Oregon

RAIN Launches to Stimulate Entrepreneurship in Oregon

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LINN COUNTY, OR (August 10, 2018) - Oregon’s Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network will begin funding entrepreneurs and startups in eight participating towns in Linn and Benton Counties.

Corey Wright of RAIN aims to build new entrepreneurial ecosystems in the area, with the use of asset mapping.

“I figure out what types of resources are available and what doesn’t exist, that might be used by local entrepreneurs," Wright said. "Let’s say there are several people in Brownsville making specialty food products in their homes. Is there a local commercial kitchen with whom they could contract to expand their production capabilities?”

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