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SUMMARY:Vertue Lab & Women in Science PDX: Badass Women Entrepreneurs
DESCRIPTION:Badass women who have turned their science into successful business ventures and the funding resources that have supported them and others. \nVertueLab and Women in Science PDX are celebrating the fifth year of Badass Women Entrepreneurs! \nThis annual event spotlights badass women with badass science startups. The event convenes movers and shakers with different types of businesses\, different science backgrounds from low to high tech\, and non-traditional funding and support expertise. \nWe’ll dive into their journeys\, learn about their career path\, challenges\, triumphs\, and the resources they couldn’t do without. We want to inspire and empower you to innovate\, to brave the entrepreneur journey\, and connect you with other women science-badasses\, allies and local companies\, partners\, and mentors who can help launch an idea into the market. \nMore about the event …\nIn the first part of this event\, our moderator\, Kim Zou of ClimateTech VC\, will lead us through the exploration of how these badass women have taken their innovative ideas\, rooted in science and tech\, from just an idea to a fully implemented business. \nThese badass women entrepreneurs will share: \nTheir journey and insights\, including when their business or tech idea originated\nTheir first steps to the formation of their company\nEarly funding pathways including private investment and federal grants\nNavigating partnership legalities\nValuable resources\nReflections on challenges they have overcome\nDuring part two of this event\, we will be joined by another panel of professionals who will elaborate on the startup funding pathways and resources mentioned by our badass women entrepreneurs\, along with information very specific to their funding resources. \nThen stick around for SPEED NETWORKING. This will be several 3-minute breakouts where you’ll get the chance to connect with panelists and attendees. This session is introvert-friendly ~ short and sweet. Long enough to make a connection\, but often not long enough to get into too much depth. But that’s where you can follow up for a virtual coffee or whatnot. Be sure to exchange LinkedIn profile info! \nYou should come to the event if…\nYou’re an aspiring/current entrepreneur looking for inspiration\, knowledge\, and connections\nYou’re an investor interested in learning about innovative companies led by badass founders\nYou’re a professional or student looking to connect with entrepreneurs and build community\nYou’re a technologist/innovators interested in learning more about the funding resources available to grow your technology/business\nYou’re a service provider or are involved in support programs for startups/early innovators and want to connect with the guests and panelists\n  \nA note on inclusivity:\nWe use the words ‘women/woman’ in an expansive and inclusive way to include any persons that identify with the word. \nWe recognize that patriarchal systems of oppression have perpetrated disproportionate inequities on anyone who is not societally perceived as a cis-man. \nIn the entrepreneur\, tech\, and investment sectors it is our goal to create a safe and inclusive event and community where folks facing this systemic oppression can gain connections\, share resources\, and build relationships with others in this space. \nWe recognize that gender is a broad and beautiful spectrum and we aim to celebrate everyone on this spectrum. We invite allies and accomplices to join us. \nAccessibility:\nThis event will be held on a Zoom meeting\, with closed captions available. If you need additional assistance or specific accommodations\, we are happy to provide these. Please contact Cassidy at cassidy.johnston@vertuelab.org. \nQuestions: Please contact Cassidy at cassidy.johnston@vertuelab.org \nOur Badass Moderator \nKim Zou – Energy Impact Partners | Climate Tech VC \nKim Zou is an investor at Energy Impact Partners\, a $2.5bn venture capital firm investing in companies shaping the energy landscape of the future. She also writes Climate Tech VC\, the leading newsletter on climate and innovation with 20K+ readers. Prior to joining EIP\, Kim was part of JPMorgan’s Tech M&A investment banking team and graduated from Johns Hopkins University. \nEntrepreneur Panelists \nWendy Owens – Hexas Biomass \nWendy Owens is the Founder and CEO of Hexas Biomass\, a biomaterials company producing plant-based raw materials. She is a serial entrepreneur with experience across multiple industries. Hexas combines her background in materials engineering and biotechnology with a passion to save the Earth. Concurrently with past entrepreneurial endeavors\, she spent 14 years as an executive-level appointed advisor to the US Secretary of Commerce and US Trade Representative. Ms. Owens is a published author on a variety of subjects and has a Master of Art degree from Tufts University. \nTanya Barham – Community Energy Labs \nTanya is the CEO of Community Energy Labs (CEL) a woman-owned and led energy technology company with a mission to enable affordable decarbonization of community buildings by 2030. CEL’s core AI-powered clean building control platform was a regional winner of CleanTech Open’s 2020 international accelerator\, an overall winner in the 2020 Madrona Venture Labs Go Vertical challenge\, a 2021 impel+ building innovator\, EPRI Incubate Energy 2021 cohort member and 2021 US Department of Energy SBIR awardee. \nCarlanda McKinney – Bodify \nCarlanda is founder and CEO of Bodify; a platform that leverages computer vision and artificial intelligence to help online shoppers find the brands that will best fit their bodies. No newcomer to starting a business\, she received her MBA focused in Entrepreneurship from UMKC and has started a number of tech enabled companies over the past decade. Carlanda has consistently been recognized for her thought leadership and ingenuity; being listed as one of Kansas City’s Top 10 Startups to Watch and 20 Innovators to Know. Having grown up in an entrepreneurial family\, she understands the importance of seeing diverse representation across industries and in various roles. It is a personal goal of hers to ensure the next generation of founders are entering an equitable\, low barrier ecosystem to create in. \nFunding Experts \nShondra Washington – TBC-Capital \nShondra is an emerging fund manager. After working as a technology investment banker\, she co-founded TBC-Capital\, an education-first advisory and consulting firm\, offering on-demand CFO\, business development and strategy services for VC-backed companies and small businesses with $1M in revenue or more annually. Through her efforts her clients have raised over $7M in startup capital. She’s currently based in New York and focuses her work in consumer tech\, CPG and marketplaces. \nLeon Wolf – VertueLab \nLeon assists Oregon tech companies to win grants from an annual bucket of $4B in non-dilutive\, federal R&D dollars. He has helped over 100 companies and organizations to prepare SBIR/STTR and other proposals to USDA\, NSF\, NIH\, EPA\, and DOE\, and has delivered dozens of training sessions on funding. \nWIS PDX and VertueLab will be providing honorariums to our entrepreneurs to fulfill our commitment of honoring the time of women and those of other marginalized genders. \nRegister here and use code IMABADASS for a free ticket.
URL:https://www.otradi.org/event/vertue-lab-women-in-science-pdx-badass-women-entrepreneurs/
LOCATION:OR\, United States
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SUMMARY:OTBC & VertueLab Event: SBIR-STTR Success Panel – the Inside Story
DESCRIPTION:Get the inside story on how to apply for SBIR-STTR grant funding.  You’ll get valuable lessons learned from 3 Oregon entrepreneurs who have received SBIR-STTR funding.  Click here for more information and to register.
URL:https://www.otradi.org/event/otbc-event-sbir-sttr-success-panel-the-inside-story/
LOCATION:OR\, United States
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SUMMARY:Badass Womxn Entrepreneurs
DESCRIPTION:Badass womxn who have turned their science into successful business ventures and the funding resources that have supported them and others. \nAbout this Event\nBadass Womxn Entrepreneurs Coming at You Once Again! VIRTUAL\nCOVID can’t hold us down! Unfortunately our April in-person event was postponed\, but that just means we’ll be virtual. \nWomen in Science Portland and VertueLab have teamed up to co-host our 2nd annual event intentionally focused on womxn\, entrepreneurship\, and the business pipeline in science. Joined by a new co-partner this year – OTBC\, the event convenes two diverse panels: one with different types of business and science backgrounds\, the other giving light to non-traditional funding and support expertise. \nEntrepreneur\, woman of many talents\, and badass educator of virtual science for kids – Lindsey Murphy of The Fab Lab with Crazy Aunt Lindsey – will lead us through the exploration of how innovative ideas rooted in science and tech go from just an idea to a fully implemented business. Our panel of badass womxn entrepreneurs will provide a robust experience for all attendees as they share their personal stories; including when their business (tech) idea originated\, their first steps to formation of their company\, early funding pathways\, navigating partnership legalities\, valuable resources\, and reflections on challenges they have overcome. More about the panelists below. \nWe will then be joined by a panel of experts who will elaborate on the funding pathways mentioned by our badass womxn entrepreneurs\, along with a tease into their very specific funding resource. More about the funding experts below. \nˆFollowing the main event\, we’ll have SPEED NETWORKING. This will be 3 – 10 minute breakouts where you’ll get the chance to connect with panelists and attendees. Short and sweet\, it usually doesn’t feel long enough for a chat but that’s the point – if you make a connection\, exchange LinkedIn’s\, and schedule virtual coffee meetups with those folks.\n60-Second Pitch Opportunity…\nThe only regret we’ve had from past BWE events is not making time to hear more from attendees not on a panel. So in our effort to put on another amazing event full of all the opportunities – this is your chance! \nDo you have a business or tech pitch? A resource you want to share with others? Another great idea? \nSend us your 60-second pitch video! There are several ways to record your video: use your smart phone\, YouTube\, laptop/computer recording. You can upload your video or include a link here. \nWe’ll review pitch ideas that get submitted and get back to you closer to the event date.\n4:00 PM | Main event \nOpening remarks\nEntrepreneur panel\nQuick Pitches\nFunding & support experts panel\nDiscussion with all panelists\n5:00 PM | Speed Networking \n5:30 PM | That’s a wrap!\nMore about the panelists…\nOur Badass Moderator\nLindsey Murphy\, The Fab Lab with Crazy Aunt Lindsey |Creator and host of The Fab Lab With Crazy Aunt Lindsey\, YouTube’s popular kids science web series that takes everyday science concepts and turns them into fabulous DIY projects children can do at home with their families. Before breaking out on her own in 2017\, she spent more than 15 years in marketing and business development\, working at some of the worlds most recognizable institutions: MTV Networks\, XBOX/Edelman\, Nike Inc.\, and Wieden+Kennedy. \nEntrepreneur Panelists\nNyah Zarate\, Continuous Solutions |Revolutionizing electric motors through ultra efficient\, cost effective technologies. Nyah is an expert in organizational processes\, modeling\, simulation\, experimentation\, and hardware in the areas of control and system level integration. \nEmily Darchuk\, Wheyward Spirit | A farm-to-flask premium spirit company made from whey waste in the cheese production. Emily has forged her badass career as a food scientist in the natural food and dairy industry and now a founder of her own business. \nKatie Pettinger\, Gadusol Laboratories | Inspired by the natural sun-protection capabilities of fish and plant life\, they are a biotech startup producing natural sunscreen compounds found in marine life. Katie is the Managing Director at Gadusol Laboratories along with a few other hats outside the company supporting entrepreneurs; including the OSU Advantage Accelerator. \nFunding Experts\nAmy Jermain\, XXcelerate Fund |Provides a uniquely powerful combination of business education\, peer support and a pathway to financing for Oregon womxn entrepreneurs. Amy is tenaciously committed to improving the resiliency and self-sufficiency of underserved groups through several admirable efforts. \nSharon Richardson Howell\, Huntington Hill Ventures | A tireless firejumper and storyteller\, directing a 20-year\, multi-industry career and life experiences across 6 countries and 4 continents — at growth\, transformation\, monetization\, and exits. Currently COO for a (stealth) healthcare start-up\, a Member of the Board of Trustees at TiE Global\, a Board Trustee for Janus Youth\, and a Limited Partner at Elevate Capital\, she has been a prolific investor since 2006 in her role as Managing Partner CoFounder of Huntington Hill Ventures. Sharon has also held executive roles for large entities in tech (mobile\, gaming)\, healthcare\, and hospitality. \nLeon Wolf \, VertueLab SBIR/STTR Assistance Program | Helping Oregon companies win grants from a bucket of almost $4B in non-dilutive\, federal R&D dollars. Want to have a consult with Leon before or at the event? Sign up here for a consult .
URL:https://www.otradi.org/event/badass-womxn-entrepreneurs/
LOCATION:OR\, United States
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SUMMARY:The ABCs of SBIR/STTR Funding
DESCRIPTION:FREE SBIR Webinar \n“The ABCs of SBIR/STTR Funding” \n12:00p-1:30p PT | May 13\, 2020   \nVertueLab will be partnering with national SBIR experts BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting for the delivery of this webinar.  The webinar will cover SBIR/STTR basics including: \n· Eligibility requirements\n· Size and ownership rules\n· The difference between SBIR and STTR\n· Contracts vs. grants \nThis webinar is appropriate to researchers\, entrepreneurs and companies new to SBIR\, those wishing to learn more\, and those planning to write their first proposal. \nREGISTER at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2928170295453477392
URL:https://www.otradi.org/event/the-abcs-of-sbir-sttr-funding/
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SUMMARY:SBIR/STTR Road Tour
DESCRIPTION:The SBIR/STTR Road Tour – Oregon will be a 1-day live event on July 17\, 2018 located at Portland State University. It will provide an exceptional opportunity for small businesses and those supporting them to meet directly with over 25 program managers from the 12 Federal agencies with SBIR/STTR programs\, as well as they USPTO and SBA. The event will provide key information to successfully compete for SBIR/STTR grants and contracts. \nDATE: July 17\, 2018 \nLOCATION: Portland State University\, Smith Hall \nREGISTER
URL:https://www.otradi.org/event/sbir-sttr-road-tour/
LOCATION:Portland State University\, 1825 SW Broadway\, Portland\, OR\, 97201
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