Ivan McClellan is the Founder and CEO of Eight Seconds and the Eight Seconds Rodeo. Driven by a sense of purpose, his work has transformed the lives of these cowboys and influenced the western space. He has executed numerous campaigns for Wrang

K.L. Wombacher, President and General Manager of the Hillsboro Hops

Mar 1st, 2024 37m 55s

K.L. Wombacher is the President and General Manager of the Hillsboro Hops, the minor league baseball team affiliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Rob Bach on the Resurgence of Vinyl, CDs and Cassettes

Feb 22nd, 2024 21m 8s

Rob Bach is the Founder of Spinney Media, an affordable, subscription-based physical fulfillment service for all working and aspiring musicians. Learn more at: https://spinneymedia.com/

Amina Moreau, Co-Founder & CEO of Radious, on Flexible Work, Growth, and Rad Days

Jan 11th, 2024 27m 39s

Amina Moreau is the Co-Founder and CEO of Radious.pro, a marketplace for on demand private workspaces.

Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read on his Candidacy for Secretary of State

Dec 8th, 2023 27m 14s

Oregon Treasurer Tobias Ready rejoins the podcast and discusses his candidacy to become Oregon's next Secretary of State. Learn more at https://www.tobiasread.com/

Mike Rogoway, Business Reporter for The Oregonian

Oct 16th, 2023 30m 51s

Mike Rogoway, Business Reporter for the Oregonian rejoins the show for his fifth guest appearance. Mike discusses the Oregon economy, startups, Intel/Chips industry, and more. Read Mike's columns at: https://www.oregonlive.com/user/MikeRogowa

Ben McKinley, Founder of Cascade Web Development, on Running Your Business for the Long Term

Apr 17th, 2023 22m 10s

Ben McKinley is the Founder of Cascade Web Development. Cascade Web Development creates intuitive, custom software that grows with your business. Our industry-leading platforms allow you to easily manage your online presence and internal proces

Matt Scott, Author of The High Growth Nonprofit

Mar 23rd, 2023 28m 32s

Matt Scott is the author The High Growth Nonprofit- proven steps to quickly double your revenue and drive impact. Matt is also the Founder of CauseMic, a consulting firm specializing in helping mission-driven organizations. Learn more at https:

Tim Morgan, Co-Founder of DeepSurface Security

Mar 15th, 2023 23m 37s

In 2017, frustrated with security, policy and regulatory/compliance tools that did little to actually help reduce risk, co-founders James Dirksen and Tim Morgan set out to create a product that would provide a comprehensive picture of an organi

An Update on Portland's Commercial Real Estate Market with Blake St. Onge

Feb 21st, 2023 27m 57s

Blake St. Onge is the Portland Managing Principal for Cresa, a global corporate real estate firm. Blake rejoins the show to give an update on the Portland area commercial real estate market, including vacancies, sub leases and hybrid work.

Rick Returns! PIE & Built Oregon Co-Founder on 15 years of Silicon Florist and PDX Startups Update

Feb 7th, 2023 31m 24s

Rick Turoczy is the Co-Founder of the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE), Built Oregon, and writer/curator of Silicon Florist (https://siliconflorist.com/)

Amy Rosenberg on the Modern Landscape of Public Relations

Jan 24th, 2023 32m 40s

Amy Rosenberg is the author of A Modern Guide to Public Relations, Founder of Veracity, an integrated PR firm, and host of the PR Talk Podcast.

Byron Binkley on Creating a Network to Help Sell Your Stuff

Jan 16th, 2023 29m 8s

Byron Binkley is the Founder of Sella (https://hellosella.com/). Sella’s mission is to make buying and selling used stuff completely, 100% frictionless. That means tap to buy and tap to sell with confidence, trust and efficiency at every step.

Lakayana Drury On How Word Is Bond Empowers Young Black Men in Portland

Jan 2nd, 2023 32m 48s

Lakayana Drury (He/Him/His) is the founder and Executive Director of Word is Bond (https://www.mywordisbond.org/). Lakayana Drury is an educator, storyteller, and community organizer. Lakayana was recently named one of Portland Business Journal

Founders of Rock Paper Coin on Creating Software for the Wedding Industry

Dec 19th, 2022 26m 52s

Nora and Elizabeth Sheils are the Founders of Rock Paper Coin, the first-ever software to bring together event planners, couples, and vendors into one system for managing contracts, paying invoices, and sharing documents. With its streamlined s

Aaron Ambuske, Founder of HEST, On Revolutionizing The Way We Sleep Outdoors

Dec 5th, 2022 28m 6s

Aaron Ambuske is the Founder and CEO of HEST. Based in Seattle, HEST brings the comforts of home to the great outdoors by producing premium sleep products that build community around camping. HEST develops and delivers high-performance, low-mai

Chad Brown on Introducing Urban Youth of Color to the Outdoors & Advocating for Public Lands

Nov 28th, 2022 25m 46s

Chad Brown is the founder and president of Soul River Inc., a nonprofit organization that focuses on connecting veterans and introducing diverse urban youth of color to the outdoors, nature conservation and growing young leaders into advocacy f

Oregon Business News Update with Mike Rogoway, Reporter for The Oregonian

Nov 17th, 2022 24m 57s

Mike Rogoway is the business reporter for The Oregonian/OregonLive.com. Read Mike's business coverage at: https://www.oregonlive.com/user/MikeRogoway/Connect with Mike on Twitter @https://twitter.com/rogoway and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.

Cara Turano on how OEN Provides Resources for Founders and Protecting your Mental Health as a Leader

Nov 14th, 2022 34m 47s

Cara Turano is the President and Executive Director for the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN). Learn more about OEN at https://www.oen.org/Thank You to our Sponsors:Cresa Portland: https://www.cresa.com/portland-orCauseMic: https://www.c

Jeff Schneider on Modern Sales Leadership, Keeping an Abundant Mindset and Being a Digital Nomad

Nov 8th, 2022 27m 14s

Jeff Schneider is a sales trainer, coach and sales consultant. Connect with Jeff at https://www.linkedin.com/in/schneidertrain/. Support for the PDX Executive Podcast is provided by:Cresa Portland:https://www.cresa.com/portland-orCauseMic

Stewardship of Central Oregon's Trails with Emmy Andrews

Oct 27th, 2022 21m 22s

Emmy Andrews is the Executive Director for Central Oregon Trail Alliance (COTA). Emmy has been hired to lead COTA in its next phase of growth, while continuing its core mission of developing, protecting, and enhancing the Central Oregon mountai

Cascade Seed Fund on Supporting Pacific Northwest Founders and Advice During Economic Uncertainty

Oct 17th, 2022 42m

Julie Harrelson and Robert Pease are the Managing Directors for Cascade Seed Fund. Founded in 2014 and investing as Cascade Angels Fund across five funds, they became Cascade Seed Fund in 2019 building on more than five years of early stage inv

Ashish Kothari: Author of Hardwired for Happiness

Oct 11th, 2022 30m 50s

Ashish Kothari is an executive coach, author, consultant and founder of Happiness Squad. Ashish's newest book is available now, Hardwired for Happiness: 9 Proven Practices to Overcome Stress and Live Your Best Life. Learn more at:https://happin

{Recast} You Are Enough: A conversation with Amy Wolff, Founder of the Don't Give Up Movement

Oct 5th, 2022 20m 17s

You may have seen the signs in your neighborhood: YOU ARE ENOUGH, DON'T GIVE UP, YOU MATTER. What started as a collection of yard signs has turned into a global movement. Amy Wolff, Founder of the Don't Give Up Movement and author of Signs of H

Chip Conley on Founding a School Dedicated to Navigating Midlife and Beyond [Recast]

Sep 16th, 2022 32m 43s

Chip Conley is the Founder of the Modern Elder Academy, Author of Wisdom at Work and former Head of Hospitality Strategy for AirBnb. This episode was originally published in 2020.