University Resources

Oregon University Resources

Oregon Health  & Science University

 Springboard Project
New businesses founded on discoveries made at Oregon Health & Science
University are getting a boost from a new suite of accounting, business
development and legal services provided by the Springboard Project, which
gives selected OHSU startups access to experts in business plan
development and review, local venture capitalists, and mentoring from local
entrepreneurs. OHSU startups are chosen to participate in the Springboard
Project through a competitive review process. 
 
Technology & Research Collaborations
 The mission of the TRC is to support the university's research community by
facilitating and managing research collaborations and business partnerships
and to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship which enables
transfer of research from the laboratory to the market for public benefit.
Bioscience Innovation Fund
The OHSU Bioscience Innovation Fund helps bridge the gap between
discovery and initial commercial seed funding for promising early stage
OHSU technologies. Through this fund, the University invests a limited
amount of money in order to achieve a specific set of milestones needed to
help achieve an initial commercial investment. This commercial investment
may come from a licensee, angel investor, or early stage venture capital fund.
The Fund is provided by the OHSU Foundation and the application process is
managed through the Technology and Research Collaborations office.

Oregon State University   

Technology Transfer     (and startup resources)
Oregon State University's Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) facilitates the
transfer of technologies developed at OSU to companies for the
commercialization of inventions. The OTT's ultimate goal for the outstanding
research, which occurs at OSU, is the commercialization of inventions for the
public's greater use and benefit. The OTT also provides economic
development to Oregon based companies and Oregon constituents. The OTT
assists faculty and departments on the education on patents, intellectual
property, manages OSU's patent portfolio, and assists in identifying,
protecting, developing and the licensing of the OSU inventions.
    Weatherford Hall reopened this fall after a $20 million renovation,
    transforming the 76-year-old building into a specially designed home for
    nearly 300 students in OSU's Austin Entrepreneurship Program. What makes
    Weatherford unique is its complete focus on entrepreneurship - from the
    students, to live-in faculty, to in-hall lectures by visiting industry leaders, to the
    special "incubator" rooms where students can design and develop their own
    businesses.
    The Open Source Lab at Oregon State University exists to help accelerate the
    adoption of open source software across the globe and aid the community
    that develops and uses it. The OSL's talented team of students and full-time
    staff do this by focusing on software development as well as hosting the
    world's largest open source projects

Portland State University
    The Portland State Business Accelerator is an economic development
    initiative of Portland State University located at 2828 SW Corbett Avenue. It
    supports start-up technology businesses by providing affordable office space,
    delivering a variety of support services, and linking participating businesses
    to selected research and development capabilities of university faculty and
    students. These supports combine to help start-ups accelerate their
    business and product development cycles.
Department of Engineering and Technology Management (ETM)
    ETM offers classes in entrepreneurship.  It also sponsors PICMET each year,
    the "Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and
    Technology".   PICMET '05, was the largest conference on technology
    management in the world, and focused on "Technology Management: A
    Unifying Discipline for Melting the Boundaries."
Lab2Market Initiative
    Oregon’s Lab2Market (L2M) initiative is a collaborative partnership across the
    state of Oregon to promote innovation for a better future. It is a three-year,
    $600,000 project, funded by the NSF’S Partnerships for Innovation Program
    and headed by four faculty members at Portland State University: Dean Marvin
    Kaiser, Professor Melissa Appleyard, Professor Steve Benight, and Professor
    Erik Bodegom.
    The MBA+ program blends technical mastery of accounting, finance,
    management and marketing with leadership development course-work,
    culminating in a thesis project involving a real world experience that demands
    these combined skills.  Teams of 2-5 students each invest 200+ hours per
    student in the project.  If you have a business project that could benefit from
    400 to 1,000 hours of analysis by talented graduate students, click here for
    more information..

University of Oregon
    The Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE) at the University of Oregon
    was founded in 1989 with a $1 million endowment from Charles H.
    Lundquist. It provides students with learning and experiential opportunities
    that enable them to succeed in the marketplace as responsible, effective
    business leaders. With this internal mission in mind, the LCE is committed,
    in both concept and action, to adding value by creating, sharing, and
    promoting business knowledge through cooperation and collaboration
    among students, faculty, and the greater business community. To this end,
    the LCE has continued to build upon its traditional base of activity, recently
    initiating efforts that lead to greater cooperation and support for
    entrepreneurial activities and leverage individual knowledge and resources
    for the good of students, faculty, and regional businesses.
    Over its fourteen-year history, the New Venture Championship® (NVC) has
    become one of the preeminent business plan competitions in the United
    States. Presented by the University of Oregon's Lundquist Center for
    Entrepreneurship (LCE), the NVC offers $65,000 in cash prizes and attracts
    collegiate teams from across the nation and around the world.

University of Portland
    The University of Portland Center for Entrepreneurship is an award-winning,
    interdisciplinary organization that helps students develop entrepreneurial
    skills by fostering relationships between the University and the business
    community. Students engage in classroom activity; mentor with business
    owners, corporate executives and entrepreneurs; and travel domestically and
    abroad to gain a global perspective and ignite ideas for creative ventures.
    Entrepreneur Scholars (E-Scholars) are a select group of University of
    Portland students who either create new business ventures of their own or
    develop and implement strategies to improve existing enterprises. The
    program provides classroom activity and applied experience, including travel
    abroad, to expose students to new and different ways of doing business.
    Entrepreneur Scholars (E-Scholars) are a select group of University of
    Portland students who either create new business ventures of their own or
    develop and implement strategies to improve existing enterprises. The
    program provides classroom activity and applied experience, including travel
    abroad, to expose students to new and different ways of doing business.
    The Bauccio Lecture in Entrepreneurship was established with a $250,000
    Defining Moment Campaign gift from Fedele Bauccio '64,'66 and his wife,
    Linda. The gift enables the University to stage a series of lectures with visiting
    entrepreneurs.

Willamette University
Venture and Angel Research, Prof. Robert Wiltbank


University Resources Outside of Oregon
Standford Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
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