Archive for March 2023
Arcimoto News Recap
Arcimoto to Begin 2023 Vehicle Production for Spring Deliveries 2023 vehicle deliveries to start in March with new features and improvements EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Arcimoto, Inc.® (NASDAQ: FUV), makers of rightsized, ultra-efficient electric vehicles, announced that it will start 2023 vehicle production on FUV and Deliverator with plans for…
Read MoreThe Travails of Young Businesses
If you were to ask enough people to find out why new business failures are so high, you would probably end up with 100 reasons for the failures. To borrow an analogy from Benjamin Franklin concerning his experience developing the lightbulb: “I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.”― Benjamin…
Read MoreAre We Overworking and Underthinking?
Or just underthinking? Fifty years, maybe 25, is enough to realize a need to replace or repair most everything. The problem is not our plans, it’s the execution of them. New Year resolutions often fail before the end of January. Good resolutions, bad execution. Advice I received from a coworker in 1968, it came from…
Read MoreColumbia Banking System and Umpqua Holdings Corporation Complete Merger
Two Leading Community Banks Based in the Northwest Combine to Create One of the Largest Banks Headquartered in the West TACOMA, Wash. and PORTLAND, Ore., March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Columbia Banking System, Inc. (“Columbia”) (Nasdaq: COLB), the parent company of Columbia Bank, and Umpqua Holdings Corporation (“Umpqua”), the parent company of Umpqua Bank, announced today the closing of their…
Read MoreWomen’s Leadership Conference of Southern Oregon – May 12, 2023
Dena and I have sponsored the Women’s Leadership Conference of Southern Oregon in the past. We have watched them grow since they started in 2013 and love what they do and how they do it. I wanted to help promote this years event and found this info on their website. “The WLC grew out…
Read MoreManufacturing in the Rogue Valley
Manufacturing employed 186,367 Oregonians in 2021, which is about 12% of total private payroll coverage at the statewide level. Zooming in on the sector within the Rogue Valley, manufacturing employed 10,575 Southern Oregonians in 2021, which is about 10% of total private coverage within the Rogue Valley. The manufacturing sector in Southern Oregon umbrellas an…
Read MoreProject A launches new website for Rogue Music Festival
Project A has recently launched a brand new website for the upcoming Rogue Music Festival. The festival is set to take place on June 16-17, 2023, and will feature country music legends Eric Church and Carrie Underwood as its headliners. With the launch of the website, fans can now easily access all the information they…
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