OTBC blogs

BikeTrak in the Oregonian

Steve Morris — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:47:28 +0000

We're a bit late on this one - but congratulations to the OTBC boot camp graduate BikeTrak on being featured on page 1 of the Oregonian Business section. Check out this article (and photo) at this link.

BikeTrak Wins Seed Oregon

Steve Morris — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:39:47 +0000

Congratulations to OTBC boot camp graduate BikeTrak on winning Seed Oregon. BikeTrak will go on to make a presentation at Angel Oregon.

The count is up to $290.25 million in 2011 startup funding

Steve Morris — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:38:54 +0000

I missed at least one big round in 2011 - the Agilyx December Series C investment of $25 million (thanks to David McFeeters-Krone for pointing that out). That's now on the list at the OTBC funding page.

That's a total of $47 million raised by Agilyx in 2011, second only to ClearEdge in 2011 fund raising.

David also pointed out that we're missing the Portland Seed Fund and PIE seed investments - good point. I'm working on those... That will up the total by more than $300K.

33 Fundings worth $265.25 million in 2011

Steve Morris — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:42:28 +0000

With two more funding events announced since my December post, I now count 33 startup funding events in 2012 for a total of $265.25 million raised in Oregon in 2011! You can view the entire list of Oregon funding events for 2010-11 (sortable by date or company name) at the OTBC funding page.

Some take-aways:

- Wow; a great year for fund raising in Oregon! Congratulations to all the companies on the list

31 Oregon Startup Funding Events in 2011 - and Counting

Steve Morris — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:04:08 +0000

Admittedly, the year isn't quite over yet, and perhaps one or two more funding events will squeeze in - but it's already been quite a year for startup fund-raising in Oregon.

I count 31 funding events for a total of $263.85 million raised in Oregon in 2011!

And it's great to see the number and quality of the investors that have supported Oregon startups this year. You can view the entire list of Oregon funding events for 2010-11 (sortable by date or company name) at the OTBC funding page.

SmartPitch: 13 Things Investors Need to Know

Steve Morris — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:18:37 +0000

At the OTBC SmartPitch workshop last week, we talked about the 13 things that an investor needs to know - and that you need to cover - in your pitch. If it's a 10 minute (or shorter!) pitch,, you clearly can't spend a lot of time on each topic. But if you briefly address all 13 topics, you'll be telling the investor that you've done your homework, you've taken the time to understand what they need, and you're using their time effectively.

PSU Senior Capstone program

Steve Morris — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:52:15 +0000

Looking for help for you startup? PSU is looking for startups to help. Seniors in the PSU business program must complete a capstone project:

Blacktoe Medical Announces $500,000 Funding from US Army

Steve Morris — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:00:00 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 20, 2011

Blacktoe Medical Announces $500,000 Funding from US Army
Contact: David Starr, CEO/BlackToe Medical, 503.709.4384, dstarr@blacktoemedical.com;

or Steve Morris, Oregon Technology Business Center, 971-223-4661, smorris@otbc.org

Video of Startup Weekend Boot Camp

Steve Morris — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:21:29 +0000

Did you miss the Startup Weekend Portland Boot Camp? No problem - check out the video below - and you'll come well prepared on Friday!

Handouts

Check out the Attachments below to download some of the slides (like the Roadmap slide, and Kanban chart, etc.)

Intro (13 min.)

One Day Intensive Workshop - the numbers are in

Steve Morris — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:24:55 +0000

On Sep. 16, we held our first One Day Intensive Startup Workshop. And it was intensive! We covered the entire OTBC 20 step Startup Road Map in one day in an effort to help early-stage entrepreneurs get off to a strong start.

And it worked. We had 19 attendees, and the feedback was:

91% of the attendees were very satisfied or extremely satisfied