What’s the Willamette Angel Conference?
The Willamette Angel Conference is a brand new investors conference, designed to “encourage, accelerate and showcase start-up companies in the Willamette Valley” by introducing them to early stage investors. The competition is expected to have real economic impact in the Willamette Valley, generating new business and jobs using local entrepreneurs, talent and intellectual property. The first annual Willamette Angel Conference will be held May 14, 2009 in Corvallis at the CH2MHill Alumni Center on the Oregon State campus. This year’s Willamette Angel conference is a significant collaboration between Eugene, Corvallis and many other economic development organizations in the Willamette Valley. Sponsored by Endeavor Law, Palo Alto Software, Hendrick & Kellison, OSU, U of O, The Corvallis-Benton Chamber Coalition, The Eugene Chamber of Commerce, The Business Enterprise Center, the Small Business Development Centers of both Lane and Linn/Benton Counties, and it has widespread participation a