Hello Friend,

Huge congratulations go out to all the OEN Entrepreneurship Award winners and finalists! Thanks to a lot of hard work by a lot of great people, last Thursday turned out to be an amazing show and we're so thrilled with how the community came together once again, despite all the year's challenges. How about that incredible emcee, Ciara Pressler?! 

Find all the Award winners here, and check out PBJ's Portland INNO write-up as well, which includes the news about our commitment to Black Founders Matter and the launch of Angel Oregon Bio. Videos from the evening are posted on OEN's YouTube Channel.

The other big announcement of the evening is the audacious goal we've set for OEN over the next three years. This year OEN catalyzed about $400K directly into local startups (via Angel Oregon Tech, Oregon Angel Food and the Emerge Initiative). We'd like to grow that rate of investment over the next three years to the point where by 2024, OEN is catalyzing $1 MILLION into local entrepreneurs.

There are lots of ways to get there, but it will definitely take the full engagement of this Network to do it. You can help get the ball rolling by making a donation to OEN's work before the end of the year. Please join us (in any amount!) at www.oen.org/donate.

This week we're proud to highlight General Sponsor Tonkon Torp, and OEN's board member, Claire Brown. Claire has been an enormous help to OEN and we're grateful for her expertise! Please take a moment to meet Claire, below.

Have a great holiday week and we'll see you in the home stretch!

Cheers,
Amanda

Amanda Oborne (she/hers), Executive Director
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network 
www.oen.org