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Alliance Small Business Programs
If you're a small business, you'll feel right at home with the Portland Business Alliance - 80 percent of our member businesses have 50 or fewer employees.
Helping small businesses prosper is a key part of our mission. We offer a rich array of programs boosting your business, saving you money, raising your impact and cultivating a business environment that supports job creation, retention and growth.
Cornerstones Conversations
Hear from Experts, Share Best Practices, Grow Your Business.
Experts from various fields will present information about timely and relevant topics to medium and small companies. Attendees will be encouraged to not only ask questions but to also share their own thoughts, experiences and best practices. Cornerstones Conversations will be part educational, part networking - all in an effort to help your business grow. Series sponsors for this event are Regence and West Coast Bank.
Small Business Council
The Small Business Council (SBC) is a group of small business owners serving in an advisory capacity to the Portland Business Alliance. The SBC presents an organized voice on issues impacting Alliance small business members. To see what the Small Business Council has been working on, login to Members Only and check out the meeting minutes.
- Upcoming Meetings: All meetings located at 200 SW Market, Lobby Conference Room
- Wed. August 19, 4-5:30 p.m.
- Wed. September 16, 4-5:30 p.m.
- Wed. October 21, 4-5:30 p.m.
- Small Business Bill of Rights (pdf)
- Small Business Prosperity Strategy
- Council Members:
- Debbie Kitchin, InterWorks, LLC (chair)
- Dan Goss, IMS-Simor
- Dave Adams, IMS-Simor
- Bridget Bayer, Small Business Development Center at PCC
- Bret Bernhoft, Network Marketing and Communication, LLC
- Jeff Bodie, Jeffery C. Bodie, P.C.
- Scott Bossom, Albina Community Bank - Main Branch
- Gregory Brown, Albina Community Bank - Main Branch
- Gary Carr, MQI, Inc.
- Robert Charlton, Charlton Engel Marketing, Inc.
- Shelly Corrias, Technical Imaging Services
- Glenn Dahl, Nature Bake (Dave's Killer Bread)
- Dan DeAutremont, Lile Moving & Storage North American
- Bill Dolan, Spirit Media
- Brent Dowty, Mercury PDX
- Robert Fields, Multnomah County Oregon
- Andrew Frazier, Frazier Hunnicutt Financial
- Jan Frutiger, A-Ball Plumbing
- Chris Gear, MacForce
- Denise Hempel, Principal Financial Group
- Matthew Hunnicutt, Frazier Hunnicut Financial
- Charles P. (Chuck) Jones, Chuck Jones & Associates, Inc.
- Diane Nudelman, Advance Promotions
- Laura Landreth, Advantage Office Suites
- Peter Lennon, Peter N. Lennon & Associates
- Calvin Lofton, SalesPartners NW
- Margo McCoy, Albina Community Bank - Main Branch
- Paul Morin, Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp
- Skip Newberry Jr., LawyerPrep, LLC
- Elliott Parr, Wealth Strategies Northwest
- Richard Quinlan, Versatile Hangers
- Scott Rau, Swipenow
- Jared Roth, ActionCOACH
- Char Shinn, Northwest Resource Federal Credit Union
- Brian Simmons, Fluid Market Strategies
- Jim Smith, SCORE
- Kent Smith, SCORE
- Michael Smolak, Dimension Resources
- Guy Snyder, Snyder & Snyder Architects
- David St. John, L'Eschelon Models Central LLC
- Gary Tomono, FASTSIGNS
- Wendy Van-Vechten, IMS-Simor
Business Leads Exchange/ShopTalk Showcase
Business Leads Exchange and ShopTalk Showcases both provide opportunities for small businesses to connect with each other. Business Leads Exchange is a structured networking event geared towards building lasting business relationships and sharing valuable business leads. ShopTalk Showcase is a free networking event hosted at different member businesses. This event is a great opportunity to showcase your business and meet other Alliance members.
Advertising
The Alliance provides many value-priced advertising opportunities for small businesses. Advertising is available in the AllianceNews semi-monthly print newsletter, ecalendar or enewsletter and on the Alliance web site. For more information or to request a media kit, contact Membership Services, 503.224.8684.
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