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Willamette Angel Conference Invests More than $450K

Up and Running

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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It’s Not All Progress in the World of Business—Although We’re Making Strides

Up and Running

It also becomes a PR question: Now that this case has garnered such public attention, is it worth the positive PR to make a change? The Oregon Ducks’ coaches earn huge bonuses. The Oregon Ducks football team has excelled this season.

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The Modern Guide to Public Relations in 2021

Duct Tape Marketing

Amy learned PR in the trenches — working her way up from intern to management at two marketing agencies before starting her own PR firm, Veracity. As the firm’s president, she oversees the blending of digital strategies with classic PR tactics to favorably position clients both online and in traditional media.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

They attended property management association meetings in Oregon outside of the technology echo chamber of California to get a sense for people’s daily problems. We then set out to build these features as quickly as we could. But they went one step further. They recorded many of their sessions on video.

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The Crazy Marketing Campaigns That Actually Worked

YoungUpstarts

For just $100,000, 20 computers and a free website design, the company bought the naming rights to the small Oregon town of Halfway for one year – renaming the town Half.com, becoming the first dotcom city in America. In 1999, eCommerce company, Half.com , turned a $100,000 investment into a $300,000,000 sale.

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Go For the Gold: Olympic Lessons for Entrepreneurs

Up and Running

An athlete doesn’t consider a personal record (or PR) a static point in time. Every time he or she achieves a PR, a new one is immediately set. His competition time fell just short of the qualifying him to compete in the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon this summer. Keep setting new goals.

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17 Entrepreneurs Share their Favorite Quotes

Hearpreneur

” This was a statement told to me years ago by a former client of mine, Chuck Kaady, owner of Kaady Car Washes, located in Oregon. It’s a rule of thumb that I’ve since followed in my PR marketing business that I’ve operated for more than 13 years.