop. Q: What makes this place special? So, she knows restaurants.

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Money-Making Subscription Services (That You Can Start Too!)

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Or, you could focus on green or all-natural products, a growing niche for subscription services. I’m a big fan of IPAs (I live in Portland, Oregon, after all), and so the IPA Beer of the Month Club would be a subscription service right up my alley. The possibilities are endless—but make sure you do your market research first!