Congratulations to Kris Akins, CEO at BikeTrak Inc. for winning OEN's Seed Oregon PubTalk Championship. She will go on to present as a showcase company at OEN's Angel Oregon 2012 at the Governor Hotel on Wednesday, April 18th.

Also competing in the finale was: Timothy Shields, CEO of Comic Rocket and Luke Ordway of My Replay Live

5 minute pitch companies were:

Blanketbooster and Green Earth Insulation.

Being a 5-min pitch company is a great way to get both practice at pitching and exposure for your company. Any OEN member interested in becoming a 5-minute pitch company can apply here.

OEN's Seed Oregon
OEN's Seed Oregon PubTalk is a unique opportunity for companies from Oregon and Southwest Washington that are seeking capital within the range of $100,000 to $2,000,000. In this competition, CEOs of emerging companies learn the rules of the road for effective fundraising and receive coaching from content experts to help them shine; come show time. The overall winner of OEN's Seed Oregon PubTalk will receive an opportunity for exposure at OEN's Angel Oregon 2012, the premier angel investing event in the Northwest.

There is no time like the present to get your application in to OEN for this  year's Seed Oregon PubTalk.

What is Seed Oregon?

Here  is the skinny. OEN's Seed Oregon is a unique opportunity for companies from  Oregon and Southwest Washington that are seeking capital within the range of  $100,000 to $2,000,000. In this competition, CEOs of emerging companies  learn the rules of the road for effective fundraising and receive  coaching from content experts to help them shine; come show time. The overall  winner of OEN’s Seed Oregon PubTalk will receive exposure at OEN’s Angel Oregon,  the premier angel investing event in the Northwest.

Sounds pretty  great right?
Well, it is. You will get some of the best real life  experience about how to do an investor pitch that money can buy, and all for $75,  if you're an OEN member, and $174 if you're not.

So submit your application for Seed  Oregon today...or at least by Friday, August 12th.

OEN's Seed Oregon
OEN’s Seed Oregon PubTalk is a unique opportunity for companies from Oregon and Southwest Washington that are seeking capital within the range of $100,000 to $2,000,000. In this competition, CEOs of emerging companies learn the rules of the road for effective fundraising and receive coaching from content experts to help them shine; come show time. The overall winner of OEN’s Seed Oregon PubTalk will receive visibility at OEN’s Angel Oregon 2012, the premier angel investing event in the Northwest.

First round of OEN Seed Oregon applications due, Friday, August 12. Apply here!

OEN's Venture Northwest
So you’re a rock-star company and ready to secure that next round of funding? Apply to OEN’s Venture Northwest 2011 and vie for a chance to be one of the 10 lucky companies to be featured. Not only will your application be reviewed by a selection committee filled with investors, but if you are selected, you will be invited to present at the conference, as well as attend the prestigious Intel/Perkins Coie Investor Reception on the eve of the main event.

OEN Venture Northwest is an outstanding networking opportunity for all entrepreneurs and investors. So whether you are chosen to present or not – we encourage you to register. How often are you in a room with 100 + investors? Don’t miss this invaluable opportunity.

OEN Venture Northwest Applications due September 2. Apply here!

Interview with Ken Levy, founder and CEO of 4-Tell, and a finalist in Seed  Oregon 2011. Ken talks about how he is helping bring shopping recommendations  based on past purchases to online merchants of all sizes. An interesting fact  about Ken that he shared is that he is responsible for the technology found on  many driver's licenses.

Attend OEN's Seed Oregon PubTalk and vote for your favorite.

This interview provided courtesy of OEN Volunteer, Scott Olson of FounderBuzz.

Sam Pardue - Indow Windows. Interview with Sam Pardue, founder and CEO of Indow  Windows about his business and what gives him the edge to win the Seed Oregon  contest on Wed, Feb 9th, 2011. Sam describes how Indow Windows offers a simple  way to dramatically improve home energy efficiency with press-in double paned  windows. Sam also talks about his background and what makes him uniquely suited  to succeed. Attend OEN PubTalk on February 9 and vote for your favorite company.

This video produced courtesy of OEN Volunteer Scott Olson of Founderbuzz.

Three companies went head to head with ten minute pitches at the second of three Seed Oregon pitch battles. At bat tonight was Indow Windows, a company that manufactures and distributes inserts that easily turn your single-pane windows into double-pane while saving you the cost and hassle of remodeling; StreamIt, which monetizes streaming video for conferences and speakers online; and Integrated Power Corporation, which saves supermarkets money by monitoring energy use and providing predictive analytics on replacements and failures. The audience voted Indow Windows to the top of the bunch. Congrats to founder Sam Pardue.

OEN is accepting applications to compete in Round 3 of Seed Oregon. Entrepreneurs interested in applying should do so by Friday, December 3rd. More information can be found about OEN's Seed Oregon here: http://www.oen.org/events_seed.aspx.

October 14, 2010

The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) kicked off its PubTalk™ Seed Oregon 2010 competition last evening in front of another packed house. The event featured engaging pitches from three area business startups seeking capital. The annual PubTalk competition consists of four rounds, with the winner of each round advancing to the championship round to compete for a presentation opportunity at OEN’s Angel Oregon competition.

CEO of GlobeSherpa Nat Parker launched the evening’s competition. Specializing in mobile applications for the iPhone and other platforms, Nat presented the business plan for his TransitSherpa application that enables mobile phone-based ticketing for transportation services. Positioning it as a “ticket operations management system”, Nat stated TransitSherpa will deliver transit agencies more fare paying passengers when provided an easier way to do so as well as comprehensive passenger data and reduced ticket printing and management costs.  www.globesherpa.com

CEO Paresh Patel feels his Vendscreen product and services “move the vending industry into the information age”. Paresh noted the average vending machine customer spends 45 seconds in the decision making process. Vendscreen intends to capitalize on this “captive” period by delivering benefits to both the 78 million daily vending machine users as well as the owners of vending machines with its new and existing machine-attached wireless displays. The displays will assist consumer decisions by providing compliance with the coming nutrition disclosure laws. Vending machine owners can offer advertising opportunities and can measure the effectiveness of that advertising.  www.vendscreen.com

Karin McKercher, CEO of Indie Vinos hopes to disrupt her statistic that the ten largest wineries in the U.S. control 62% of the distribution channels. McKercher hopes to reach and serve the 32% of the 25-34 year olds that are wine consumers that also make up the “social media generation” by building indievinos.com based independent winery communities with its social commerce site. In addition to providing a new and innovative distribution channel to the 6500 independent (a.k.a. “indie”) U.S. wineries, Indie Vinos will offer customer relationship management (CRM) software as a service (SAAS).

GlobeSherpa, the evening’s winner as determined by the audience’s text voting, now advances to the championship round to be held in during Q1 2011.

The next OEN PubTalk on November 10th will feature Round 2 of the Seed Oregon competition . Watch for the upcoming announcement that will identify the Round 2 presenters. OEN PubTalks are held at Backspace Cafe located at 115 NW 5th Avenue in downtown Portland.

Companies are encouraged to apply to compete! Applications are due Wednesday, October 20. http://www.oen.org/events_seed_guidelines.aspx