OTBC’s $100K Startup Challenge Assists Small Business Startups
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Saturday, September 19, 2015
Nada Sewidan, GoLocalPDX Contributor
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Oregon Technology Business Center (OTBC) recently created the Beaverton $100K Startup Challenge, where sponsors not only contribute $20,000 to assist five startups with their businesses, but also provide the winners with a year of paid rent for office space.
The startups will also receive special coaching and mentoring provided by OTBC, as well as HR and marketing assistance OTBC entrepreneur workshops. In addition to the startup grants, Frontier Communications will provide offices of the five chosen startups with 1 gigabit FIOS service.
Frontier Communications as well as the city of Portland and Westside Startup Fund, LLC, are among the corporate sponsors part of the $100K startup challenge.
Applications for startups interested in becoming part of the challenge are due Wednesday, Sept. 30. Application criteria for startup companies include a 2 to 5 member team that is self-funded as well as grant-funded. Semifinalists will be chose by Oct. 15 and the selected winners will be announced by Nov. 15. '
OTBC is a non-profit tech startup incubator founded 10 years ago with a mission to provide coaching, networking, and entrepreneurship programs that help new startups succeed. OTBC is rated the highest in Oregon for mentoring.
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Small Business Friendliness Grade: C+
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