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Portland Incubator Experiment graduates first class, including one that landed $12 million investment | OregonLive.com
It wasn't until the final presenter of the Portland Incubator Experiment 's Demo Day that the biggest cheers erupted. Up on the big screen flashed one big number: $12 million. VendScreen had just landed the investment for its ability to attach mobile phones to vending machines, the startup's co-founder and chief executive Paresh Patel told the crowd. The technology allows for cashless payments and can store data and provide nutrition information.
Dec 24, Technology/Hi Tech & Innovation The start of this year was marked by a tech industry obsession with where to put growing mountains of information gathered online and by sensors increasingly woven into modern lifestyles. External drives boasted seemingly unfillable capacities and companies touted services for storing bits and bytes at massive data centers in the Internet "cloud." As 2012 approaches, focus has turned to searching for trends, patterns and other useful insights about people's preferences and behaviors that might be buried in troves of data.
Mobile: Data to be a defining tech trend in 2012
5 Steps To Measure The ROI Of Digital Media Channels | Fast Company
Many marketers have worked hard in 2011 to develop appropriately customized ROI measures for social media. I have dedicated a few previous posts on how to approach these measures. As we move into 2012, I would like to raise a key question of measurement that isn’t consistently addressed but is of critical importance. That is: How are you measuring the interplay and overall performance of your combined paid, earned, and owned digital media channels? How do you know which elements are driving the most value?
A Taste of Forest Service Life The Forest Service offers positions for both permanent and temporary employees. Permanent positions are for full-time employees and provide a flexible range of Federal government benefits.
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The regional branch of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service , headquartered in Northeast Portland's Lloyd Center, wanted to do something different with the annual giving tree this year. The staff decided the annual fundraiser should go to Girls Scouts Beyond Bars, a lesser-known program to lessen the impact of parents separated from their children because of incarceration. Longtime Fish & Wildlife biologist and Girl Scout leader Julie Cancannon coordinated the effort. The "giving tree" was lashed together with climbing rope and wood, and decorated with Girl Scout badges and a sock monkey -- a troop mascot meant to honor Jane Goodall.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service staff, headquartered in Northeast Portland, donate to Girl Scouts Beyond Bars | OregonLive.com
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Jim Prior: Creativity Has Become the Elephant In the Board Room
In 2012, politicians, economists and expert commentators will undoubtedly continue to speak out on how creativity and innovation are essential if we are to overcome the current economic malaise. Yet, for every creative company that commits to doing thrilling things, there are many more dull businesses throttling new ideas. For every good Apple, you get a sack of rotten corporations afraid of innovation and suffocating positive change. Fearful and risk-averse, too many large firms have consigned creativity to the periphery and see it as alien to the ways of doing business to which they have become accustomed -- especially in a downturn. Yet, talk to the leaders of these businesses and it is clear that some appetite for creativity is there. Research we have conducted amongst 300 UK business leaders tells us that 96% agree that creativity is important in business strategy. 51% believe it to be essential.
The Thiel Fellowship A radical re-thinking of what it takes to succeed, the Thiel Fellowship encourages lifelong learning and independent thought. With $100,000 and 2 years free to pursue their dreams, Thiel Fellows are changing the world one entrepreneurial venture at a time.
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I learned the love of textiles as a child. On dreary, rainy days, my mother would give me a ball of knitting yarn and a pair of needles and together we would knit. Even now, when it is raining outside, my favourite thing is to pick up some wool and begin a new project.
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Finding the Perfect Green Career: Top 10 Green Career Guides | GreenandSave.com | Green News, Tips, and Services for saving money, energy and the planet.
These top 10 green career guides are the perfect asset to helping you find the perfect green career. The career guides will help you sort through the green job market by providing information on employment trends, job descriptions, salaries and educational requirements for everything from forestry to green architecture to public policy to renewable energy. If you’re thinking about ways to make a living while making a difference at the same time, you’re sure benefit from these excellent green career resources below. This guide provides a thorough consideration of environmental trends for the 21st century and the likely impact of those trends on future green career opportunities.
Ten best companies for working moms - CNN.com
(Parenting.com) -- Stressed about work-life balance? Take a look at this list from Parenting's sister magazine Working Mother of the top ten companies that keep working moms' needs in minds, excerpted from the Working Mother 100 Best Companies. Working a reduced schedule won't hurt your career at this audit, tax and advisory services firm: Moms who put in just 20 hours per week still earn full benefits and remain under consideration for top jobs. In 2010, the firm added training that helps them better navigate the workplace and advance in their careers; nationwide sessions assist the human resources team in advising and managing employees on such arrangements. At present, more than one tenth of female client-service partners, directors and managers have cut their hours—and nearly all say that it has made them feel happier, more committed and more supported by the firm.
Welcome to our annual guide to the businesses that matter most, the ones whose innovations are having an impact across their industries and our culture. Click a company name to view the entry, or determine your own ranking of the top four companies using a series of quizzes, games, and brainteasers.