Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

Your July dispatch from the Office of Small Business

From navigating permits to taking advantage of event foot traffic, the Portland Office of Small Business is here to streamline your path to success. In this month’s newsletter, we’re excited to let you know about our upcoming Show Up for Small Business event, in-person office hours, major road closures, and a newly available webinar.

As one of the premier drone flight facilities in the world, the Oregon UAS Accelerator has always had a global appeal. But now they have a direct pipeline to an international partner. Thanks to a memorandum of understanding with Korea Investment Accelerator.

If you’ve spent any time on a shop floor, you know the thing that keeps a shop running isn’t the machine. It’s the person standing in front of it — the one who can look at a print, look at a photo of a botched part, and just know why the tool chattered. And more importantly, how to fix it to prevent that from happening again.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

Columbia Sportswear CEO Boyle on Blazers, taxes, Portland – Portland Business Journal

What can Oregon do to become more business-friendly? You can’t rely on the serendipitous nature of Nike and Columbia and other businesses that were grown here. You can’t rely on lightning strikes that will save the state. You need to have people that are creating wealth and have created wealth that come here because it’s a great place to live and also stay here.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

OEN Angel Oregon Fall Cohort 2026

OEN’s Angel Oregon ‘Capital & Fundraising Literacy’ programs are designed specifically for early-stage founders across Oregon and SW Washington. Whether you’re building a technology company, consumer product brand, or life or bio science venture, our goal is to help you better understand the fundraising landscape while building the skills and confidence you’ll need when the time is right.

Are you working on something that’s venture scale…? Want to get it in front of West Coast investors…? Well, for more than 20 years, Bend Venture Conference has been providing a stage to make that happen. But to be on that stage, you have to apply. And BVC applications are now open for 2026.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

2026 Oregon Competitiveness Summit & Gubernatorial Candidate Forum – Portland Business Journal

Join Oregon Business & Industry and the Portland Business Journal for a gubernatorial candidate forum and business roundtable session that will address the major economic and competitiveness issues facing our business community.