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OTBC Brown Bag: Finding Founders

Jan 8
Thu 12:00 PM
Location
OTBC

12725 SW Millikan Way
Suite 101
Beaverton, OR 97005
971-223-4660

This is a private home or office

Estimated attendance
 31  people attended.
4.50 4.5013

Who organized?
Steve Morris

Do you have an idea for a startup, and you're looking for a team of founders to help you get your idea off the ground? Or do you not have a burning idea, but you'd be interested finding someone with a compelling idea, so you can get in on the ground floor?

At OTBC, we'd like to find a way for entrepreneurs and prospective founders to find each other. Come join us for a chat about ideas for helping entrepreneurs get exposure for their ideas. How can we help idea people and prospective founders find each other? We'd like to hear your ideas.

Where: OTBC (directions)
Parking: free, next door in the parking garage
MAX: Beaverton Central stop (Blue line, one stop west of the Beaverton Transit Center)
When: noon to 1pm

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  • Richard Fobes
    Posted Jan 8, 2009 10:17 PM
    Richard Fobes
    Superb meeting! Great people, productive networking, and nicely focused discussion. I look forward to the one-on-one "tech speed dating."

Who attended?

  • 31 attendees
    • “ Hi Steve, I attended the Brown bag Lunch on 1/12; I was pleasantly surprised by the number of attendees. It was very heartening to see so much interest in entrepreneurism. I was the one who suggested that OTBC should provide a forum for entrepreneurs, allowing them to present their new business ideas. The OTBC forum would be a great way for the members to learn about what is important for their business and their presentations. I like the idea of a "lunch table" business plan, a 20,000 foot view. "Deals" presented and all the comments fed back could be stored as unique categorized case studies. These records would be invaluable materials for other OTBC entrepreneurs. I would be happy to help flesh out this idea; if a template is necessary, I would be happy to help develop same. Regards, Henry Gregor StrategicVisions ”
    • “ I very much enjoyed the Brown Bag. A lot of info was going around, very lively. I made contact with two very solid individuals. Good job on the moderating Steve, thanks. ”
    • “ I loved the idea of "speed-dating for founders". Count me in. ”
    • “ A mechanism for sharing essentials of a business concept within a closed Oregon community is a fantastic idea. Having a community-wide ethic of confidentiality would be extremely helpful in sharing ideas more openly. Combined with a checklist of "skills have" and "skills need", it would be a great way to lend structure to regular meetings for meet and greets with potential founding team members. ”
    • “ It was EXTREMELY productive for me! More so than I had imagined given most interests were around software development instead of hardware. There was truly good energy at this meeting with an EXCELLENT turnout! THANKS A MILLION Steve for putting this together and thanks to all for contributing to a healthy discussion during some rather difficult times. ”
    • “ A+ Nice work! ”
    • “ Exceeded my expectations - I'm ecstatic to learn that the Portland region has many optimists and entrepreneurs. ”
    • “ Two words: speed dating! Pretty good use of time for the first meeting. (Patents, while interesting, might be a better topic for a separate Brown Bag). The next meetings can use something like speed dating to get prospective entrepreneurs in front of prospective founders in what I think will be an effective manner! ”
    • Craig Hondo (+1 guest)