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• Inside NW Dance Project's light-filled Central Eastside rehearsal space

  25-04-2019 23:59 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  NW Dance Project has brought dozens of renowned choreographers to Portland since its founding in 2004.
  Inviting independent choreographers to work with the company's dancers has been a major contributor to its success. Another is the decision by founder Sarah Slipper, the subject of this week's PBJ Interview, to pay dancers a full-time salary, including benefits.
  "People's mouths drop open when we say we pay 100 percent," Slipper said. "We've had some dancers stay with us for a decade."That&hell
  
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• Columbia Sportswear reports another record quarter, raises outlook

  25-04-2019 23:55 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Columbia Sportswear Co. on Thursday reported another stellar quarterly financial performance, sendings its shares up 4 percent immediately in after-hours trading.The Portland-based outdoor apparel company reported $655 million in first-quarter sales, well above the $647 million analysts expected. It also reported $1.07 in quarterly earnings per share. Analysts expected $0.83.
  The company also raised its sales forecast for 2019 to between $2.98 billion and $3.04 billion. It previously said it&hel
  
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• Small Business 2019: ReelDx

  25-04-2019 23:52 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  ReelDx is a health tech startup based on putting a camera in the exam room. Now it is pegging its next stage of growth on getting more and more content into its library and used by its partners in medical practices and education.Started in 2013, the company creates videos used to train future doctors and other medical professionals. Its content presents real interactions between patients and providers and focuses on specific cases.“We’re used by thousands of students every day,&rdquo
  
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• Cannabis license cap headed to new vote

  25-04-2019 23:52 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The Brown administration hopes a new two-year sunset provision will help pass a bill giving Oregon regulators new power to cap cannabis production licenses.Two weeks ago, the Senate voted down the bill, 17-13.The administration thinks the legislation could help fix an oversupply situation that has led to plummeting prices and fears of diversion to lucrative out-of-state markets. Regulators at the Oregon Liquor Control Commission say there’s little hard evidence that licensed growers are se
  
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• Sneakers as an asset class? Yes, says author of new book

  25-04-2019 23:45 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Dylan Dittrich explains why limited-edition sneakers will hold their value better than Beanie Babies.
  
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• Small Business 2019: Oregon Sports Angels

  25-04-2019 23:42 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Sportswear is a tough business. It can take 18 months to design a product, order it from a factory and get it on shelves. That makes it a tough sell to bankers. Even Nike co-founder Phil Knight struggled to get financing when he founded what became a Fortune 100 company.That’s where Oregon Sports Angels comes in. The organization was founded in December 2017 as a way to help the next generation of companies like Nike, Columbia Sportswear and Keen. It’s already provided
  
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• Oregon agricultural products surpassed $5 billion in 2017 (Infographic)

  25-04-2019 23:09 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  National sales of farm products dipped in 2017 since the last agricultural census in 2012, but Oregon sales continued to grow.
  
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