Attention Holiday shopping procrastinators, come to General Duffy’s Waterhole for those last-minute Christmas gift finds during our Winter Bazaar! This is one of our BIGGEST vendor markets of the year. Make sure to shop and sip with us on 12/18 from 10am to 5pm. Our annex will be lined wall to wall with vendors, spilling outside into our tent. You are bound to find an unforgettable gift to give to one of your loved ones this year during our Winter Bazaar. Grab a drink and get to exploring!
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This high-energy entrepreneurial event showcases the Bend Venture Conference Early Stage semi-finalists as they deliver fast-paced, three-minute pitches to a live and virtual crowd. The audience along with an expert panel of judges will vote to decide which five companies advance to present at BVC on October 15-16, 2020. Join us either in person or virtually.
EDCO will again host the annual two-day Bend Venture Conference on Thursday, October 17 – Friday, October 18, 2019, at the iconic Tower Theatre in downtown Bend. Tickets to the 16th Annual BVC are available here.
Last year, 600 attendees, 50 prominent investors, and over 70 companies joined us for a celebration of entrepreneurship and innovation. Over the past five years, investments, awards and prizes upwards of $10 million were awarded to 38 companies as a result of the conference.
Companies in the Impact Competition have historically competed for investments ranging from $50,000-$100,000. This year’s Early Stage Competition has received a commitment from Portland Seed Fund to invest at least $25,000 into the winning company. Growth Stage Competition finalists could collect an investment of $250,000 or more. The 2019 BVC will feature impressive speakers from across the country representing angel investors, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
For more information please visit our website.
OIM Summer Social
What better way to celebrate summer and spark creativity than a social at 9th Street Village? Part artist collective, part beer garden and part co-working space, 9th Street Village has redefined the idea of “mixed use.”
It’s a dynamic space to connect with a new colleague or just putt around with frisbee golf. You’ll find a community of artists, makers, small businesses and brewers peppered throughout the industrial yet welcoming space behind the DIY Cave. During the event, we will also hear from some of the rockstars behind 9th Street Village as well as our sponsor, Shannon Lee Strategy.
Space is limited
Tickets at the door, if available, are $15
Tal Wilkenfeld headlines the 7th Annual Newberry Event Charity Music Festival!
Central Oregon’s 7th Annual Newberry Event Music and Arts Festival to Defeat MS is a three-day outdoor summer multi-genre music festival well-known as a good time for a good cause. July 26, 27, 28, 2019. Main acts Friday are Portland’s Indubious reggae, opening for Pigs on the Wing Pink Floyd tribute band in the beautiful outdoor intimate venue. For over a decade, Indubious brothers Evton and Skip Burton, have shared their instrumental skills, powerful harmonies, and electrifying performances, “raising the positive vibrations of our planet, to help others express the true loving nature within us all.” Pigs on the Wing’s intense live performances are an expansive audio-visual experience.
Saturday night headlines Tal Wilkenfeld, a 32 year old Australian born bass and guitar phenom who has performed alongside artists including Jeff Beck, Prince, Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock and Mick Jagger. Hosted on rural residential acreage, DiamondStone Guest Lodge is 25 miles south of Bend, between Sunriver and La Pine. With over 20 bands on 2 rotating stages, the lawns, shady aspens & pines of So. Deschutes County create a beautiful outdoor concert setting.
Enjoy awesome music and dancing in the grass 10am-10pm. Tent camping is free and RV sites available. Kids under age 13 are free. With many vendors – great food (breakfast too), Sunriver Brewing Co. beers, Kombucha, ciders and distillery vendors, you’ll find everything you need for the day or weekend. You’ll also enjoy dancers, homemade arts & crafts, and a silent auction plus raffles of incredible fine art and merchandise. See good reviews on Facebook and Google. Don’t miss it!
The festival just received the state’s “Hidden Gem Festival Award” at the annual meeting of the Oregon Festivals and Events Association.The 501c3 charity benefits the Oregon National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Other performers: Dead Horses – Milwaukee, WI, Dodgy Mountain Men – Missoula, MT, Pat Simmons Jr.- Maui, HI , Indubious – Portland, Lounge on Fire – Boise, ID, Petty Thievery, a Tom Petty & Heartbreakers Tribute Band, Pigs On The Wing tribute to Pink Floyd – Portland, OR, The Rad Trads – Brooklyn, N.Y., Pete Kartsounes – La Pine! Eric Leadbetter – Bend, Idle Poets – Scappoose, Sol Seed – Eugene, J Brothers – Jacksonville, Mission Blues – Bend, Natty Red – Bend, Newberry Family Band, Broken Down Guitars – La Pine, The Tortilla Chips – Bend, Vokab Kompany – San Diego, and local belly dancers, the South County Hipsters.
EDCO’s Central Oregon PubTalk, held the fourth Thursday of the month, is a happy hour aimed at bringing together different facets of the business community in one place to network, share ideas and further local businesses.
Keynote Speaker: David Gooder, Global Trademark Strategy and Policy Advisor, Jack Daniels Properties/Brown-Forman Corp.
Pitching Company: Amy Stahl, Founder, Metolius Tea;
Austin Anderson, Founder, Rupie
Company Updates: Jeff Baker, Business Lender, Craft3
EDCO’s Central Oregon PubTalk, held the fourth Thursday of the month, is a happy hour aimed at bringing together different facets of the business community in one place to network, share ideas and further local businesses.
Keynote Speaker: Brianna McDonald, Northwest Regional President, Keiretsu Forum Northwest
Pitching Companies: Andy Vaughn, Owner, Pure Polish Products;
Jeff Rola, Founder, Go Bio Co
Company Updates: Shannon Keith, Founder and CEO, Sudara;
Adam Krefting, Founder, CushCore
Agenda:
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm Networking, drinks and appetizers
6:00 pm to 6:45 pm Company Presentations
6:45 pm to 7:30 pm Keynote Speaker Presentation
Join us at the best networking event in Central Oregon!
EDCO’s Central Oregon PubTalk, held the fourth Thursday of the month, is a happy hour aimed at bringing together different facets of the business community in one place to network, share ideas and further local businesses.
Keynote Speaker: Ross Lipson, CEO, Dutchie
Pitching Company: Ericka Rodriguez, Founder, Axiology
Company Updates: Peter Ozolin, CEO, Manzama;
Chris Capdevila, CEO, Amplion
Agenda:
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm Networking, drinks and appetizers
6:00 pm to 6:45 pm Company Presentations
6:45 pm to 7:30 pm Keynote Speaker Presentation
Cost and Registration:
$26 EDCO & OEN Members (Become an EDCO Member here)
$36 Non-Members
Admission includes appetizers and a free beverage (choice of beer, wine, or soda)
Questions?
Contact Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO): ereilly@edcoinfo.com or 541-388-3236 x3.
EDCO’s Annual Luncheon is a tradition providing the Central Oregon business community an opportunity to hear nationally recognized business leaders discuss current and future economic trends and business best practices. This is a sold-out event each year so register early!
Keynote Speaker
Pablos Holman
Hacker, Inventor, Entrepreneur, Futurist
Pablos Holman implements science fiction. His vast experience gives him a unique view into breaking and building new technologies.
Pablos consults worldwide on invention and design projects that assimilate new technologies – making wild ideas a bit more practical and vice versa. He helped create the world’s smallest PC, 3D printers at Makerbot, spaceships with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, artificial intelligence agent systems, and the Hackerbot, a Wi-Fi seeking robot.
With over 20 million viewers on his TED Talk channel, Pablos is a highly desired keynote speaker. Recently, he has spoken at Stanford, the United Nations, the World Economic Forum at Davos, the Microsoft CEO Summit – invited by Bill Gates, the CIA, Google Zeitgeist, The Milken Global Conference, and many of the world’s top tech companies and conferences.
