12/29/2010 ReadWriteEnterprise By Klint Finley As 2010 draws to a close we’re taking a look at a few enterprise startups that’s our promise and that we haven’t covered on ReadWriteEnterprise. Jama Software‘s flagship product isContour, a Web-based requirements management application for development teams and consultants. Contour’s killer app is Review Center, a collaboration module that […]

December 14, 2010 | The Bulletin Chief executive says approval is ‘major milestone’ By Tim Doran / The Bulletin Published:December 14. 2010 4:00AM PST Bend-based Clear Catheter Systems has received U.S.Food and Drug Administration clearance to market its catheter-clearing devicein the United States,the world’s largest medical device market. “This is a major milestone for a […]

Elemental Technologies hires COO …Elemental Technologies Inc. on Monday announced the hiring of its first chief operating officer -based U.S. headquarters of LaCie, a French maker of digital storage devices. “Lyman joins Elemental… http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2010/11/29/elemental-technologies-hires-coo.html

  Kryptiq Corp. discloses $8M investment … the company’s customer base. Elemental technologies could soar on the back of amazon.com A new service from Amazon.com is could help Portland-based Elemental Technologies Inc. vastly expand its market. Elemental… http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/print-edition/2010/11/26/kryptiq-corp-discloses-8m-investment.html

2010 Bend Venture Conference Speaker: Jonathan Heiliger Vice President of Technical Operations at Facebook 2010 Keynote Speaker The 2010 keynote speaker was Jonathan Heiliger, then Vice President of Technical Operations at Facebook, where he oversaw global infrastructure and internal technology systems. Prior to Facebook, Heiliger was on the venture capital side of technology. He served as a technology advisor […]

Elemental Technologies raises $7.5 million …Elemental Technologies Inc. on Tuesday said it raised $7.5 million in Series B financing from Managing Director Scott Hilleboe will join Elemental’s board. Portland-based Elemental is a developer… http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/07/26/daily14.html

MedCity News: Clear Catheter Gets European OK Clear Catheter Systems gets European market OK for PleuraFlow 6.23.10 | Mary Vanac | Cleveland, Ohio Clear Catheter Systems has received regulatory clearance to sell its active catheter-clearance system PleuraFlow in Europe and has launched the product in markets there. So far, the spin-off from the Cleveland Clinic […]

December 3, 2009 | The Bulletin Local physician’s medical device may help recovery after surgery By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin Published:December 03. 2009 4:00AM PST Andy Tullis / The Bulletin Dr. Edward Boyle, a physician at Inovia Vein Specialty Center in Bend, invented a device that helps clear chest tubes after heart surgery. “I […]

2009 Bend Venture Conference Speaker: Dr. Paul Kedrosky Analyst for CNBC television 2009 Keynote Speaker The 2009 keynote speaker was Dr. Paul Kedrosky, an analyst for CNBC television; a columnist for TheStreet/RealMoney; and the editor of Infectious Greed, one of the best-known business blogs on the Internet.  Dr. Kedrosky has published more than 300 articles in publications […]

2008 Bend Venture Conference Speaker: Rich Karlgaard Publisher of Forbes 2008 Keynote Speaker Keynote speaker was Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes as well as the magazine’s “Digital Rules” columnist.  Karlgaard is also known as an entrepreneur, lecturer, Fox News Channel’s “Forbes on Fox” participant and author of The Wall Street Journal bestseller, Life 2.0 – How People Across America […]