Lattice CEO focuses on Oregon
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.’s new CEO says he wants to focus more on the company’s Hillsboro headquarters rather than continue the shifting of jobs to Asia.
Something fishy this way cometh
Jon Thenhaus’s latest business idea grew out of a simple desire to have an infinite supply of fresh basil within easy reach in the kitchen. That wish grew more complicated as he refined his ideas and followed his muse, from herbs to worms and fish. Nine prototypes and several “massive failures” later, the 37-year-old founder of Fishy Farm has developed an ingenious ecosystem for the kitchen or the back yard.
Leaders pull no punches at summit
Fiscal calamity or a decade of budget austerity loom for Oregon as the recession leaves thousands of Oregonians jobless and the demand for government money outpaces its ability to pay for services, business and political leaders agreed on Monday.
Handling the day you didn’t expect
What do you do when your work day takes an unexpected turn that makes your original plan impossible to achieve? Management consultant Tom Cox discusses the importance of Plan B.
FedEx ramps up in Troutdale
FedEx’s new 447,000-square-foot shipping facility in Troutdale is humming with activity as the company prepares for the holiday madness. Local managers have hired part time and full time workers and employment at the facility is up to 550 jobs and growing.
Indow windows opens factory
Startup Indow Windows opened a manufacturing facility for their energy-efficient window inserts in North Portland.
From the Editor: Looking forward to 2011
As 2010 comes to an end, there seems to be no joy in Mudville. In our online survey of readers this month, the mood is considerably dark. We asked readers what signs they were seeing that the economy is improving and almost half of the 808 respondents said, “None, the economy still stinks.”
Business confidence sinks
Few of our readers think the economy is getting better or that their region is headed in the right direction.
Hering tackles a tough commercial market
J. Clayton Hering, president of Norris, Beggs & Simpson, pushes his company through a historic real estate downturn.
Old questions return to leadership gathering
When it staged its first leadership summit in 2002, the Oregon Business Council faced an incoming governor, high unemployment, a sluggish economy and a state budget shortfall of nearly $2 billion.