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Engineering a Regional Tech Cluster-part 3 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. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Science and Industrial Policy , Venture Capital.

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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. Over the years we brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Silicon Valley Transplants.

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Dragons, Bootstrapping and Women in Tech

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Don’t be scared to turn down “dumb money” Network like crazy. Partner well. Nelson acknowledges that choosing a business partner is like choosing a spouse, and that she’s been fortunate to twice connect with people who synergistically allowed Theme Dragon to rise to the next level. Look inward.

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

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And all this must be tied together with ongoing communications with staff, business partners, vendors, and other key people affecting your business. Some cities, such as Portland, Oregon also have what Patrick calls “beer angels”—private angel investors who understand the beer business and invest in select breweries and cideries.

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Episode 8: Charlie’s Bcast Email, Startup Incubators, and 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail | The Bcast

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Here in Oregon, we’ve got some in Portland that are really great and then this article talks about some here in Eugene, Oregon which are doing well but fairly new. There’s some fantastic producers in terms of who the output of those accelerators and incubators have been in Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco. Peter: Caroline.