Launch: Startup Tips, Where They Are Now and Books

Startup Tip “Many people become entrepreneurs because they want to work for themselves or offer a new solution they themselves were seeking. Entrepreneurs create these businesses from nothing, and these businesses rely completely on the work of the founding individual or team. It is important when outlining your strategy to plan for the day when … Read more

Launch: Startup Tips, Where They Are Now, Books

  Startup Tip “Startups feel so much pressure to be instantly successful. I once told the founder of a business-to-business software as a service company that if he signed up a single paying customer in the first 30 days, he would be doing very well. Sure enough, it took even longer than that to get … Read more

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Photo Log: Waterfront Blues Festival

bluesfestthumbBY JASON E. KAPLAN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Though the numbers were down a bit from last year, the Oregon Food Bank raised $850,636 to fight hunger.  _______ people attended despite temperatures in the upper 90’s.