Nonprofits tackle some of the most intractable problems in our society. They do this typically under-resourced but with great passion for their mission. What do they do when they need a specific professional skill to build more mission capacity?
Here’s … Continue Reading “SPW Podcast 01: Want Impact….Try This!”
Portland‘s annual Record Store Crawl is less than a week away, and PRP’s got tickets to the SOLD OUT event!
That’s right – we’ve rounded up three pairs of tickets to this week’s record store crawl, slated to hit … Continue Reading “WIN Tickets to the SOLD-OUT Record Store Crawl!”
Cybercast Oregon is supported by Mount Hood Community College Small Business Development Center, where they work every day to open opportunities for the entrepreneurs, innovators, and inventors. You can get started on your quest to business success HERE.
Sometimes … Continue Reading “Cybercast Oregon | Episode 06: Here There Be Hackers”
Cybercast Oregon is supported by Mount Hood Community College Small Business Development Center, where they work every day to open opportunities for the entrepreneurs, innovators, and inventors. You can get started on your quest to business success HERE.
At … Continue Reading “Cybercast Oregon | Episode 05: Life in the Cloud”
Cybercast Oregon is supported by Mount Hood Community College Small Business Development Center, where they work every day to open opportunities for the entrepreneurs, innovators, and inventors. You can get started on your quest to business success HERE.
Reviews. … Continue Reading “Cybercast Oregon | Episode 03: Online Reputation”
“Have I been hacked?”
The question has probably crossed your mind at some point. And the data – even crunched conservatively – suggests that your likelihood of being hit by a cyber threat is high. And with a greater abundance … Continue Reading “Cybercast Oregon | Episode 01: You’ve Been Hacked”
Sales cycle, prospects, warm vs. cold leads…the world of selling can look overwhelming to someone new to the game. And for folks launching startups or planning to open a business, it can be the one area that appears hardest to … Continue Reading “Biz503 Podcast Preview: Making Your First Sale”
Ah, marketing…it makes the wheels of business go ’round and ’round. And yet it’s an aspect in business-building that many entrepreneurs (who are more interested in making than marketing) miss out on.
And it shows when sales suffer, new … Continue Reading “Biz503 Podcast Preview: Marketing 101 for Startups”
So you want to launch a business.
First question to ask yourself: Are you sure you’re ready?
That’s not to say you’re not a fantastically savvy entrepreneur, or that there’s reason to assume your venture will crash and burn. But … Continue Reading “Biz503 Podcast Preview: How to Build a Business”
It’s the inventor’s dilemma – make the product themselves, or sell the idea?
There’s no easy right-or-wrong solution, and both methods can make innovators cash. But it’s a decision best made early in the game, and requires an assessment of … Continue Reading “Biz503 Podcast Preview: Getting Your Invention to Market”
What if fighting illiteracy began with something as simple as getting a book in the right kid’s hands?
First Book, a nationwide nonprofit with a chapter here in Portland, believes that access to books is critical in reducing illiteracy. … Continue Reading “Uniting Children With Books”
Ever had a paint job done at your house? If so, you’ll be familiar with what it entails – taped-up windows, shrouded furniture, the caustic smell of wet paint…and an annoying array of half-used paint cans.
Extra paint is handy … Continue Reading “Paint Care Oregon”
To bootstrap or to fundraise? That’s one of the many forks in the road entrepreneurs have to decide between.
Although seed capital is abundant these days, there are incentives to launch a business on your own dime. Bootstrappers have more … Continue Reading “Biz503 Podcast Preview: How to Bootstrap Your Startup”
If, like me, you’re born into a musical family, it’s inevitable that an instrument or two ends up in your hands. And something about the junction between music and mastery, performance and play, teaches us to grow into better, more … Continue Reading “My Voice Music”
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