Getting What You Pay For
A conversation with Chris Maples, president of the Oregon Institute of Technology.
Storyteller in Chief: Power Player
BY LINDA WESTON
In 1996, after a 17-year career in the destination marketing industry, where I gained national standing as the CEO of the Convention & Visitors Association of Lane County, I was recruited by the founders of a new professional basketball league for women. The American Basketball League (ABL) hoped to leverage the success of the 1996 USA women’s national team at the Atlanta Olympics — much like USA Soccer is now leveraging the U.S. Women’s National Team’s victory in the World Cup. The ABL wanted a team in Portland, and they wanted me to be its general manager.
The 10 most successful crowdfunding campaigns in Oregon
One of the hottest new investment trends has proven quite lucrative for some companies.
Wildfires tarnish air quality in Oregon
STATESMAN JOURNAL: Smoke from fires has triggered an air quality advisory.
Reality show, ‘Hotel Hell’, seeks Oregon participants
REGISTER-GUARD: Gordon Ramsey’s newest venture wants to save subpar hotels in Oregon.
The first-ever marijuana commercial that wasn’t
KATU pulled the advertisement for legal pot, which would have been first in the nation.
Oregon unemployment increases in July
Despite an increased number of job openings, the state’s jobless rate rose to 5.9%.
Willamette Valley Vineyards seeks $6M investment
The company is launching a preferred stock offering to aid expansion.
Portland salad subscription company grows
Möbius Microfarms builds modular aquaponics systems and will launch a salad subscription service.
Price of gas in Oregon stays under $3 a gallon
Fuel prices in the Midwest have increased substantially, but in Oregon, the cost has decreased.