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We’ve extended the application deadline to Friday.

The Software Association of Oregon and Oregon Technology Business Center (OTBC), with assistance from TiE Oregon and other supporters are organizing a project to stimulate the creation of a high growth startup company in the Smart Grid domain.

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Event Details

We are inviting experienced entrepreneurs, professionals and business leaders who have a passion for getting involved in a startup with a focus on smart grid. The goal is to create influential high-growth companies in the Smart Grid domain. This is NOT a project to create a life style company for the founders or to help those seeking a job, consulting assignment or basic education on the Smart Grid.

The project will comprise a series of 3 evening sessions from 6pm to 9pm at OTBC on:

Monday October 19^th, Tuesday October 27^th, and Tuesday November 10^th

Price of admission is $100, a serious interest in starting a growth company, ability to commit time between sessions to research and at least one real business idea in the Smart Grid domain.

Experienced professionals in the technology, energy or related fields are encouraged to participate. Applicants who are chosen to participate will be expected to come prepared to work on smart grid business ideas and attend all three sessions.

Download the Applicant Prospectus

Please follow these steps to register:

1. Download Applicant Prospectus

2. Download Application

3. Register

Regards,

The Oregon Start Up Smart Grid Steering Committee

Sponsors: OTBC, SAO, QualityLogic, TIE Oregon, The Joyner Group

Space is limited to 40 participants chosen from those who apply. The deadline to apply is Oct. 12th. The steering committee will review all applications and let applicants know whether they were accepted or not by October 15th at the latest.

All ideas shared at the meetings will not be protected by NDA or other legal processes - consider them to be publicly available if they are discussed. However, we will ask all participants to keep the ideas and discussions confidential to the Project. This is a collective effort to come up with a great team to form a legitimate smart grid company so we encourage people to respect the open environment for sharing. The SAO, OTBC, sponsors and committee have no ownership of any ideas and will not publicly post ideas.