Startup Cafe brings together founders, mentors, and partners at the Metro Region Innovation Hub in downtown Portland to connect and learn over complimentary coffee and donuts. The format is flexible: drop in for the full three hours of open networking from 9:00 AM to noon, or come just for the 45-minute presentation from 9:30 to 10:15 AM. This session is titled Wait, Government Buys That? and looks at government contracting as an overlooked revenue source for small businesses, covering the kinds of goods and services public agencies purchase and how entrepreneurs can position themselves to win that work. Held at 2130 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97201.
