siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Covering the blossoming startup industry in Portland, Oregon, and the Silicon Forest. Web Developer. I welcome any tips, product announcements, stories, or rumors that involve Portland, Oregon, or Silicon Forest technology. Oregon Entrepreneur Network (OEN). Silicon Florist. Subscribe via RSS population: Blog. 3 Comments.

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Portland Oregon Technical Cofounder Startup 46

Gust

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

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.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Software Review Angel Investor Exit Strategy 70

Up and Running

JANUARY 2, 2013

For my work, I am constantly working on new features for our business planning application as well as new layouts for our web sites. While I love Balsamiq for sketching web site layouts, sometimes I still just need to sketch and draw. I use Google Hangouts every day to collaborate with our remote workers in Ireland and Bend, Oregon.

Product 101

Product Ireland Oregon Cloud 101

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Well, again, I appreciate you stopping by and the next time, hopefully I'm in Hood River, Oregon. John Jantsch (18:43): It's been a lot of fun. So that's the bubbles and biz. Okay, I get it now. We can connect in real life. Nicole Bernard (18:55): Yes, that would be great. Thanks for having me.

Social Media 75

Social Media Software Review Hiring Framework 75

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Portland, Oregon-based Shwood was founded by Eric Singer, whose inspiration for starting the company came from hand-carving a pair of sunglass frames one day out of a Madrone tree limb from his own backyard, adding a rusty pair of cabinet hinges and lenses from a corner store.

Portland 140

Portland Oregon America Small Business 140

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

APRIL 28, 2011

The winner of AppCircus was Geoloqi , a secure, real-time mobile and web platform for location sharing. I chatted with them shortly before the pitching started and found out that they are from Portland, Oregon, yay, my home state! Congratulations to them.

Portland 63

Portland Oregon Mobile Incubator 63

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

” 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. For instance, you cannot expect a web development agency to be good at SEO or web design, and vice versa. Same with agencies or partners. Thanks to Yasmina Yousfi, Cloudswave. #12

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur LLC SEO Oregon 48

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Each SBDC offers a mix of web-based and in-person resources. For instance, America’s SBDC Oregon offers a variety of services for entrepreneurs, like access to Market Research Institute data, and business advising for veterans through its Veterans Mean Business program. It’s a soup-to-nuts kind of a setup,” says Rowe.

Small Business 112

Small Business Developer Mississippi Wyoming 112

Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2018

With less accountability and more access to global reach, nefarious forces are getting more effective at turning the Web into a fight for our minds, undermining our security in the process. —?enemy propaganda masked as fake news and Facebook ads. Your mother shared a fake news story. Your students cited “alternative facts.”

Audio 60

Audio Oregon Artificial Inteligence Security 60

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2011

Wieden+Kennedy, the advertising agency that made the absurdly popular Old Spice campaign on TV and the web called "Smell Like a Man" announced today that it is now accepting applications from brand-friendly tech startups for admission to its incubator program, the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE).

Incubator 124

Incubator Portland Partner PHP 124

Up and Running

MARCH 28, 2013

Other than that, I was making some money, but my main job was doing graphic design and web design. We’re trying to vastly expand into any other kind of market that we can with video production, as well as getting bands from outside of Eugene and Oregon to come to the studio. People that are looking to progress the game of music.

Engineer 78

Engineer Oregon Cofounder Entrepreneur 78

Up and Running

DECEMBER 11, 2013

I’m a member of an angel investment group based where I live in Oregon. Some service businesses — web services are a great example — are also scalable, even though they sell services. And I watch Shark Tank, the TV show, in which a select group of seasoned investors (the sharks) pick and choose investments from business pitches.

Valuation 136

Valuation Oregon Burn Rate Angel Groups 136

Up and Running

JULY 15, 2011

The core curriculum has been taught at the University of Oregon. Topics include: business basics and start-up; market analysis and strategy; developing financials; getting financed; the importance of the Web and Social Media; building a team; legal issues; tax issues; and making the pitch.

Oregon 102

Oregon Social Media Programming Business Plan 102

Up and Running

JULY 17, 2014

Resources also exist on the web, such as the American Bar Association, which has a state by state lawyer referral directory. One option is to ask friends and business associates for a referral. Accountants, bankers, and insurance professionals will have attorneys they have worked with in the past and who they feel comfortable with.

Small Business 72

Small Business Hiring Intellectual Property Oregon 72

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

APRIL 28, 2011

The winner of AppCircus was Geoloqi , a secure, real-time mobile and web platform for location sharing. I chatted with them shortly before the pitching started and found out that they are from Portland, Oregon, yay, my home state! Congratulations to them.

Portland 40

Portland Oregon Mobile Incubator 40

Gust

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Picture a meeting room with a lot of windows, early evening, early Spring, the Oregon landscape darkening outside. Twenty or so angel investors (me included) sit on tables arranged like a big U, with a table in the middle for a projector, and a screen in front. An entrepreneur has just finished his pitch.

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Angel Investor Oregon Business Model Search 93

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

The amendment introduced by Oregon Representative Greg Walden, specifically prohibits the FCC from enforcing its Net Neutrality rules , passed late last year. Discrimination of web traffic would also be forbidden and providers could not unreasonably distinguish between traffic sources or provide one traffic source advantage over another.

.Net 82

.Net Small Business Oregon Startup 82

Diego Basch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

So, one gem install and two lines of code later I was happily inserting documents into a MongoDB server on my puny AWS Micro instance somewhere in Oregon. This is worse because like I just said, MongoDB is a database (or at least it plays one on the web). After all, relational databases were not designed for the web.

Ruby 77

Ruby Database Oregon API 77

Up and Running

MARCH 30, 2015

I view pitches regularly as a member of an angel investment group in Oregon, and as a judge for three intercollegiate and international business plan contests. And if you do a web search, you can find videos of these posted in various places on the web. These often have prizes for the best speeches.

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Elevator Pitch Lean Oregon Angel Groups 60

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2012

That’s why the web can be such an amazing tool in your path to an MBA. Professor Mark Thoma at the University of Oregon shares some of his thoughts on issues like banks, the economic crisis, government budgets, and more. Finance and Economics. Economist’s View. Can’t get enough of accounting? Life is a Sandbox.

South Carolina 157

South Carolina Merger Acquisition Oregon 157

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

and in 100+ countries with professional custom logo design , web design, print design, product design, packaging design and naming companies and products. I grew up in Southern California and Oregon. Shaunda is a six-year naming veteran on crowdspring, and boasts over 1,400 naming projects under her belt. Please tell us about yourself.

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Naming Southern California Oregon California 52

The Next Web

JANUARY 15, 2014

Although states like Oregon are moving forward with intern workplace protection laws , cases like Wang’s will continue to happen if interns aren’t given the rights they deserve. This, of course, could have been solved if Wang were paid.).

Phoenix 127

Phoenix New York City New York Oregon 127

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

There are no good Chinese restaurants in Eugene, Oregon.”. Your costs will be writers, graphic designers, and web hosting. Here are a few examples of problem statements that could be highlighted in an elevator pitch: “Transferring photos off of mobile phones is a difficult and complex process.”.

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Elevator Pitch Forecast Oregon Differentiation 166

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 21, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Online commenter critical of business can be sued for defamation, Oregon court says – crowdspring.co/1d6RpW8. 30 Wonderfully Bright Web Designs – crowdspring.co/1ncLNhn.

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Up and Running

JUNE 3, 2011

Frank Chimero , a designer and author in Portland, Oregon, keeps a collection of articles that inspire him to make things. I keep what I perceive to be a more valuable, important morgue file: one made of the best writing on the web I come across. Text Playlist. I take this list and revisit and reread it every 4 to 8 weeks.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur San Francisco Portland Oregon 96

Up and Running

MARCH 6, 2019

Next month I’ll have another round of it, judging both the University of Oregon New Venture Competition and the Rice Business Plan Competition. Or the web subscription forecast that tracks web visits, conversions, conversion rate, pay-per-click results, email opens, and so forth.

Net Present Value 87

Net Present Value Forecast IRR Oregon 87

Up and Running

JULY 21, 2014

It may sound a little sci-fi, but all I’m talking about is the linkup between the physical world and mobile technology and the web – an improved union between stores, the online world and mobile phones.” – Paco Underhill, Why We Buy. You will likely need to encourage a mix of mobile, web and in-store actions.

Channel 106

Channel Mobile Oregon eCommerce 106

Up and Running

MAY 31, 2016

Don’t discount the obvious—take a look at the results of a quick web search, in the illustration here, for “where to sell my paintings.” He started from his dorm room at the University of Oregon in 1996; he sold his company, Rumblefish.com, for $27 million in 2015. ” Don’t completely discount the related businesses.

Business Plan 60

Business Plan Forecast Metrics Oregon 60

Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2013

There was nothing else like it in Eugene, Oregon, but Helen was sure that if they could just try it, consumers in Eugene would love it as much as she did. Helen decided to use LivePlan, a web-based business planning software , to create her plan. And in order to secure a loan, she needed a business plan.

Oregon 75

Oregon Business Plan Security Community 75

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Today, crowdSPRING is the world’s #1 online marketplace for creative services ranging from graphic, web and industrial design to copywriting services. Since then, Anvil has achieved Fastest Growing, Most Admired and Most Philosophic Companies in Oregon. Thanks to Kent Lewis, Anvil Media. #4 4 – Meaningful and Unique.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Software Review LLC 48

www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

Tool: Adobe Sitecatalyst URL: Omniture.com/sitecatalyst What it does: Segments traffic to determine “high-value” Web visitors and offers real-time analytics. The breakdown: “We get most of our Facebook data by marrying up Facebook Insights data with our Web analytics from Adobe Sitecatalyst. Web/Internet/IT/eMedia. Web Services.

Social Media 40

Social Media Rhode Island Media South Dakota 40

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Since you just might be among the shopping droves today, I’ve collected some of the most interesting business news from around the web – be sure to read this post while you’re waiting in line to pay! to find some awesome stuff to buy for your business. The feel-good news. There’s a lot to be grateful for.

Saudi Arabia 88

Saudi Arabia Africa San Francisco Cleveland 88

Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

After doing my MBA at the University of Oregon, I decided I wanted to try to become a professional triathlete. Our first employees were actually University of Oregon students that came in and made the bars in our house. Did you have experience with web design? We got engaged eventually and moved to Eugene. We did about $1.1

Oregon 60

Oregon Metrics Cofounder Social Media 60

David Teten

JULY 6, 2011

For example: - Camspace , an ff portfolio company, allows everyday objects to control a computer’s actions through use of standard web-cams. We thank Duncan MacDonald-Korth , Captain, University of Oregon Men’s Tennis Team, for his help researching this blog post. Update: we’ve posted photos.

Portfolio 166

Portfolio New York Omaha Vermont 166

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The Next Web. The Next Web is a powerhouse in tech news, and their growth/optimization team is efficient. ’ Perhaps the best example of this is the Oregon Ducks’ college football team. There is accountability and also helps maintain the trust with the clients you work with.”.

Database 48

Database Oregon Campaign Metrics 48

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2008

Here's your online data: You are capturing the above information using your web log based or javascript tag based web analytics tool. Still some web analytics vendors and consultants are fond of saying, "Yes we can track everything, online and offline and underwear sizes, and you won't have to lift a finger!"

Analytics 116

Analytics Conversion Campaign Redemption 116

Up and Running

JULY 31, 2014

If you are selling on a website but you don’t do pay per click, then your customer acquisition cost is going to include things like what does it take to run your website, do you have a web developer, is there a hosting cost for your site? Do you have a designer?

Software Review 74

Software Review Sales Acquisition Small Business 74