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500+ Posts Later, StartupBend Founders Close Up Blog and Look to What's Next - Save the Date: unConference Returns for its 10th year w/ Cash Prizes and Fun Oct. 15 - The Annual BendTECH Startup Resource Fair Returns 6/6 - Bend Sextech Startup Lora DiCarlo Secures $2 million in Funding AND Gets Its CES Award Back! That's a Day! - One Tech Meetup to Rule Them All: Cool People + Beer + Prizes! - Check Out Adventure Guru's Video-Based Adventure Map - Don't Miss Thursday's PubTalk! Startups, Tea, Trademark Protection Tips, and Tots. - What Happens When Your Startup Goes Accidentally Viral? KidRunner Shares Lessons Learned - Meet Rupie at BendTECH's Startup Founder's Office Launch Party - Sudara's Big Move, Big Sale, and How You Can Support this Bend B-Corp - Can We Activate More Local Women to Be Startup Investors? Why That's Important and What's Next. - Rupie Selected for First BendTECH Startup Founder's Office - StartupBend Jobs: BendTECH Exec Director, Odysys Sales, Quantek Software Engineers and More - BendTECH Launches Startup Founder Office--Free Space + Wraparound Support for Entrepreneurs - You're Invited: Google Cloud Hosts Cloud Hero Event Thursday - Bend Smart Candle Startup LuDela Heads to Techstars Boulder - Bend is the Work from Home Capital of America - Is Your Startup Eligible for a $100k Business Oregon Grant? - Bend Robotic Sex Toy Startup Wins CES Award, Then Gets it Taken Away. Startup Pens Open Letter to Call Out Gender Bias. - Kickoff 2019 with an Evening of BadAss Women Entrepreneurs; Learn about Startup Funding Opportunities, Hear from Successful Founders and More - Cascade Angels Announces Largest Fund Ever w/ $1.1 Million in Investments This Year - Looking for Office Space? Check Out BendTECH Coworking - Save the Date: Inclusive Design Talk Features Microsoft Team That Created the Adaptive Xbox Controller - Opportunity Knocks: Former Bend Research CEO Rod Ray Leads Leadership Workshop - Want to Meet Bend Women In STEAM? There's a Mixer Wednesday - The BVC Recap: Talkoot Wins Big, the Theme is "Upstream," Rockets to the Moon and More - BOW Breakout Awards More than $15,000 to Outdoor Product Startups! And a Cyclist Jumped Over Founders on Stage. Because BOW. - Bigger, Better, Cowbell-er! BendTECH Presents the 9th Annual unConference Pitchfest w/ More Cash Prizes and More Fun! - Mandala, LuDela and Lacuda Swim Win Cash + Prizes at BendTECH unConference - Reminder: BendTECH unConference is at 2 p.m. Tuesday. That's Tomorrow! - BendX Women's Entrepreneurial Bootcamp Celebrates Conclusion of First Course w/ Startup Pitch Night - Startups, Startups Everywhere! Here are the BVC Early Stage and BOW Breakout Finalists ... - And the Winners of the Cascade Angels BVC Ticket Contest Are ... - Bend Startup Raaft Helps SaaS Companies Understand – and Reduce – Cancellations - Want to Win a Ticket to BVC? Cascade Angels Sponsors "3 Qs to Win" Ticket Giveaway via Startup Bend! Go for it! - Network, Learn, Grow! Bend's First Young Professionals Summit is Sept. 29th - EDCO Announces 10 Early Stage BVC Semi Finalists; Founders to Pitch at PubTalk - Bend-Based Seven Peaks Ventures Raises $28 Million for Second Fund Aimed at PNW and West Coast Startups - Mark Your Calendars: TAO Bend Tech Tour is Monday 9/17 - Come Out Thursday! LuDela Celebrates Launch of Real Flame, On-Demand, Remote Controlled Candles with a Social Mission - Startups: Want to be Featured at the Bend Fall Festival? There's Just 8 Spots, So Sign Up - Bend Venture Conference Accepting Startup Applications Thru Aug. 8 - With RFPIO, BVC Investors Get Second Exit in One Month - Lessons from the SBIR Road Tour: How Founders Can Explore Gov Funding/Contracts for Startups - Want a Confidence Boost? Check Out the Confidence Project 7/31 - LGBTQ+ Students and Tech Professionals: BendTECH Hosts the First Out in Tech Event 6/20 - July 11: 1001 Tech Center Launches Speaker Series w/ Event on Building Better Culture - Guest Post: How the YIMBY Movement Aims to Tackle Affordable Housing -- and Why Tech/Startups Should Pay Attention - Starting or Growing a Biz? The Startup Resource Fair is Back, Bigger and Better! - Legal Guidance for Startups: Cooley Hosts Office Hours Thursday @ BendTECH - New BendX Bootcamp Launches to Support Women Founders - Who's Exhibiting at the Startup Resource Fair? Meet our 30+ Exhibitors and Tap into a Wealth of Startup Support and Resources - Startup GoGetter Building a LinkedIn for Skilled Trades - Rane Stempson: Helping Central Oregon Startups and More Create Diverse, Inclusive Workplaces - Bend Outdoor Worx Taking Applications for BreakOut, the Only Funding Event Specifically for the Outdoor Industry - Death by Coffee Meetings? Keeping Our Startup Community Generous Even as it Grows - Have You Heard About One Tech Meetup to Rule Them All? It's Gonna Be BIG ... Scheduled for 5/7 - PubTalk is Chock Full of Bend Startups: Hear from Red Duck, Hyperdrive, KidRunner AND Oregon Sports Angels - Tend.ai Refocuses on Predictive Maintenance, Brings in New COO - Looking for Resources? OSU-Cascades Creates Oregon Startup Checklist - Bend-based No-Bake Cookie Co. Testing Cookies at Local Stores--Get Some! - Starve Ups, an Oregon Startup Accelerator, to Open a Bend Chapter; Learn More at 4/9 Event - Sign Up! TAO Kicks Off Diversity and Leadership Series Next Week w/ Unconscious Bias Workshop - Startup News Roundup! CS Jobs, Funding Opps, BendTECH Running Club, PubTalk & More - Check Out the Bend Startups Selected to Pitch at TechFestNW - OSU-Cascades Co-Lab Incubator Seeks Startups + Kicking Off Funding Bootcamp - Kidcareshare Founder Selected for Project Entrepreneur Cohort - Come to This! Women Who Reinvent Themselves Panel Friday Morning - Cascade Angels New Fund Co-Manager Robert Pease Talks Startup Success, Failure and the Trouble with Ping Pong - Want to Dig into Coworking? BendTECH is Hiring a Community and Operations Manager - Bend Startup Mission Limelight Takes Nonprofit Auctions to the Next Level - Your Tuesday Night Plans: Bend Chamber Event Highlights Women and Entrepreneurship - Tired of Not Moving Forward on Your Next Big Thing? Maybe This Baby Whale Can Help - Know High School Girls Interested in Tech? ChickTech Weekend Workshops Coming to Bend and Madras - ICYMI: OSU Cascades CS Student Hackathon Helps Fight Human Trafficking - Bend Startup DohJe Wins OpenIDEO Gratitude in the Workplace Challenge - Does it Feel Like Everyone You Know in Bend is Starting a Biz? (Report: They Are) - TAO Women in Steam Hosts Info Event on New Equal Pay Law - Outdoor Product Startups: Bend Outdoor Worx is Accepting Apps for 2018 Accelerator Program - Bend Tech Employers Plan to Hire Nearly 300 Tech Employees in 2018 - Need Gifts? This 2017 Bend Startup Holiday Gift Guide Has You Covered - The Future is Here: How Tend.ai Co-Founder Mark Silliman Transformed His Honda into a Self-Driving Car - It's Cyber Monday! 10 Gadgety Gifts to Jumpstart Your Holiday Shopping - A Jobs Board Blowout! Apptoto, LeadMethod, Odysys, Flybook, TechSoft 3D and Bend Research Hiring - What's Next for BVC Winner LeadMethod? New Offices, More People and Plan for Growth - OnBoard Dynamics CEO Rita Hansen Chosen for U.S. Delegation Headed to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in India - Need Some Spice in Your Life? Check out Red Duck Foods Taco Sauce Kickstarter - OSU-Cascades Hosts Global Day of Code Retreat! Software Devs of All Skill Levels Are Invited! - Shape CTO Chris Vlessis Wins OEN's Wyatt Starnes Award, Honoring Young Entrepreneurs - Mark Your Calendars: Closing the Funding Gap for STEAM Women - BVC 2017: Bend Startups, Great Bras and Why There are Big Checks in My Living Room - KidRunner and Tribe Pilot Win Cash Prizes at BOW Venture Out Festival - The BendTECH unConference Pitchfest Returns Oct. 17 w/ Cash Prizes and More Fun - Tribe Pilot and Locals Compass Win unConference Cash - Here's the 9 Outdoor Industry Startups Pitching at BOW's Venture Out Festival - Your Guide to Next Week's Startup Extravaganza: unConference, Venture Out and Bend Venture Conference - Helping Our Own: BendTECH Supply Drive Wed and Thurs for Sonoma Fire Victims - Time for Some Un! unConference Announces Prizes of $2,500, $1,500 AND Free Cowbells for the First 100 Attendees - What Will Bend Be Like in 30 Years? Join the Discussion at the Bend Chamber's Event Tuesday 10/10 - Bend Volunteer, Philanthropist and Startup Investor Betsy Warriner on What Drives Her to Give Back #Julieselfie - The BVC Social Impact Track is Back: Here are the 4 Startups Competing - Have Fun with Photos and Give Back With New Bend Startup PixyPics.com - Congrats to These 5 Early Stage Startups! See You at the Bend Venture Conference - Bend Companies InvestiPro and LeadMethod Will Pitch at the Bend Venture Conference - Cascade Angels Invests in Bend Startup InvestiPro - And the Winners of the Cascade Angels Bend Venture Conference Ticket Giveaway Are ... - BOW Venture Out Conference is Back With New Awards and More Ways to Win - Women in STEAM Hosts Upcoming Science Night in Support of Bend Science Station - Want to go to BVC? Cascade Angels is Having a Ticket Giveaway! - A Giant Tech and Startup News Roundup: It's All Happening - EDCO Announces the 10 Early Stage Semi-Finalists for Bend Venture Conference - Techies: Mark Your Calendar For This Month's TAO Tech Tour in Bend - The Top 10 BVC Semi-Finalists Includes Two Bend Startups - New Bend Startup Kidcareshare Helps Parents Find & Trade Childcare - Fundraising? Sign-up for Power Pitching to Investors - Cascade Angels Invests in Oregon-Based Wild Fang and Rigado - Web Design and Development Meetup on Conversion-Focused Landing Pages Tonight! - Outdoor Startups: The Venture Out Application Deadline is Fast Approaching - Bend Fall Festival is Looking for Startups Who Want to Exhibit - Looking for a Small Office? Real Time Research Has Space to Share - How We Can Get More Central Oregon Women in Tech and on Stages - Ignite TAO Features 11 Rapid Fire Tech Talks + Cocktails 8/17 - Who is at Outdoor Retailer? Lots of Bend Startups, Companies and EDCO - Yessss! First-Ever Innovation Day Connects People, Projects and Ideas - BVC Alum Bright.md Raises $8 Million Series B w/ Investment from Seven Peaks Ventures - Hey Startups! The Bend Venture Conference is Accepting Applications Through Aug. 11 - #Julieselfie: 3 Tips for Entrepreneurs from the CEO of KIALOA, Bend-based paddle company - Cookie News! FoundersPad Invests in Bend-Based No-Bake Cookie Company - Check Out Bend's First Innovation Day July 18th: Meet Local Innovators, Inspiring Entrepreneurs and Creative Business Leaders - Julie Harrelson: 7 Lessons Learned from the Kauffman Foundation ESHIP Summit - New Bend Tech: Vector Remote Care Simplifies Device Monitoring - Seven Peaks Raising $30 Million Fund to Invest in PNW Startups - Have a Tech Idea You Want to Share? Ignite TAO Accepting Speaker Proposals Thru 6/29 - Kollective, LeadMethod & Benefit Elect Hiring Tech Jobs in Bend - Bend Startup Tribe Pilot Wins at OUTFOUND Pitch Competition - Questions About Fundraising? Local VC, Angel Funds and More Will Answer Them Tuesday - Bend Startup Tribe Pilot to Pitch at Inaugural OUTFOUND Series in Hood River - Cascade Angels: 7 Lessons Learned at the First BendTECH Startup Resource Fair - Check Out the First Annual BendTECH Startup Resource Fair - May PubTalk Showcases Startups Locals Compass, DubsLabs, Odysys and Oregon Angel Fund's Scott Sandler - New Group Launches w/ Party & Mission for More Women in STEAM Careers - Great Free Advice from These Experts at Next Week's Startup Resource Fair - Concerned About Cyber Security? Check Out Next Monday's TAO/Oregon Bioscience Event - Bend Startup Launches Kickstarter for the M.C. Hammie, a Reinvented Hammock - Headed to Bend? 50% Off Locals Compass Travel Itineraries for StartupBend Readers - Bend Declares First Innovation District (We're in it! Woohoo!) - 3 Keys to Becoming a Successful Biz and Community Leader From Dr. Peter Yonan #Julieselfie - The Future is Finally Here: Uber Launches in Bend on Thursday - Tend.ai Co-Founders Discuss Industry 4.0 @ Next Tech Talk - BendPoly Rebrands, Expands as GreenFig University in Multiple Cities - EDCO PubTalk Thursday Fea. Doug Layman w/ Arve Capital, Manzama, ColorKitchen and CEVA Bike Fit Systems - Meet Startup and Tech People, Eat Tacos: Taco Tuesday is Tomorrow! - Calling Techies, Makers and More: Partner with Students for Central Oregon's First Make-a-Thon - Looking for Funds? Apply for Cascade Angels Investment by May 1 - Apptoto Founder Relocates Tech Startup to Bend, Now Hiring Engineers and a Designer - Jobs! New-to-Bend Startup Apptoto is Hiring and More - Cairn Hires Former Cascade Designs VP Mona West as New Chief Product Officer - Entrepreneurs: Opportunity Knocks Launches Online Directory of Biz Resources - It is Time to Improve Your Pitch? Check Out This Upcoming Workshop - Locals Compass Celebrates Launch w/ Bend Party, Discount Codes for Itineraries - Upcoming Tech Talk Features Bend City Manager Eric King - E::SPACE and COCC Offering Intro to Linux Course, Starts Next Week - Hey Mt Bikers! BVC Winner CushCore to Demo Its Inner Tire Suspension System Saturday at Maston - EDCO PubTalk Features Tom Gonser, Founder of DocuSign and Partner w/ Seven Peaks - Cairn Co-Founders on the Secret to Their Successful Partnership #julieselfie - So Many Jobs: Developers, Sales and More! Take Our Proprietary CAN MY LIFE BE MORE AWESOME Quiz, See if One is Right For You - Startup Veteran Robert Pease Joins Cascade Angels Team - Shape.io Building Dev and Sales Teams, Outgrowing Offices - Tech Alliance of Central Oregon Rebrands, Refocuses as BendTECH - DohJe Releases New Video, Launches in Kaiser SF Med Center, Looks to Hire - Let's Hang Out! Tech Talk Happy Hour Launches Tuesday - Friday Morning Muse: Come Meet 4 Social Entrepreneurs From Bend Who Are Changing the World! - Miss These Jobs and You'll Be SAD! Cairn, Manzama, GL Solutions, G5 and More Hiring ... - Hip, Luxury Lipstick That's Also Vegan? Yep, Meet Axiology - Tech People: Learn How to Improve Your Soft Skills at the Tech Talent Development Summit - 3 Tips for Aspiring Entrepreneurs from OSU Cascades Biz Instructor Kim Vierra #julieselfie - Is Public Speaking at the Tower Theater in Your Future? There's a Class For That! - Have an Event? Want to Go Awesome Startup and Biz Events? Check Out Our Events Page - G5 Hosts Young Professionals Networking Event on Wednesday - Looking for Funding? Cascade Angels is Taking Applications from Startups - E::SPACE Labs Partners with COCC to Expand Tech Training Courses - Think Tanky + Sudara Talk Slow Fashion and How Business Can Be a Force For Good - New Portland-Based Fund Invests in Women-Led Startups - Check out these 10 StartupBend Jobs: G5, Hydaway and Agency Revolution Hiring - Hydro Flask GM on his 3 Guiding Principles for Business #julieselfie - Event Alert! Cascade Angels Fund Manager Shares Networking Secrets - Make Money, Share Your Local Bend Knowledge: Travel Tech Startup Locals Compass Hosts Info Sessions - SoCalGas Signs Contract to Demo OnBoard Dynamics Mobile Natural Gas Compressor - 2017 is Looking Hot: New Year's Resolutions from Bend Startups, VCs, Biz Leaders and More - 2016 by the Numbers: Startup Money Raised, Jobs Posted, Funds Launched and More! - The Top 10 Most Read StartupBend Posts for 2016 - Pierce Footwear Seeks Investment to Launch Lace-less Running Shoe Line - FoundersPad Invests in Bend VR Startup, ZeroTransform - FoundersPad Launches New, Early Stage Fund for PNW Startups - Biz and Education Leaders Pursuing Entrepreneurship and Innovation High School for Bend - Tech Soft 3D Begins to Build Out Bend Dev Team, Looking to Hire - Bend-based DubsLabs KickStarts On-Ear, Flat Headphones, Which Allow You to Hear Your Surroundings and Music While Skiing, Biking and More - Happy Holidays! We Got You ... a Job! Manzama, G5, Tend.ai All Hiring - Want to Own a Startup? StartupCommunity.org is Up for Grabs - Spurred by Giant Order, Fireside Audiobox Now Ready for Mass Production - Forbes Highlights Bend's Outdoor Startups -- and the Role of 'Friendliness' in our Ecosystem - Shopping Small Business Saturday or CyberMonday? Put These 8 Bend #Startups on Your Shopping List - Why You Don’t Tell the Ripclear Founders That Something Is Impossible … #50startups - Want to Work in Tech in Bend? G5 Hiring for 9 Positions - ICYMI: Tom Gonser, DocuSign Founder, Joins Bend-Based Seven Peaks Ventures, Notes that Startups Don't Have to be "in Big Cities to Succeed" - Upcoming LEGO Robotics Tournament Needs Volunteers and Sponsors - Tend.ai Raises $2 Million in Seed Round from Palo Alto-based True Ventures - Be Better! Free Workshop for Improving Your Everyday Public Speaking and Presentation Skills - New OSU-Cascades CS Professor Spearheads Program to Connect Tech Employers and Students - Small Town, Big Money: Bend Startups Raise $21 Mil This Year -- And More to Come - 5 Startup Tips from Bend Founders, VCs and Serial Entrepreneurs #julieselfie - Tech Jobs on the Blog: G5, Tend.ai and TechSoft 3D Hiring - #julieselfie: Five Talent CEO on What Bend Needs to Grow Smart + Advice to His 25-Year-Old Self - BVC 2016: $3.76 Million in Investments Sets a Record, Women Slay and Oregon Wins - The unConference is 10/12! Pitch Your Biz Idea, Vote on Startups, Win the Wild Card Spot on the BVC Stage! - Your unConference + BVC + Venture Out Guide: A Record Setting $1.5 Million in Investments and 100 Free Cowbells - Bend Startups: How InvestiPro Software Streamlines Workplace Investigations - Startup News Roundup: Bonfire is Happening, Tend.ai is Hiring, SteadyBudget is Now Shape, Hydaway is Growing ... - #julieselfie: Startup Strategist and Pitch Coach Pam Stevenson Talks Entrepreneurship, Adventure Racing and Designing Sneakers for Michael Johnson - And the Startups Pitching at the Venture Out Festival Are ... - Here are the BVC Social Impact and Growth Stage Finalists - Get Ready for Tenth Month: October is Conferences and Ideas Galore in Bend - Does Central Oregon Need More Product Managers? Survey Asks Employers Whether Local PM Program Could Help - And the 5 Early Stage BVC Finalists Are .... CushCore, Fire Funder, Free Rain Designs, Hytchr and InvestiPro - Outdoor Startupy Goodness: The Semifinalists for the First Ever Venture Out Festival Are ... - New Tech in Bend! Simbaware Targets Medical Device Manufacturers - Bend-based BlueBird Strategies Acquired by Square 2 Marketing - BVC Announces 26 Semifinalists for Early Stage, Growth and Social Impact Competitions - Hardware, Patents and More! ESPACE Teams Up w/ COCC, EDCO to Expand Fall Courses - BVC Workshops to Help You Craft a Power Pitch - First-Ever Bend Tech Crawl Features Local Companies + Beer + Fun - Droplr Raises Another $400,000 to Fund More Hires; Lands Integration w/ Cisco - #julieselfie: Why Gary Bracelin Thinks Bend Can Be Outdoor Product Innovation Hub - Craft CMS Finds Web Dev Sweet Spot: No More Chicken Nuggets for You - Adventure Code School Debuts Bend Bootcamp; Learn More at Events in Seattle, PDX and Eugene - Bend Outdoor Worx Counts Zealios, Fat Chance Bikes and Bosky in Next Class - Cool Startup Event: Traversing the Traction Gap w/ Bruce Cleveland - Protect Your Biz: COCC Hosts Cybersecurity Forum Aug. 12 - BVC Announced Two Keynote Speakers; Application Deadline is Aug. 12 - Nacho Cove Closes Down; Bend Co-Founder Gets Real About Why, Lessons Learned - Back it Like it's Hot: Bend Inventor Debuts Fireside Audiobox on Kickstarter - Cascade Angels Invests in Amplion, Bend-based Bioscience Startup - Drone Racing! Watch the PNW Drone National Qualifier Race This Saturday - Wanna be in the Hub of Bend's Startup/Tech Activity? Stackhouse Coffee is For Sale - BVC 2016 Introduces New Social Impact Track - LeadMethod Founder on Entrepreneurship, Empathy and 9 p.m. Coffee #Julieselfie - Privacy Startup Hueya Raises $260k, Brings on First Users - Meet Another New-to-Bend Tech Company: Welcome Craft CMS! - Cloud Robotics Startup Tend.ai Makes TechCrunch Debut - Best Combo Ever? Food + Tech at Thursday's PubTalk (6/23) - The Robert Axle Project: How a Clever Fix for Bike Trailers Created a New Product Market - #Julieselfie: Seven Peaks' Corey Schmid on What to Ask Before You Start Up -- and Eating Dirt - Hydro Flask's Scott Allan and Cascade Angels Invest in Cairn - Hey Founders! Meet Central Oregon Fund Managers Wednesday (6/8) - Burning Down the House: Whurk Teams Up w/ Jerry Harrison from Talking Heads - Kollective CEO: Locating in Bend Was a Vision; A Year Later, It's a Success - Why Bend's Tech Community Rallied Behind the Upcoming Bend Livability Conference - Venture Out Festival to Offer $110K in Funds for Outdoor Startups - Central Oregon Food Cluster Fea. Jem Raw Organics Wednesday (5/25) - Flybook Introduces New Smart Ticket System for Adventure/Tour Parks - StartupBend/BuiltOregon Partner Up for Storytelling Event: Be There! - So Many Startups at May PubTalk: Buy Your Ticket - StartupBend Readers: Save 50% on Upcoming StagesPDX Conference - Julie Harrelson and Sarah Pool on Starting Up, Healthy Twinkies and Hats - Nonprofits Ready to Compete at Pitch for a Purpose - Free 1-Month Startup Accelerator Starts May 3 - New to Bend, Personal Products Startup Zealios Targets Triathletes - Onboard Dynamics Receives $3 Million in Funding - Update: Why Droplr Hires Athletes and the Company's New Enterprise Focus - How Startup CodePen Survived a DDoS Threat - Bend-Based KidRunner on Shark Tank This Friday - #50startups Update: LeadMethod Hiring Away, Growing Bend-based Core Team - Bend Represents! Odysys Competes Today at OEN Angel Oregon Showcase - A Shout Out to Bend's Booming Outdoor Industry: Nice Work - Drew Bledsoe and Bend Research's Rod Ray to Talk Entrepreneurship at BendBio Event - BendPoly Heads to George Fox University for Second Year - Hey Outdoor Startups: Bend Outdoor Worx is Taking Applications - Funding FOMO Alert: Cascade Angels Deadline is April 15 - Hungry for Some Funding? Attend Financing for Food Startups Wed (March 30) - Bend Startups Partner Up: Cairn Box Features Hydaway Bottle - D'ya Like Drones? Check out Next Week's PubTalk - CrowdStreet Closes $3.5 Million Series A Funding Round - What You've Always Wanted: A List of Bend Startups - Hydaway and Red Plate Foods Are Finalists for Pitch Oregon - Former G5 IT Veep Starts Hueya, Brings Enterprise-Level Info Security to the Masses - Keeping Track: 3 Months, 3 Acquisitions of Bend Companies - Help a Student and Our Tech Startups: Take This Survey - Knowledge Dropped at First-Ever Demos & Drinks - Meet DohJe, a Gratitude Platform That Helps Patients Thank Caregivers - Join Us for Our First-Ever Demos and Drinks Night! - How Do You Start? Learn from Startup Women at Muse Salon - Cairn Raises $1.7 Million to Expand Team, Tech and More - Hey Slackers! Droplr Debuts Screenbot App for Slack - #50startups: AirFit Aims to Open First of Many Airport Gyms - Learn How to Improve Your Pitch from a BVC Pitch Coach - Check Out the High Desert Maker Mill at Grand Opening Tonight - How Did This 12-Year-Old Buy a 3D Printer? By Taking Pre-Orders and Starting a Biz - Status Update: Seven Peaks More than Doubled Portfolio Companies in 2015 - A Volcano of Bend Startup News. There's So Much. Just Read This. - #50startups: Manzama Pushes into Profitability - Total Bend Venture Conference Awards Reach $947,500 - See ESPACE Labs at Open House Event - Hey Neighbor: A Look at Eugene's Startup Ecosystem - Hello Startups, Can You Hear Me? Cascade Angels is Looking for Investment Opportunities - Bend Startup Women: We Want to Hear From You - Want to Grow an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem? Here's How Bend Did It - #50startups PulsedLight Acquired by Garmin - RIP Radventure: Founders Share Lessons Learned and Talk Next Startup - How VC Trends Are Playing Out In Bend (Heads Up: We're Trendy) - #50startups: With StartupCommunity, Cities Build and Measure Startup Activity - Happy New Year! Bend's Startup Community Talks Goals for 2016 - Get Your Hands on Some Hardware: E Space Labs Doubles Course Offerings - BendTrails.org Launches as Go-To Resource for Mountain Bikers - Bendbroadband Surprises Animal Shelter w/ $2k Gift - BlueBird Strategies Gives Back for the Holidays - #50startups: New to Bend, Trailhead Labs Uses Tech to Make Better Maps - Most Read Posts of 2015. See Who Made the Top 10 List ... - Bend Tech Startup Smartwaiver Acquired by a Bay Area Team - Remember When You Couldn't Find a Tech Job Here? I Do (Also: Kollective and LeadMethod are Hiring) - Check Out the Wilds During Work W/ Us Wednesday - How HYDAWAY Overcame Adversity to Deliver in Time for the Holidays - Bend Startup Whurk Expands to 3,000 Campuses; Reps Hydro Flask in Cali - BendTECH's First Ever MapNight Attracts Crowd of 150 - Maps + Computers + Beer = MapNight @ BendTECH! - BVC Investments Reach $877,500; All Growth-Stage Startups Received Funds - Impart Your Wisdom! OSU Cascades Seeks Part-Time Comp Sci Teachers - KrowdFit Launches Mobile Apps, Signs Oregon Metro as Client - Jobs Roundup: What Can a Guy on a Bike in a Giant Giraffe Costume Teach You About Job Hunting? - #50startups: Cooking Competition App FoodFu Adds Cocktails, Plating - DeBooter Finds Oregon Manufacturer, Taking Pre-orders - SnoPlanks Puts BVC Money to Work + Thanks Bendites w/ Discount - Beyond Beer: Bioscience, Outdoor Gear & Tech Industries Take Hold - Want a Job? We Got Some. - Awesome Bend Awards $1,000 to Little Free Libraries Project - BendTECH Coworking Evolves + Tech Talk This Week - #BVC2015 Starts Today: Here's a Survival Guide - #BVC2015 Recap: Odysys, Scratch-It, Perfect Company and SnoPlanks Win Funds, Panelists Win a Lychee Martini - #50startups: Gobi Gear Clears Kickstarter Goal in 25 Hours - The BendTECH Blog Becomes StartupBend - 6th Annual BVC unConference Adds Speed Networking Event - E::Space Labs Hosts Grand Opening Oct. 18 - OnBoard Dynamics Hosts Open House Next Week - Meet the 5 Growth Stages Finalists For BVC - #50startups: SteadyBudget Closes Seed Round, Hires Devs and Sales - Get Your Tix for the "What Builds Bend" Event Thursday - Guess What? You Can Now Order a kidRunner - Tech Jobs Increase by 36% in Bend, Outpacing Overall Job Growth - Meet the 5 BVC Early Stage Finalists - Volcano Veggies Wins $26k from Wells Fargo Works Project - #50startups Catchup: Cairn's Rapid Growth Spurs Hires, Changes - Want to Meet Other Bioscience Folks? Attend Bend Bio's Networking Event - Win $1,000 to Help Make Bend Awesomer - Texagon Makes First Oregon Investment in LeadMethod - These Startups Are Vying to Compete at BVC - #50startups Update: How CodePen Raised $1 Million (in Five Minutes) - Elemental Acquisition is First BVC Exit - Stackhouse Coffee: Helping Fuel Bend's Tech and Startup Community - Did Someone Say Cocktail Reception? Bend Design, Swivel and Bend Venture Conferences Fill Packed Week - New UX/UI Meetup to Discuss The Internet of Things - Because You're My Favorite: News + Jobs Roundup - Jobs Roundup: G5, Kollective, Tech Soft 3D Are Hiring - Why Kollective Chose to Expand in Bend Over Silicon Valley - Cascade Angels Invests $100k in Bend-Based Odysys - FoodFu Selected to Pitch at Google Summer of Apps - Meet Kollective at Open House Aug. 27th - G5 Raises $76 million Led by Peak Equity Partners - Startups: Apply for Bend Venture Conference by Friday, Aug. 14 - #Dogsofstartups: Kosmo Lovin' Life at Agency Revolution - Bend Venture Conference 2015 Applications Start Today - Electronics Manufacturing Company SisTech Keeps It Local - whurk intern's take on Bend: "People here enjoy a challenge ... they want to build." - Onboard Dynamics Chosen for White House Demo Day - Because We Care: Jobs Roundup, Wayne Gretzky and a Motivational Cat - Cascade Angels Invests $100,000 in LeadMethod - Like Chopped? Bend App Dev Company Debuts FoodFu Today - Nacho Cove Receives $1 Million in Seed Funding - An Insider's Look at BendPoly's First Summer Session - #50startups: Droplr Banks on a Freemium Model - Central Oregon Startups Raise $16 million, Mostly Seed, in Past Year - How Crazy Are We? This is a News AND Jobs Roundup in One Post - Bend Outdoor Worx Taking Applications for Third Session - Vote for Volcano Veggies to Win the Wells Fargo Works Project - Learn How to Grow Your Food Business at a Free Bootcamp Sunday - Get Ideas Out of Your Head with 3D Technology - Navis hiring devs, transforming technology and space - BendPoly Kicks Off Inaugural Class Today - #50Startups: Dale Partridge's StartupCamp.com Helps Entrepreneurs Build their Best Business - Sign This Petition to Support Oregon Startup Infrastructure Bill - Contact Legislators to Support OSU-Cascades Innovation Center Funding - #50startups Catch-Up: Handsel App Live with Facebook Groups - #50startups Catch-Up: SmartWaiver Seeks Sales Director, Growing 100%+ YOY - Jobs Roundup! TechSoft 3D, Five Talent, Kollective and More - FireWhat Acquires Bend-Based Geo-Spatial Solutions - #50startups: Nacho Cove Aims to Tame Corporate Email - #50Startups: DIYcave Launches Makerspace - #50startups: Odysys Offers Tech Advantage to Indie Hotels - Bend Outdoor Worx Launches Second Session With Slackline Technology and the Robert Axle Project - Want to Pitch? Portland Seed Fund Heads to Bend - BendTECH Launches Public Slack Channel - #50Startups Update: Volcano Veggies Expands Products, Looks to Raise Funds - Originally Based in Berkeley, Tech Soft 3D Names Bend Headquarters - Weekly Jobs Roundup: Kollective, LeadMethod and TechSoft 3D - Weekly Jobs Roundup! TechSoft 3D, Arrow Solutions and More - #50startups: CodePen Creates Community for Front-End Developers - Bay Area-based Biome Analytics Expands in Bend - #50startups: Zero Transform, Indie Virtual Reality Game Studio - Hydaway Bottle Ends Kickstarter with $263k, Still Taking Pre-Orders - #50startups Catch Up: Look Who Is Fundraising, Hiring, Demo-ing and More! - TEDxBendWomen Agenda is Here, Tix On Sale Friday - The 1001 Tech Center Open House is Thursday, May 14 - #50Startups: TorHans Fuels Triathletes With Aerodynamic Hydration Products - Calling C.O. Startups: Win an OEN Entrepreneurship Award - How We Grew Our Startup Community by 500% - Cascade Angels Invests in Lumen Learning - Weekly Jobs Roundup: GL Solutions, Five Talent, Systema, Stridebox - 5 Lessons Learned From Our #50startups Project - Pull-Style, Hands-Free Stroller KidRunner Debuts Kickstarter - #50startups: How Hydaway Won Kickstarter and What’s Next - Cascade Angels Raises $725k for 2015 Fund - New Oregon Crowdfunding Law is the Hot Topic at ComCap:Oregon - Bend Product Designer Blows Up Kickstarter With Pocket-Sized Water Bottle - Julie Harrelson: What Makes a Great Angel and Great Investment - Bend Outdoor Worx Highlighted in Built Oregon Editorial - High Desert Maker Mill to Open on Bend's Westside - Weekly Jobs Round-Up: Manzama, Odysys, Five Talent and BendBroadband Want You - Odysys Selected by the Collision Conference - #dogsofstartups: Sage @Odysys Doesn't Do Business Casual OK? - Agency Revolution Ditches Big Office Digs, Becoming Mostly Remote - #50startups: Are You an Accidental Sales Manager? Meet UpTyck - Onboard Dynamics Selects Board, Moves Toward Commercialization - #50startups: Party Gorilla Helps You Find the Fun - Craft3 Invests $25,000 in Cascade Angels 2015 Fund - #Dogsofstartups: Meet Moses, Ti and Jax - Suggest Speakers (Maybe You?) for TedxBendWomen - #50Startups: Symplmed, Working to Streamline Healthcare - #DogsofStartups: Behind Every Good Startup is ... a Dog - Meet Bend's First Lifesize Robot - New Executives Named for Oregon Drone Industry Development - whurkin' It: Bend-based whurk Introduces Mobile App - Cascade Angels to Receive Up To $100K Investment from Oregon Growth Board - Skills That Pay Bills: New BendPoly Debuts Practical Digital Marketing Program - Bend Bioscience Event & New Website - Running Hands Free! Meet kidRunner's New Ambassador Team - Want a Coffee Bot? New Tutorial Can Help You Make One - OSU Cascades Searching For Comp Sci Prof - #50startups: Goodkid Foods Takes the Sugar Out of Snack Bars - First Look: BendTECH's New Co-Working Space Now Open - JuJu is at PubTalk Next Thursday - Navis Hiring for 25 Tech/Dev Positions in Bend - Cairn Gets New Brand Expert and Nears New Digs - #50Startups: Better Firefighting Through Technology with Firewhat - Manzama: Hiring, Volunteering and Quizzing Like a Boss - #50startups: PrestoBox First to Automate Branding Process - Startups Looking for Funds? Cascade Angels Accepting Applications - #50startups: PulsedLight Helps Drones Fly Safely - Facebook Exec Headlines SearchFest Digital Marketing Conference - BendTECH Prepares for Grand Opening - Who's That at Onboard Dynamics? Oh You Know, the Governor - Lasers and Beer at Hack Night Tonight - #50startups: Kidrunner Sprints Toward Summer Launch of Hands-Free Stroller - Join The GIF Renaissance with ScaleHouse and Caldera's Workshop - 10Barrel Founders to Present at PubTalk - Big Dream Film Showing Friday in Bend - La Pine-based TurboPUP on Shark Tank Friday - #50startups: LeadMethod Helps Companies Manage Outside Sales Reps - Meet Impossible Engine, Animating Big Tech Brands from Bend - Amplion Seeking Marketing VP, Engineer - Agency Rev is Hiring; Odysys Hired (Again) - Amplion Closes $1 Million Seed Round - Cascade Angels Invests More in BVC Winners - Marketing Blog Highlights LeadMethod as App of Week - BT Moves: Odysys Hires Jon Vlasak as Designer - SOAR Oregon Launches New Site for UAS Test Ranges - #50startups: JUJU App Like 'Emoticons on Crack' - #50startups: Former Dice Exec Founds Whurk to Connect College Kids and Brands - Meet our #50startup quiz winners! - Free Advice: Hey Startups, Here's How to Get More Press - #50startups: Onboard Dynamics and How Your Home (or Biz's) Natural Gas Line Can Fuel Your Car - #50startups: Take our Quiz. Win a Prize ... and a Hug. A Real Live Hug. - A Bend Techie's Big Dream: More Girls in STEM Careers - #50startups catch-up: Cairn Partners with Black Diamond - Help Bluebird Strategies Support Girls Who Code - Amplion Wins $150,000 Investment at RAIN Conference - Do You Like Robots and Beer? Head to Hack Night Bend - G5 and Manzama Kick Balls (It's Kickball People, Kickball) - Julie Harrelson: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Raise Money - #50startups: The Flybook Catches More Customers - Cool Kids Code Featured in Geekwire - #50startups: Can The Handsel Change How You Sell Things Online? - "Beer, Rec & Tech" Parody Music Video Goes Viral - How to Start a Coworking Space - #50startups: Agency Revolution's SaaS Transformation - Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE) 2014 Demo Day Livestream - #50startups: Volcano Veggies Plants Seeds of Growth - Seminar: Intellectual Property Essentials - BVC Recap: Bend's Amplion Wins Big Money - 2104 Bend Venture Conference Live Coverage - BVC Launch Stage Companies Coming Up: Watch Live Stream - UnConference Wild Card Winner: The Handsel Heads to BVC - BVC Preview: 5 Startups Vie for Record $500k Investment - Catching Up with Ochoco Arms, 2013's BVC Concept Winner - Cascade Angels to Announce 2015 Fund at BVC - #50startups: Cairn Introduces Outdoor Enthusiasts to New Products - #50startups: Smartwaiver Provides Digital Waivers for the Masses - ICYMI: These 5 Startups Will Pitch at BVC - Hey Startups: 4 Tips for Inbound Marketing Success - #50startups: Meet StrideBox, a Subscription Box for Runners - Unmanned Systems Conference Launches in Warm Springs - Free Advice: 5 Ways to Improve Your Startup Pitch - #50startups: Meet Ubimodo - New BendTECH CoWorking Space Debuts at the unConference - 10 Concept Stage Companies Compete for Spot at BVC - Bend-based Onboard Dynamics Secures $3 Million Grant - Built Oregon: Inspirational Stories of Entrepreneurship - #50startups: Meet Bend-based Amplion Research - There are #50startups #inbend? Read All About 'Em ... - Seven Peaks BVC Investment Makes for Biggest Prize Ever - Bend's New and Old Businesses Meet, Solve All the Problems - Take It! Survey Asks STEM Employers About Hiring Needs - FoundersPad Launches New Workshops - Bend Entrepreneur Kickstarts Innovative Collapsible Water Bottle - Cascade Angels Invests Nearly $122K in BVC - Is the Tight Rental Market Preventing Tech Hires? - 8 Ways to Get Girls Interested in Programming - Former Institu CEO Steve Sliwa Headlines Bend Venture Conference - Announcing BendTECH @ 1001: A new collaborative workspace for startups - TechfestNW Conference Erupts in Portland - There's a Search and Marketing Powerhouse Serving Google, Walmart and Nordstrom in Bend? Adam Audette with RKG Wouldn't Be Anywhere Else - All hands on ... deck at Manzama - Code Oregon Provides Free Technology Training to 10,000 Job Seekers - Why I Left Amazon and Started a Company in Bend - Bend-based Manzama Raises $1.3 Million - Cairn Headed to Bend Outdoor Worx Incubator - Cascade Angels Plans $120,000 BVC Investment - A Map of the Central Oregon Startup Ecosystem - Droplr Gains Traction with Team Accounts - Bend Life: All Work and No Play ... - PubTalk Tonight: Seed Funds, BioScience and (Motorized!) Scooters - Meet Brian Vierra: EDCO's New Venture Catalyst - Move that Bus: Steve Case Spotlights Startups Outside of SV - Boosting Bend's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem - OEN Annual Summit: Lessons from the School of Hard Knocks - 4 Hiring Tips from G5's Recruiter (Hint: It's All About Culture) - BendTECH Launches Crowdfunding Campaign - BVC Alum Elemental Technologies Hires First CFO - Work Here: G5 Seeks Two Executive Leaders - Like Aerial Robotics? You'll Love Innovation Day Bend - A Place Where You Can Fail - Do Your Kids Want to Learn to Code? Manzama Will Teach 'Em -- For Free - BendTECH Jobs: LeadMethod Offers $1,500 for Developer Referrals
