Your brand is confusing. Your packaging isn't converting. Your marketing feels like shouting into the void.

We get it. And we're doing something about it.

Join us for a no-BS Mentor/Founder Mixer where we're bringing together 5-7 branding and marketing pros who actually know what they're talking about. Each mentor gets 2 minutes to drop their best insights, then you get to grill them with your real questions.

Think speed dating, but for solving your business problems.

What: Mentor/Founder Mixer - Branding, Packaging & Marketing Focus

When: July 16th, 4-6pm

Where: Jupiter NEXT (900 E. Burnside St. Portland, OR 97214)

Cost: FREE (because good advice shouldn't break the bank)

RSVP here!

Fireside Conversations

Registration

Cost $45

Agenda

Built Festival brings Oregon together to celebrate, connect and support its consumer product ecosystem. This event celebrates the makers, brands and regions that together create Oregon’s unique consumer product tapestry. Join the Built Festival as it looks to continue building an event that helps to position Oregon as the leader of consumer product entrepreneurship and innovation.

“Oregon is to consumer goods what the Bay Area is to technology — a vital center of opportunity and innovation.”

This year’s festival will feature a week of events focused on community, mental health, and engaging conversations, culminating with the main event on October 4th. 

• Main Event

  • Oct 4 - Time to
    The Redd
    831 SE Salmon St
    Portland, OR

    • # of Speakers

    • # of Founders vending

    • Happy Hour to follow

Sponsors

Registration

Cost $45

Format

• 6:00-6:30pm - Meet, mingle, snacks and drinks!

• 6:30 - 7:00pm - Kick-off/Ice breaker/10 year words/toast

• 7:00- 8:00pm - Breakout Sessions

• 8:00-8:30pm - Dance Party with Deena Bee!

Register by: Sept ##

Special Thanks To:

Sponsors:

OnPoint Community Credit Union and Travel Oregon

Cocktails by Freeland Spirits and Rose City Distliing

Snacks by Charcuterie Me

Organizers:

Built Oregon Mentors Kate Delhagen & Lori Spencer

Agenda

Built Festival brings Oregon together to celebrate, connect and support its consumer product ecosystem. This event celebrates the makers, brands and regions that together create Oregon’s unique consumer product tapestry. Join the Built Festival as it looks to continue building an event that helps to position Oregon as the leader of consumer product entrepreneurship and innovation.

This year’s festival will feature a week of events focused on community, mental health, and engaging conversations, culminating with the main event on October 4th. 

• Main Event

  • Oct 4 - ##:## pm
    The Redd
    831 SE Salmon St
    Portland, OR

    • # of Speakers

    • # of Founders vending

    • Happy Hour to follow

Sponsors

We organize community events Pitch Black

The Pitch Black competition gives Black entrepreneurs a platform to connect with the broader startup ecosystem — while also awarding them with cash prizes to help their concepts flourish.

Built Oregon has helped to organize numerous PitchBlack events.

PitchBlack 2024: Tabling Companies

At this year’s PitchBlack we will have a collection of amazing Oregon based businesses tabling in the lobby of The Reser.

The Tabling companies are People of Colour Clothing, Soul District Athletic Club, Polk Apothecary, Mimi’s Fresh Tees, The Barreled Bee, Helen Rose Skincare, Odd Notion, National Beard League and bproud.

Fireside Conversations

Registration

Cost $65

Built Oregon + Cultivate Bend

“Cultivated in Oregon. Built by Community”

This year, with the ongoing support of Travel Oregon, we are excited to present an amazing lineup of fireside chats and panel discussions between industry founders, leaders, and community members. Each one will inspire, inform and look to spark conversations around Oregon's unique place within the consumer product ecosystem.

Event Agenda:

Noon - Doors Open + Networking + Vendor Marketplace featuring:

Hot Mama Salsa, Gather Nuts, Altitude Beverages , Josie’s Best, Pure Polish Products, Range Revolution, Nico’s Ice Cream, Tananawi , Warm Springs Community Action TeamCheri's Hazelnut CreamSquare BabyFixa FOODS

Food & Beverages to Snack On Include:

Seasonal Fruit Boards, Red Plate Foods, Picky Bars, Trail Butter, & Holm Made Toffee

1:00 - 5:00 Fireside Conversations (below is the speaking order)

Festival Emcee: Marcos Nájera - Executive Editor for Arts & Culture, OPB

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The importance of defining your core customer and channels in order to effectively drive sales.

Diane Aylsworth, CEO Aunt Fannie's and Brian Gonsalves, Co-Founder + Co-CEO Netrush

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Balancing the art and design of products with the challenges of scale and production.

Ken Tomita, Co-Founder/Chief Creative Officer Grovemade and Angela Christensen, Wood Management & Product Development Breedlove Guitars.

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The opportunities and challenges in scaling a cpg brand through self production.

Michael Pan, Founder/CEO Pan's Mushroom Jerky and Julie Sullivan Loos, Co-Founder of Ground Up PDX

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The challenges and opportunities in harnessing the full potential of regenerative agriculture practices.

Cate Havstad-Casad, Founder Range Revolution/ Co-Owner Casad Family Farms/ Founder Havstad Hat Company and Wendy Brinkley, Marketing Manager Oregon's Wild Harvest.

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The Warm Springs Commissary Project: A Discussion

Join us for a discussion about the history, vision and future impact that the Warm Springs Commissary will have for the Warm Springs community and region as a whole.

Panelists: Dustin Seyler, Small Business Program Manager Warm Springs Community Action Team, Chris Watson, Executive Director Warm Springs Community Action Team and Jonathan Smith, Chairman of Tribal Council Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.

Moderator: Jocelyn Rice, Founder, Black Earth United

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The challenges and opportunities in harnessing the full potential of regenerative agriculture practices.

Cate Havstad-Casad, Founder Range Revolution/ Co-Owner Casad Family Farms/ Founder Havstad Hat Company and Wendy Brinkley, Marketing Manager Oregon's Wild Harvest.

5:00 -6:30 - Networking & Happy Hour Featuring Sliders and These Beverage Options:

Crux Fermentation Project, Stoller Wine, Wilderton, Palmys, Altitude Beverages

Sponsors

The event would not be possible without the support of our sponsors: Village Family Capital , Market of Choice, Schwabe, OnPoint Community Credit Union, PRIMETRICS, CENTRL Office & Perkins & Co.

Fireside Conversations

Registration

Cost $45

Get tickets below

Built Oregon

The event will take place throughout the afternoon with ample time for networking and community building, including a happy hour reception sponsored by Bridgewell Agribusiness. In addition, we will have a marketplace featuring some of our Accelerator and Bridges companies (get an early jump on holiday shopping!).

As a nonprofit, we rely on the Built Festival as one of the primary means of generating operating capital for our organization. Your patronage makes this event and future events like it possible. In addition, we'd like to thank our additional sponsors - Village Family Capital, Prosper Portland, & OnPoint Community Credit Union.

General Admission Tickets: $45

Event Agenda:

Current 2022 Fireside Conversations

Festival Emcee: Marcos Nájera - Executive Editor for Arts & Culture, OPB

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How iconic brand's marketing, innovation, and customer engagement approach can translate to that of a small business.

Avery Jessup, Head of Marketplace: Direct to Consumer & Partners, Jordan Brand at Nike and Melissa McClary, Global Brand Marketing Manager Leatherman Tool Group

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Scaling the connection to the consumer through brand innovation, product positioning, and marketing.

Chris Joseph, Founder/CEO Cascade Spirits + Founder/CMO WYLD & WYLD CBD and Michelle Hunt, CEO The No-Bake Cookie Co.

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Growing a cpg brand from the restaurant tables to retail shelves.

Lisa Tran, CEO/Sauce Hustler Tan Tan Foods and Tory Campbell, Founder & Steward Felton & Mary's Artisan Foods

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The opportunity, challenges, and potential for economic and social progress through Indigenous Entrepreneurship.

Se-ah-dom Edmo, ED Seeding Justice & Cofounder Indigenize and James Alan Parker, ED Oregon Native American Chamber & Cofounder Indigenize

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Bringing heritage, Latinx representation, and innovative craft beverages to the market.

Jose Gonzalez, Cofounder of La Familia Cider and Ricardo Antúnez, Cofounder Xicha Brewing Co

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The challenges , potential and process around local apparel manufacturing.

Sensi Graves, Founder of Sensi Graves Swim and Jennifer Diana, Founder & Director JLD Studios

** Built Festival Event Guidelines**

First, everyone's safety and peace of mind are always of the utmost importance, so as it relates to the event on 10/21/22, here are the guidelines for attending.

- Attendees will not be required to wear masks, but we will have masks available at check-in for those who would like to wear them.

- We will require proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test within 72 hours prior to the event. A digital image of vaccination card will suffice.

- Water stations will be set up and attendees are encouraged to bring their own water bottles.

- Hand sanitizers and disinfectant wipes will be present and people will be encouraged to use them.

- If someone gets sick after our event, we will follow the CDC guidelines outlined on their site.

- Even though the ceilings in The Redd are really high, we are planning on rolling up the doors and providing as much fresh air as possible...and since it’s October, we ask that you dress accordingly for the weather.

Registration

Our Time Is Now: Let's Reshape The World

Sponsored by: Perkins & Coand Travel Oregon

Overview: Happy Hour, Networking & Moderated Topics / Discussion Tables

Organizers: Built Oregon Board Mentors Kate Delhagen Lori Spencer

Who Should Attend:

- Female Founders & Business Leaders

**Men and Women invited, but women run the show!

Agenda

• Meet, mingle, snacks and drinks!

• Lori/Kate moderate a hosted panel discussion with three women founders (the founder's lens). Panelists lined up include Rebecca Smith - Founder of Ice Queen , Vanessa Dawson, CEO & Founder of Arber, and Lanette Fidrych - Founder of Cycle Dog.

• Break out sessions / Roundtables - Potential topics: funding 101, managing in a downturn, brand building, digital marketing, & biggest challenges/opportunities on the horizon.

Sponsors

Fireside Conversations

Registration

General Admission Tickets: $45

Get tickets below

Event Agenda:

12:30-1:00 - Check in & Registration

Fireside Conversations

1:00-1:30PM

Developing innovative products that are consumer informed, but not consumer controlled

Matt Olsofsky, Cofounder/COO at Take Two Foods & Carrie Ericksen, VP, Consumer and Market Insights at Tillamook County Creamery Association

1:30-2:00PM

The power of story, art and media in social change.

Jelani Memory, Founder/CEO at A Kids Company About & Kamelah Adams, Founder/Creative Director at Mimi's Fresh Tees

2:00 - 2:30PM

Creating a footwear brand based around a core consumer segment.

Erik Hernandez, Founder at MISE Footwear & Brian Lockard, Cofounder at BALA Footwear

2:30-3:00PM

Debt, equity, and what 'access' means in the capital world.

Stephen Green, COO at A Kids Company About, Maggie Reilly, Neighborhood Resilience Strategist at Craft3, and Juan Barraza, Director of Student Innovation, PSU Center for Entrepreneurship

3:00-3:30 (Break)

3:30-4:00PM

How to create brands that truly connect to customer journey and experience.

Joth Ricci, President/CEO at Dutch Bros. Coffee & Kim Malek, Founder/CEO at Salt & Straw

4:00-4:30PM

The opportunities and challenges around access, equity, and the outdoors

Rashad Frazier, Cofounder of Camp Yoshi & Chad Brown, Founder of Soul River Inc. and Love is King

4:30-5:00PM

Starting, growing and sustaining industry leading cpg brands in an ever more competitive and challenging market.

Michael Pan, Founder of Pan's Mushroom Jerky & Jen Paragallo, EVP Sales & Marketing at Tillamook Country Smoker

** Built Festival COVID-19 Event Guidelines**

First, as we strive to move forwards in the times that we live in, we will always be transparent and focused on everyone’s safety. So as it relates to the event on 10/15/21, here are the guidelines for attending.

- All attendees must wear a face covering while inside at the event. You may only take your face covering off while outside or actively drinking. We will face masks available at check in.

- We will require proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test administered by a healthcare professional within 72 hours prior to the event. A digital image of vaccination card will suffice.

- A maximum of 150 attendees will be allowed at the event. As a reference, the seated capacity at The Redd is close to 500 people.

- We will not host lunch or product demos/sampling this year. We may have some vendors at the event, but they will not be sampling products. However, and most importantly, you will be able to support their businesses through the purchase of their products...and get a jump on your holiday shopping.

- Hand sanitizers and disinfectant wipes will be present and people will be encouraged to use them. People will be required to sanitize their hands upon entering.

- Water stations will be set up and attendees are encouraged to bring their own water bottles.

- We will discourage attendees and staff from greeting others with physical contact (for example, handshakes, hugs, etc).

- If someone gets sick after our event, we will follow the CDC guidelines outlined on their site.

- As much as possible, please give other attendees, staff, and vendors 6 feet of space unless a physical barrier is present.

- If you are feeling sick, please let us know. We will refund your ticket cost.

- Even though the ceilings in The Redd are really high, we are planning on rolling up the doors and providing as much fresh air as possible...and since it’s October, we ask that you dress accordingly for the weather.

Finally, we do ask for some patience and understanding around the event as we are all doing our best and things may change again

About this event

Since there will not be a Little Boxes event iin 2019 during the upcoming Black Friday weekend, on October 17th at 6PM, at the Travel Portland office, we'd like to chat about a new partnership between Built Oregon (Little Boxes owner and operator) and Travel Portland, that will result in a new edition of Little Boxes, to take place in October of 2020 (“new LB”).

Some key points we'll be discussing:

• Travel Portland and Built Oregon would co-present and co-promote New LB in October 2020 under our new partnership.

• While there will not be a traditional Little Boxes event and raffle this 2019 Black Friday weekend, we are working on leveraging our (Travel Portland, Built Oregon, Little Boxes) online and social networks, and our existing app to promote shopping local over that weekend and amplifying your store promotions. Our goal is to try and support all of you as this transition occurs.

• As noted earlier, the new LB will occur in October 2020 instead of Black Friday. The focus in doing so is to generate sales in a traditionally low revenue retail period, draw more tourists to Portland around a specific event, and to celebrate small retailers in the same manner that Travel Portland’s “Dining Month” celebrates restaurants every March.

• In addition, the new LB would take place over a longer period of time and coincide with Built Oregon’s Built Festival which takes place in early October, enabling additional tie-ins with our many Oregon makers who have products in our stores. The traditional Little Boxes centerpieces, the raffle and app with a full featured map, would remain in place.

• In addition, Travel Portland has also footed the bill, through June 2020, for PDX Little Boxes retailers to participate in their new Google Maps Program; a program developed in partnership with Locl, a Portland-based tech company specializing in Google Maps optimization and data. This program is designed to help Portland businesses like yours improve their presence in mobile web searches, connect more customers with their business, and drive more revenue.

Come join us on October 17th!!

And thank you SO much for your past support of this wonderful event. We believe in, and are inspired by, everything all of you do to support the local economy and companies. We truly believe this new partnership will preserve, enhance and expand the wonderful legacy of Little Boxes as a way to highlight the fabulous and unique small retailers of Portland.

Fireside Conversations

Registration

General Admission Tickets: $125

$99 tickets are applicable for students, group purchases (3+) and scholarships. If you fall into one of those buckets, please use this promo code at checkout: Community

* Morning snacks & beverages, lunch, and happy hour drinks & snacks included in the admission price

Event Agenda:

Fireside Chats

9:00AM-12:30PM

Renee Rank Ignacio, Director of Marketing at McMenamins & Jack Harris, Cofounder of Fort George Brewing

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Genevieve Martin, Executive Director of Dave's Killer Bread Foundation & Julie Sullivan, Cofounder of Ground Up Nut Butters

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Kipp Baratoff, Cofounder of Fishpeople Seafood & Elizabeth Nardi, CEO of Organically Grown Company

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Jaime Schmidt, Founder of Schmidt's Naturals. Cofounder Supermaker and Color & Junea Rocha, Cofounder & CMO of Brazi Bites

1:30PM -4:00PM

Rukaiyah Adams, Chief Investment Officer at the Meyer Memorial Trust & Shea Flaherty Betin, Director of The Portland Mercado

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Kyle Ranson, CEO of Showers Pass & Kelly Oriard, Cofounder,CEO of Slumberkins

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Guru Larson, Global Environmental Lead at Columbia Sportswear & Ashley Williams, Senior Director Global Marketing at KEEN

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Maria Ponzi, President at Ponzi Vineyards & Levi Martinez, Director of Production at Orox Leather Co.

In addition to the talks, there will be:

- Presentations by the Built Accelerator Companies

- Tabling by the Bridges Program companies

- Ample time to network in the morning, over lunch, and during the post-event happy hour

- Sample products from companies that use The Redd during the happy hour

Thank You to Travel Oregon & Our Additional Sponsors:

Stoel Rives LLP

Bridgewell Agribusiness

Supermaker

CENTRL Office

Torin Productions (Media Sponsor)

The Redd on Salmon St

Umpqua Bank

Perkins & Co

Interested in sponsoring? Contact mitch@builtoregon.com

About this event

Portland Little Box retailers, join us on October 29, 2018 at CENTRL Downtown in the West End, as Built Oregon hosts an Kick Off Reception for the 2018 edition of Little Boxes (November 23-25).

We'll be convening in the CENTRL lobby, where Little Boxes 2018 retailer Tender Loving Empire currently has a popup store, so we'll all get a chance to mingle, chat, connect and learn while browsing its special collection of handmade goods and local music that define the creative culture of the Pacific Northwest.

At this event you'll get some great snacks, beer & wine and non-alcoholic beverages, AND

• An opportunity to meet the Little Boxes team and ask questions

• A chance to hear more about the event logistics & marketing and get some basic training for retailer sales staff

• Meet and greets with our great event sponsors and raffle prize contributors

• Networking and pre-holiday season cheer with your fellow PDX Little Box retailers

• An easy way to sign up to participate (if you haven't already)

This event is open to ALL Little Box retailers and sponsors, regardless if you've already signed up.

Please RSVP so we can order the approprate food & drink

See you on the 29th!

The Built Oregon/Little Boxes team

Fireside Conversations

Registration

General Admission Ticksts: $125

The Early Bird Price of $99 is still applicable on group purchases and scholarships.

Event Agenda:

Fireside chats

Tofurky, Seth Tibott, Founder/Chairman
&
Luna & Larry's Coconut Bliss, Kim Gibson Clark, President/CEO

Freeland Spirits, Jill Kuehler, Founder
&
Aria Gin, Erik Martin, Cofounder

Finex Cast Iron Cookware, Ron Khormaei, Cofounder
&
Portland Razor Company, Scott Miyako, President

Sudara, Shannon Keith, Founder/CEO
&
Fully, David Kahl, Founder/CEO

Smith Teamaker, Darren Marshall, CEO
&
Mizuba Tea Co., Lauren Purvis, Founder

Bridgetown Natural Foods, Dan Klock, CEO
&
Red Plate Foods Becca Williams, President/Cofounder

Wildfang, Emma Mcilroy, CEO
&
Revant Optics, Jason Bolt, Founder/CEO

In addition to the talks, there will be ample time to network in the morning, over lunch and during the wrap up happy hour with fellow attendees, peers, industry leaders and support organizations.

Morning snacks & beverages, lunch, and HH drinks & snacks ncluded in the price.

About this event

Portland Little Box retailers, join us on October 30, 2017 at CENTRL west in the Pearl as Built Oregon hosts an Open House and Retailer Reception/Training for the 2017 edition of Little Boxes (November 24-26) that will provide :

• A convenient pick up location for participant packets (posters, raffle code sheets, etc)

• An opportunity to meet the Little Boxes team and ask questions

• A chance to hear more about the event logistics & marketing and get some basic training for retailer sales staff

• Meet and greets with our great event sponsors and raffle prize contributors

• Networking and pre-holiday season cheer with your fellow PDX Little Box retailers

• An easy way to sign up to participate (if you haven't already)

This event is open to ALL Little Box retailers and sponsors, regardless if you've already signed up. We've built it to work around YOUR busy schedule - pop by anytime, and if you can, stay for the formal reception.

The schedule:

3:00PM - 6:30PM Open House Grab a cup of coffee, pick up your packets and get your questions about Little Boxes answered by team members.

6:30PM - 7:30PM Formal Program & Training Grab a beer (or a glass of kombucha) and a snack, and listen as Built Oregon co-founder Terry St. Marie runs through a brief training, answers your questions and introduces the Little Boxes team and our 2017 sponsors.

Reception to follow.

Please RSVP so we can order the approprate food & drink

See you on the 30th!

Oregon has a rich legacy of consumer products, from beer to coffee to footwear and jackets. Join us at Ziba Design in Portland on September 29 as we listen to a series of "fireside chats", conversations between founders and leaders in the consumer product ecosystem.

In the afternoon, we will have moderated break out sessions that focus on getting your product to market, capital for consumer companies, and brand storytelling.

We'll end the day with time to network with your fellow attendees and company leaders.

Morning snacks and beverages, lunch, and HH drinks included in the price.

Fireside Conversations

Registration