Have a great business idea and looking to create a start-up? Over 80% of the companies in Central Oregon are small businesses and start-ups that generated from similar bright ideas. As a result, the local community and surrounding area, as well as the state of Oregon, offer great resources to assist in the development of new business ventures. Below are resources to help you research, grow, and fund your idea to get your business off the ground.
OSU Resources
- Proposed Innovation Center for Entrepreneurship (Bend Campus)
- Iterate (streamed on-line in Bend)
- Advantage Accelerator (Corvallis Campus)
Central Oregon Resources & Events
- Economic Development for Central Oregon
- Opportunity Knocks
- Small Business Development Center
- SCORE Central Oregon
- Cascades Angels
- City of Bend Business Advocacy
- Business Oregon
- Chambers of Commerce: Bend, La Pine, Madras, Prineville, Redmond, Sisters, Sunriver
- Cascade Business News
- FoundersPad: 12 week lean startup program, customer development and mentorship resources
- Bend Outdoor Worx: LinkedIn access to Founders
- Bend Venture Conference: October conference with a quarter million investment prize