Silicon Florist 🌹 Fundraising is hard, Accelerating consumer products, New role for Jama founder

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June 7, 2019 / Issue 490
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Big stories
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FUNDRAISING IS HARD. ASK OREGON NOT TO MAKE IT HARDER.

Fundraising is hard. I think that’s something on which all of us can agree. Constructing grammatically correct sentences even if they seem awkward? No. Oxford commas? Probably not. But agreeing that fundraising is a grind? Yes. Definitely. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a company looking for a loan, a startup chasing venture capital, a VC chasing LPs… even an employee looking to get their budget approved. It’s all difficult.

https://siliconflorist.com/2019/06/05/fundraising-is-hard-enough-lets-encourage-the-state-of-oregon-not-to-make-it-harder-before-noon-on-june-6-2019/

UPDATE: https://siliconflorist.com/2019/06/07/thank-you-for-speaking-up-and-signing-on-portland-and-oregon-startup-community/

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ACCELERATING OREGON'S CONSUMER PRODUCTS COMPANIES

Here in Oregon, we’ve got more than our fair share of amazing consumer product companies. I mean there’s Benchmade, Columbia, Deschutes, Keen, LaCrosse, Nike, Resers, and Tillamook, just to name a few. And there have been exits from companies like 10 Barrel, Brazi Bites, Dakine, Hydroflask, Pacific Foods, Schmidt Naturals, and Stumptown that rival any tech exit. So why in the world don’t isn’t there an accelerator program to connect all of this knowledge and experience with the next generation of consumer products companies?

https://siliconflorist.com/2019/06/04/accelerating-oregon-consumer-products-companies/

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BIG BOARD WIN FOR BIGLEAF NETWORKS

Part of building a self sustaining ecosystem is reinvesting capital and wealth from one generation of companies to the next. But that’s also true for talent. That’s an important resource as well. Especially founders who can help the next generation of founders build their businesses. That’s why I was really happy to see Eric Winquist, founder of Jama, was joining Bigleaf’s board.

https://siliconflorist.com/2019/06/06/big-board-win-for-bigleaf-networks/

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Jobs
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Front End Platform Lead- Senior Architect // Artist Residency at Civic Software Foundation // Hack Oregon
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Administrative assistant for impact investor and consultant at Steelhead Peak, LLC
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Senior Technical Solutions/Support Engineer at Acceptto
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Senior Manager, Product Marketing at ID Experts
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Chief Marketing Officer at Orchestra Software
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Director of Sales at Orchestra Software
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Support Technician at Orchestra Software
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Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Engineer at Orchestra Software
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Implementation Consultant at Orchestra Software
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Events
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If you have time for any events next week, I'd suggest the following:

TUESDAY (4:30PM) Nike Tech Talks
https://calagator.org/events/1250475708

WEDNESDAY (6:00PM) Out in Tech PDX | Pride Kickoff 2019
https://calagator.org/events/1250475660

THURSDAY (10:00AM) Coffee w/ Co-Founders
https://calagator.org/events/1250475513

More events on http://calagator.org

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