For many Oregon manufacturers and service providers, exports went up in 2020! Join us with “Catch the Rising Tide of Exports with Trade Finance Tools,” a virtual event hosted by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) and Business Oregon, plus other key partners for an hour-long interactive webinar. Featured partners include: Softwood Export [...]

California's transition to a high road economy -- one that promotes sustainability and shared prosperity -- will look different in every industry and every region. These workshops ask how you would orient that "just" transition. What are your priorities for a low-carbon future? Participants will (1) learn more about work underway to map California's high [...]

What is a microloan? What is the difference between a microloan and a standard loan? What are the benefits and risks of microloans? Due to these often unanswered questions and general misconceptions, business leaders may overlook or even outright dismiss microloans as a viable option for financially transforming their small and medium-sized businesses to survive [...]

Last year, the United States faced unprecedented challenges stemming from the pandemic. The Federal Reserve Board’s annual Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED) provides insights into the challenges that people faced as a result of COVID-19, as well as who was most affected by the disruptions. During this session, experts will discuss the results [...]

How does one become a truly excellent manufacturer? One tried and true approach is to achieve Operations Excellence, the execution of all of your production operations in a superior way. Time and time again we see that competitors with superior operations create more value for their customers. During this webinar, CMTC Quality Practice Lead Eliot [...]

Join our panel of real estate, finance, and manufacturing experts to assess the already tight real estate market in a normalizing economy. In this hour-long webcast, we’ll explore: ● Why buy now, vs. two years ago, vs. two years from now? ● How should you assess buying vs leasing? ● Controlling your destiny – locking [...]

Description In this webinar we will discuss current state of business, and how small business owners have had to reinvent their business models. We will offer suggestions and avenues to assist participants with pivoting their service or product delivery methods. In addition, we will visit how collaborations can provide unique success avenues. SBA will share [...]

There is a lack of diversity within the economic development profession, which is reflected in the make-up of many economic development organizations. So, how do you create diversity within your economic development organization? This webinar will tackle that question and explore best practices in creating a diversified talent pipeline within economic development organizations and beyond.