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It’s been a busy summer!

‪So true - “A business is only as great as the people that work there. “

How to Lose an Employee in 10 Days -- and How to Keep One for 10 Years Retaining employees is about engagement and purpose, not perks.

Big things coming from the next YC class -

10 startups that caught our eye from day 1 of YC Demo Day S18 From new wearables that detect breast cancer to creating the industrial supply chain for the meat replacement industry, the latest crop of Y Combinator companies showcased the breadth of entrepreneurial innovation that encapsulates the waning days of 2018. While the entire batch of 63 companies was....

Mark your calendars for an August 28th Pub Talk on funding for your business!

Pub Talk - Getting Ready for Funding Tue, Aug 28, 2018, 5:30 PM: You may know the phrase, "Dig a well before you need it." Raising funds for your business can take months, or even years, of careful planning and relationship building. By

"Our focus was on hardware’s resurgence, how to do pitches, and how to elevate a startup beyond the Maker stage to get real funding and traction."

Why some VCs are investing in hardware startups Hardware has made a comeback in Silicon Valley, as evidenced by the crowded Maker Faire events (coming up in San Mateo, California from May 18 to May 20) to the recent HardwareCon event in San Jose…

What’s your take on headsets and VR?

Magic Leap (Finally) Starts Selling Some Hardware Customers in six cities can now order headsets.

Going to the Bend VC?

Check out twitter for more updates and startup news!

"When all team members exhibit a sense of ownership in their startup and subscribe to a lifestyle of work-life integration, the tech startup will be able to execute with the greatest likelihood of achieving success"

Are You Taking A Balanced Approach To Your Tech Startup? At a tech startup, a happy and well-balanced life is a life where you have control over when to allocate an hour to work and when to allocate an hour to non-work. Having this flexibility is called “work-life integration.”

Not sure how to get your start up off the ground? OEN has an event for that-

Workshop: Startup 411 - How to Start Your Startup | OEN Got an idea, but don't know where to start? This workshop provides an overview of resources and a checklist of steps to build out your plan.

We’ve certainly seen and worked with some innovative ag startups. Do you have any favorites?

The 25 Most Innovative AgTech Startups In 2018 From indoor farming businesses to food safety software providers and more, these are the 25 companies whose technology is poised to change the face of farming.

‪AI Is Making Hardware Sexy Again via

AI Is Making Hardware Sexy Again For AI to “eat software” and become truly useful it needs hardware: processors and chips fast and strong enough to gather, crunch, and act on the vast amounts of data our world is creating. Those hardware components are finally here.

‪With $57.5B invested so far in 2018, VC funding for U.S. startups reaching ‘unprecedented levels’

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/57-5b-invested-far-2018-vc-funding-u-s-startups-reaching-unprecedented-levels/ via ‬

With $57.5B invested so far in 2018, VC funding for U.S. startups reaching ‘unprecedented levels’ The amount of venture capital funding pouring into U.S. startups is on pace to reach levels unseen since the early 2000s.