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Business Portland News & Event Round Up, March 30
Recent business stories of note:
- The Portland region looks to soar with Boeing
A workshop will help local firms enter aerospace supply chain
- PiE PDX got a mention in the Wall Street Journal: Big Firms Mentor Start-Ups on Their Image
Programs are connecting entrepreneurs with marketers and ad agencies to help sell their brand
- Portland was number 12 in job growth in 2011 among 26 metropolitan areas
According to new research from Arizona State University the number of jobs in Portland grew by 1.5 percent in 2011
- Portland's cart culture is expanding
Encouraged by the success of Portland’s close to 700 food carts, a growing number of entrepreneurs are applying the cart model to their non-food businesses
- Collaborative consumption is alive and well in Portland
In a shift away from the country’s once hyper-consumptive ways, many Portlanders have been discovering how to participate in a local, and more resourceful, sharing economy
- Oregon’s tech start-ups are facing challenges
The challenges of turning ideas and discoveries at universities into money-making products was discussed at a Portland Business Alliance’s breakfast forum
- A Portland laundromat is embracing text messages
A laundromat on Southeast Belmont in Portland is all about going green and time management
- New stats show the Port of Portland is a big job generator
Each weekday, nearly 26,600 area residents get up and go to work at a Port of Portland-related job
- The Portland Development Commission shines a spotlight on Portland’s entrepreneurs and start-ups
Portland is known for having an active startup culture for small business and software exemplifies that trend. In Portland 62% of software establishments have fewer than three employees, and 76% have fewer than five.
- What's in a name? Reinvented, Chirpify flies
A new Portland startup that handles Twitter-based transactions through customers' PayPal accounts.
- Erickson Air-Crane’s IPO is expected next week
If it goes forward with the IPO, Erickson would become be the first Oregon-based IPO on a major exchange in seven years
- Ikea Portland has powered up more than 2,000 solar panels
Ikea announced on Wednesday it powered up a nearly 500-kilowatt rooftop solar system atop its Portland store
- The UK is targeting Oregon for cleantech development
The United Kingdom's interest in Oregon's cleantech companies is longstanding
- Daimler Trucks has announced more Portland jobs
The new jobs include engineering, finance, information technology, operations and purchasing positions
- The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network has announced Angel Oregon concept stage presenters
The “concept stage” competition includes companies in the early stages of development who have a formulated business plan
- Two years in, bike bag business blooms for North St.
North St. Bags has expanded from a basement to a mini-factory with six sewing machine workstations and a retail area
- Mayor Adams has four new food and beverage Kickstarter projects highlighted
Mayor Sam Adams is pleased to highlight a rotating selection of Portland-based projects
Some business announcements and events of note:
- Oregon is looking to improve regulatory and permitting processes and is asking for input via a survey
- The Bottom Line: Capturing EB-5 Capital in China and Korea Executive Seminar will be in Portland March 31
- The Cloud Foundry Open Tour is in Portland on April 2
- The U.S. EDA Seattle Regional Training Conference is April 3-5 in Portland
- The 2nd Annual Supportland Egg Hunt is April 4-7
- Arthur Rubinfeld, President of Starbucks Global Development is speaking April 12 at the University of Portland
- Portland Roasting is hosting coffeelandia, a celebration of coffee and Portland on April 20
- Portland Startup Weekend Bootcamp is on April 21
- Pinterest Primer for Small Business Owners is on April 24
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