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Oregon Entrepreneurs Network gets outreach grants
The project will provide guidance for programs underway and will help launch new programs with a goal of connecting private equity investors with promising entrepreneurial companies.
Oregon Small Business Centers funding cut by more than half
"Oregon has the second-highest unemployment rate in the nation and our challenge is to help entrepreneurs create jobs," said Tom Lowles, director of the Portland SBDC. "Cutting funding for a program with a demonstrated ability to do that is very frustrating, frankly."
Connecting the ideas and the wherewithal
The new position at EDCO will coordinate the region’s venture capital needs for the next three years — will help the region attract technology startups, grow its aviation sector and establish Central Oregon as a national hub for renewable energy.
One in three Oregon students failed to get a diploma
In a file released Monday with no news release, the state reported that more than 15,000 students who began high school in fall 2004 or joined the class of 2008 along the way did not earn a diploma.
Software company wins venture backing, moves to Portland, Oregon
Reductive Labs’ technology is designed to help manage large computer networks.
A city in search of 10,000 jobs
If you think Portland has done well without an economic
development strategy, just imagine what the city could do with one.
Concordia University in Northeast Portland to launch small business assistance program
The partnership will provide Concordia’s undergraduate and MBA students with real-world opportunities, such as attending SCORE client counseling sessions and participating in hands-on internships.
Suntech, a Chinese solar-tech company scouts Oregon sites
"Oregon’s definitely on the list," said Steve Chadima, vice president of external affairs in Suntech Power Holdings Co.’s U.S. branch. "There’re maybe at most half a dozen places that are on the list. Your folks have been very assertive in a very positive way."
Portland area prepares to add another million people by 2030
Metro and the counties are defining the future by designating urban reserves — areas where the urban growth boundary will be expanded and development allowed — and rural reserves that will be set aside for farms, forests and natural areas.
Here Comes the Sun. Right? SolarWorld, a German company, is betting big on its solar cell operations in Hillsboro, Oregon
SolarWorld’s plant here, which makes enough cells to fit 1,700 solar panels a day, is the biggest of its kind in the United States.
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