Washington County: Entrepreneur Support Org Reverse Pitch

The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) invites you to our SECOND dynamic gathering of entrepreneur support organizations on Wednesday, April 23rd starting at 8:00 am at Zesti Food Cart's pavilion in Washington County.

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: Zesti Food Carts, 2131 Yew St, Forest Grove, OR 97116

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

• Autodesk
• Built Oregon
• Business Oregon
• Livelihood NW
• Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon
• Metro Region Innovation Hub
• Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs
• Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute
• Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
• ORPIB
• Oregon Sports Angels
• Oregon Startup Center
• Oregon State University Food Innovation Center
• OTRADI and Oregon Bioscience Incubator
• Oregon Women's Business Center
• TiE
• VertueLab
• Xcelerate Women

Organization Interested in Participating?

Located and supports entrepreneurs in the Portland-Metro area.

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 April 23rd, 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 Thursday, April 18th at Noon.

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