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title: 'Branching out: 10 Branch looks to help the next generation of Portland startups'
date: '2016-10-27T10:51:12-07:00'
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# Branching out: 10 Branch looks to help the next generation of Portland startups

[The virtuous cycle](http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2016/10/19/has-portlands-virtuous-cycle-started.html "Has Portland's virtuous cycle started?"). We hear about it all the time. Someone starts a company, successfully exits that company, generates wealth for founders and employees, and then that group uses those new financial resources to reinvest in the community. Which leads to someone starting a company…

Portland has never truly managed to complete this cycle. We’ve come close. And we’ve had some fits and starts. But it’s never truly been a cycle with momentum. That, however, may be changing.

Why? Well there are little things. Little signs. Like Elemental giving $150,000 to the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network…

> Thank you so much [@elementaltech](https://twitter.com/elementaltech) for the check!![\#oenawards](https://twitter.com/hashtag/oenawards?src=hash) [pic.twitter.com/FyFytUvGyG](https://t.co/FyFytUvGyG)
> 
> — Oregon Entrepreneurs (@oenorg) [October 27, 2016](https://twitter.com/oenorg/status/791457276343177217)

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… or like the folks who successfully grew [Viewpoint](http://viewpoint.com/ "Viewpoint") looking to make connections for other Portland startups. By sharing their connections and insights with the [10 Branch “Outside the Box” event](http://www.10branch.com/outsidethebox "10 Branch: Outside the box"). And it’s an effort which they’re hoping will turn into “a world-class event year after year that will attract the best companies, financial firms and advisers” to Portland.

The inaugural event takes place November 3-4, 2016, at the Hotel deLuxe. Tickets are $195 for companies and $395 for investors.

For more information or to RSVP, visit [10 Branch](http://www.10branch.com/outsidethebox "10 Branch: Outside the box").