Hood River: Entrepreneur Support Org Reverse Pitch

Mid-Columbia Innovation Hub and Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) invite you to a dynamic gathering of entrepreneur support organizations on Tuesday, October 7th starting at 8:00 am at The Ruins in Hood River.

Entrepreneur support and community organizations will pitch their services, programs, accelerators and engagement opportunities directly to entrepreneurs, startup founders and business owners in 2 minutes with just a microphone!

Unlike traditional startup pitch events where founders give the pitch, we are flipping the script and bringing together organizations to pitch the services they offer that help entrepreneurs succeed.

Entrepreneurs will walk away from the event not only with new knowledge of regional resources but with valuable connections and actionable steps to help accelerate their business journey, from securing funding to enhancing their leadership skills to accessing support in other critical areas of business growth.

Join us for a morning interacting with the leaders and organizations that can help you figure out how to make your startup idea a reality!

Details

Location: The Ruins, 13 Railroad Street, Hood River, OR 97031

Time: 8:00 – 10:30am

Agenda
8:00 am - Doors Open
8:30 am - Reverse Pitch Begins
9:30 am - Resource Fair & Networking
10:30 am - Event Ends

Cost: Free!

Please only register for this event if you are an Oregon or SW Washington founder or entrepreneur at an early, development or growth stage startup.

Participating Organizations

• Bend Outdoor Worx
• Built Oregon
• Business Impact NW
• Business Oregon - COBID
• Columbia Gorge SBDC
• Gorge Technology Alliance
• Mid-Columbia Economic Development District
• Mid-Columbia Innovation Hub
• Next Ventures
• Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
• Oregon Pride in Business
• Pacific Northwest Mission Acceleration Center
• TiE Oregon
• USDA - Rural Development
• Xcelerate Women

Organization Interested in Participating?

Located and support entrepreneurs in the Central Oregon.

Running an active program in 2025 that supports entrepreneurs.

• Offering Technical Assistance Services
• Money through business grants, investment or services.
• Multi-day series, program, or bootcamp. Not one-off individual classes.
• Running a business accelerator.

Organization programs can be free or paid by entrepreneurs.

No consultants or service providers.

Agrees to send a representative to participate in the program on October 7th, pitch your organization, and table following the pitches.

• Each organization is allowed up to two participants.
• Pitches will be verbal only (no slides needed).
• The logo and website for each organization will be displayed on a screen during their pitch.

Confirm participation by Friday, September 26th at Noon.

Interested organization should fill out THIS FORM. Please reach out to Rylee O'Brien (rylee@oen.org) with any direct questions.