Media Advisory: Meet Our Region’s Super Entrepreneurs
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Caroline Cummings, Smart-ups Co-founder | Director of Entrepreneurial Development at the Eugene Chamber of Commerce
carolineineugene@gmail.com | 541-968-2982
DM via Twitter @iamcarolina
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First-Ever Start-up Expo in Eugene, Oregon
The hottest/hippest super entrepreneurs will be showcasing their cool innovations on Aug 26th
Smart-ups, a program of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce, is hosting its first-ever Start-up Expo at the Valley River Inn on August 26, 2010 from 5:00 – 8:00 PM. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet our region’s coolest and hippest Super Entrepreneurs as they come out of their garages, back offices, home offices and university research labs, to showcase their start-up super powers.
WHO:
Entrepreneurs — showcase their start-up companies, and share their entrepreneurial Super Powers with their peers, investors, service providers and the media. Industries represented include: software, clean/green tech, Internet-based, biotechnology and consumer goods.
Exhibiting Companies Currently Registered:
Arcimoto (electric vehicle)
Dune Sciences (nano technology)
Elements Naturals (natural, compostable baby wipes)
Floragenex (bio technology/planet genomics)
Forward Thinking (internet media and hardware)
Good Clean Love (consumer goods/natural intimacy products)
IDX, Inc (internet/real estate technology market)
Incisive (spreadsheet analysis solutions)
Investing Ventures (factor services/alternative commercial finance solutions)
Moonshadow Mobile (content management system/mobile-optimized Web site and mobile apps)
One Click Sports Now (internet/sports news advertising platform)
Opa Cove (consumer goods/fun-themed life jackets for kids)
Pharmacopia Herbals (consumer goods/herbal extracts)
Planet Verde (internet/sustainable e-commerce)
Precision Plant Systems (technology/agriculture field measurement hardware and software)
Rainwild Rehabilitation (medical devices/robotic-assisted fine-motor therapy device)
Restaurant Tech (internet/restaurant training software)
Sipping Dreams (consumer goods/drinkable chocolate)
UGo Furniture (consumer goods/easy-to-move and assemble furniture)
VizMe (social media)
Investors, Service Providers and the Media — meet the hottest/hippest start-up companies in our region and the Superhero Entrepreneurs starting, running and growing them.
Sponsors of this event include: Title (Endeavor Law Group); Supporting (Palo Alto Software, Moss Adams LLP, and Pacific Continental Bank).
WHAT:
Smart-ups is a program of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce, and a chapter of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network headquartered in Portland. Smart-ups was started by two entrepreneurs in Feb 2008. Smart-ups hosts eight “pub-talks” a year where the focus is to provide emerging growth/traded sector start-up companies with education, access to capital and networking. This Start-up Expo is our first event of this type and we will be featuring up to 20 start-up companies from our region.
WHERE:
Valley River Inn, McKenzie Ballroom | 1000 Valley River Way, Eugene, OR 97401-2115
WHEN:
Thursday, August 26, 2010 | 5 – 8PM
WHY:
The Willamette Valley has numerous emerging growth start-up companies, but most people are not aware of these companies and/or the entrepreneurs starting, running and growing them. Many of these companies are started in garages, back offices, home-based offices and university labs – so they are under the radar of most people in the community. You may remember the Willamette Angel Conference that was hosted in Eugene for the first-time this past May – where Eugene-based start-up Good Clean Love walked away with a $165,000 seed investment prize. There are many “firsts” happening in our community related to supporting entrepreneurship. Don’t miss this next first!
This Start-up Expo will give people the opportunity to mingle with these Super Entrepreneurs and see the exciting new innovations coming out of our region. Investors, entrepreneurs, lawyers, bankers, accountants, educators, politicians, students, and people from the media are encouraged to attend this event.
HOW: Online registration is closed – you can pay at the door…
Fees:
$20 if you pre-registered ($25 at the door)
$15 for Eugene and Corvallis Chamber and SAO members
$10 for students
Table Space to Showcase Company: + $29 (when you display you get an extra free ticket into the event)
The following individuals are also available for interviews:
Dave Hauser | president of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce
Caroline Cummings | co-founder of Smart-ups, and leader of the Eugene Chamber’s entrepreneurial efforts; regional representative for the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
Don Gerhart | associate vice president for research and innovation, UO, and member of the Eugene Chamber’s Entrepreneurial Advisory Board
Tim Berry | founder/president of Palo Alto Software, sponsor of Smart-ups, member of the Smart-ups Committee, and local angel investor
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