About
Portland Ten is a high-intensity peer mentoring program for early stage companies in the $0-$100K and $100K-$1MM revenue/funding range.
Started in early 2009, Portland Ten has seen successes including ShopIgniter’s $11MM venture capital funding, a $35,000 grant from Portland Development Commission, alumni who have doubled or tripled revenue (Orchestra Team, The Good, Night & Day Studios, ShopIgniter) or reached $1MM within 6-12 months of graduating (ShopIgniter, Orchestra Team & 4 more in progress).
Portland Ten works with 50+ startups/year in the Sprint and Marathon programs, and has partnered with Mercy Corps Northwest, Willamette University MBA, City of Portland, and been featured in Entrepreneur.com, SiliconFlorist.com, Oregon Business Magazine, and more.
Portland Ten In The News
2011
Portland State University Impact Entrepreneurs: Guest Mentor Carolynn Duncan, CEO of Portland Ten
Digital Journalism Camp 2011: Business for Bloggers
Neighborhood Notes: Portland Business Incubators, Launching Solutions to Local & Global Challenges
Startup Weekly: P10 Alumni, Ben Parzybok of Walker Tracker
OregonLive: Orchestra Earns a Million in Six Months
Silicon Florist: "Portland Ten Thinks Bigger, Plans Expansion to Become US 100 or Global 1000"
Portland Business Journal: Portland Ten Dreams Big
2010
TEDx Portland: Special Considerations for Women Navigating the Venture Industry
Portland Monthly Magazine: Gold School
Read Write Web: Never Mind the Valley, Here’s Portland
Mercy Corps Northwest: Portland Ten Offers New Education Series
Lunch 2.0: CivicApps, Portland Ten
SiliconFlorist.com: "Checking In On Portland Ten"
OregonLive.com: Mayor Adams Pitches the Potential of Portland Software
OregonLive.com at OSBridge: Mayor Sam Adams Gives a Shout Out to Portland Ten (watch here: minutes 12:48-13:50).
Entrepreneur.com: "How to Spot Trouble On The Horizon: Changing Product Direction."
SiliconFlorist.com: "We Have Ignition: Portland’s ShopIgniter Secures $3 Million in Venture Capital"
Small Business Quarterly Report: "PDC Grant Boosts Startup Bootcamp"
CivSource: "Portland Invests in Local Startups, Entrepreneurs"
Portland Business Journal: "PDC Earmarks Startup Funds"
SiliconFlorist.com: "Portland Ten Off To A Running Start In 2010"
Oregon Live: "Portland Ten Wins PDC Grant"
2009
The Portlander: "Portland Ten Now Accepting Applicants"
OregonBusiness.com: "Strike Up The Band"
SiliconFlorist.com: "Portland Ten II: Your Bootstrapping Bootcamp Awaits"
ReadWriteStart: "New Year’s Resolution: VCs Could Spend More In 2010"
SiliconFlorist.com: "Incubating 10 $1MM Startups By 2010"
