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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. Today with every city, state and country trying to build out a technology cluster, following Dino’s progress can provide others with a roadmap of what’s worked and what has not. Tech investing is risky.

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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. Target market: Who is your ideal patient? Target market. Executive summary. The first section that will appear in your business plan is the executive summary.

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

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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. IBM touts an impressive 3:1 return on its corporate citizenship efforts. That’s a $3 return for every dollar spent.

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Growing Your Business While Growing as an Entrepreneur

Duct Tape Marketing

Growing Your Business While Growing as an Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jill Nelson. from 2012-2015, Oregon Business Magazine ‘s 100 Best Companies in Oregon from 2010-2017, and the Portland Business Journal ‘s Most Admired Companies.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

some came from our customer service, some were to improve performance / scalability from tech ops, some were bug fixes, etc.) Letting our customers and the market know that we were a real organization with real people rather than a pre-packaged, pre-processed marketing machine. But he didn’t grow up with technology.

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4 Reasons Why Credit Unions Are Better For Your Business

Up and Running

My mentor was my dad, who owned a small business in Milwaukie, Oregon. Today I’m CEO of Oregon’s second largest state-chartered credit union, and I love going to work every day, making a difference in the lives of our members, employees and the communities we serve. He was not surprised when I chose to work in credit unions.

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10 Things I Hated About Your Business Pitch

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Next month I’ll have another round of it, judging both the University of Oregon New Venture Competition and the Rice Business Plan Competition. With that in mind, I’ve recently reviewed an early post, and updated the 10 things I hate most when they come up in business pitches. You tried to dazzle with big market “facts”.