“This offer has been a wonderful way meet amazing founders and explore how I might be able to add value to early stage companies. I'm closing down this pro bono offer for new project work (finishing the first requests).  If you just have a question or want to talk finance, let me know. Thanks Switchboard!”

“https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-do-i-know-need-ask-help-cory-potter/ ”

“"Russell has helped me understand my business more than I could have hoped. As a pre-revenue / seed stage business, there's a great deal of uncertainty on many fronts. I tasked Russell with refining a financial model, but what I received in turn was much more than that. He asked thoughtful questions and drew from extensive experience with other SaaS startups, allowing us to evolve the business model and build a more comprehensible 3 year forecast. Russell comes with my highest recommendation."  -Seed stage client”

“Found Carl Hickerson who is doing an awesome job and super fun to collaborate with. Thanks Mara Zepeda and team. ”

“As the owner's representative for a large workplace project in Boston, I successfully managed our design consultants and engineers.  I encouraged greater buy-in with department leads and saved thousands by better predicting design and outcomes.  Change management was an important aspect of my role there and keeping communication lines strong and open was key. ”

“Great, I got two responses giving me suggestions of programs that would do the job.   The first one, Office Lens, seems to almost work but not as automatically as it is supposed to.   I have not tried the second yet.   However, the Portland Startups Ask and Offer worked great. ”

“Launched two brand extensions under an apparel brand; sports division (Rock Racing) and a non-profit (cause mkt) tied into The City of Hope. My sales background is within building materials; healthcare, education, hospitality to multi-family projects.  ”

“Great response! Thank you!”

“Lot's of great people with great skills reached out to me.”

“The response and feedback from everyone has been incredible! Thank you to all of those who reached out!”

“Thanks to Michael Levine and Rasha B for leads on other local accountants!”

“I was looking for some volunteers for UX Testing and received many replies. Everyone who volunteered was wonderful!”

“So our company, #textalawyer, won Founders Live last night!!!  My co-founder @KatiaAlcantwood (twitter) won the hearts and minds of the crowd.  A great event - highly recommended.”

“I wanted to share a link to a photo from a headshot session I did recently with a client who contacted me through pdx startups! https://www.instagram.com/p/BofduQnBG-h/?taken-by=chriskorsak”

“Went very well - got great help for a quick project!”

“Excellent support & response from the community! I would like to thank PDX Startups on behalf of MobileFirst Applications team. ”

“Excellent support from the community.”

“We have officially filled out warehouse with an amazing start up! Thanks to this forum an old contact reached out to us to get the wheels turning! Thanks Portland Start Up Switchboard!”

“Current project includes launching a Rezdy tour platform that includes tour videos of historic sites, as well as a dozen history videos using commons video and photos.  Style is a reprise of newsreels.”

“I had a question about how to deal with PII and the Portland Startups community totally came through for me! Jesse and I met for a couple of hours and I learned a ton!”