Portland Ten is growing! This summer, we are happy to bring Nick Cottle on board as our new Venture Analyst.

Nick will be joining us to manage our community outreach efforts, beginning with our Startup Checkup program we are launching and will  announce formally in the next day or so.

We really enjoy running the bootcamp and working with our core group of founders, but recognize that there are other entrepreneurs in the community we can work with on an a la carte basis to help strengthen the startup community on a more macro level. Nick will be playing an instrumental role in these efforts, which we are definitely excited about.

Nick’s got a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for the 10 by 2010 mission of Portland Ten, a solid background across a variety of business settings both startup and corporate, and has been a terrific addition to the team already. You can follow Nick on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/pdxstartups, and look for further announcements on upcoming community outreach programs here on our blog.

More about Nick Cottle:

Nick Cottle is a founder of 7 Summits Sports Inc. and has worked to grow a division of the company called Epic Relays. Nick is also currently a full-time MBA student at Willamette University. Before becoming an entrepreneur or working for Portland Ten, Nick worked in the corporate world as a Marketing Communications Specialist for the Hewlett-Packard Company and the Director of Public Relations for a professional baseball organization. He received his Bachelor Degree from Brigham Young University in Public Relations. Nick’s entrepreneurial focus is on strategic business development and he is always seeking opportunities to help grow any business. Nick lives in Salem, Oregon and has been married to his wife Lexie for five years. He spends any free time he has with his new daughter Brizban.