We’ve seen a lot of leadership changes in local nonprofits that interact with the startup community. Business for a Better Portland, OEN, TiE Oregon, and others have all had fairly recent shifts at the top. And now Xcelerate Women is joining the list as they seek new leadership.
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Women entrepreneur support organization XXcelerate seeks new board members
If you’re interested in supporting women entrepreneurs and you have the bandwidth to serve on a nonprofit board, you might consider submitting your name as a prospective board member for XXcelerate, the leading mentorship organization for women-led businesses in Oregon.
Read MoreVIDA and XXcelerate announce grant program for women-owned businesses
Looking for more access to resources to help your business? Portland’s XXcelerate and VIDA have partnered to offer a grant designed to enable women-owned businesses easier access to coworking, community, and other services that can benefit their business.
Read MoreInterested in coaching or mentoring women-led startups? XXcelerate wants to talk to you
One of my favorite things about the Portland startup community is a willingness to help one another. Rarely do I have a conversation with anyone in town that fails to include “Is there anything I can be doing to help you…?” It’s just the ethos around here.
Read MoreXXcelerate adds Virginia Lemos as Program Manager
The Portland nonprofit organization focused expressly on supporting women entrepreneurs with business education and peer support, XXcelerate, has announced the hiring of a new Programs Manager for the organization.
Read MoreHow are you holding up? XXcelerate checks in on Oregon womxn entrepreneurs
While everyone is being negatively impacted by this worldwide pandemic, folks who identify as women are often disproportionately affected by what’s happening. That’s why XXcelerate wanted to check on Oregon womxn entrepreneurs to see how they’re doing.
Read MoreREMINDER: XXcelerate Fund XXcelerator applications are due today
If you’re a more than part-time founder who identifies as a woman, has a business that’s more than a year old and is generating at least $25,000 a year, and are registered in Oregon, then you have the opportunity to secure additional mentorship and support through the XXcelerate Fund XXcelerator program. But you have to get your application in today.
Read MoreIn my best Sally Struthers voice: Are you a founder who has had difficulty accessing capital in Oregon? Sure. We all have.
If you’ve been paying attention to politics, congratulations. There’s a lot to be tracking at the moment. A lot. Which is why I wanted to take the opportunity to remind folks that — even if you’ve been keeping tabs on what’s happening — you may have missed that the Oregon startup community has a time sensitive request for you.
Read MoreForbes focuses on Oregon women entrepreneurs, features XXcelerate Fund, WalkerTracker
It’s always nice to see Portland companies featured in national media. Especially when it’s folks who you know have been hard at work, building amazing companies, with little to no media recognition for what they’ve been doing. Like Walker Tracker, which was just featured in Forbes as an example of the participants in the XXcelerate Fund.