Join us for a special PubTalk on February 26 at Open Space in collaboration with Cultivate Bend. This edition celebrates the vibrancy of the natural products and consumer packaged goods (CPG) community by highlighting the mission of Cultivate Bend to foster collaboration, growth and inclusivity in Central Oregon’s CPG ecosystem.
Come meet local entrepreneurs, business leaders and innovators while enjoying drinks and snacks in a relaxed atmosphere. You’ll hear inspiring stories and fresh perspectives as we spotlight voices shaping the future of business in our region and build new bridges between industries and ideas.
Keynote Presentation:
Elliot Begoun
Founder, TIG Brands
Elliot Begoun is a 35-year CPG industry veteran, a contrarian, systems thinker, voracious learner, and a misplaced college professor. He’s bundled those quirks into a calling: to educate, equip and empower entrepreneurial leaders and their teams as a high-performance coach, advisor and board member. As founder of TIG Brands, Elliot champions Tardigrades: resilient, capital-efficient businesses built to last. You can catch him on the TIG Talks podcast, read his work in The Huffington Post, SmartBrief and New Hope, or hear him speak at BevNET Live, the Hirshberg Entrepreneurship Institute and the Natural Products Business School.
Agenda:
Keynote Presentation:
Elliot Begoun,
Founder, TIG Brands
Company Pitch:
Good Friend
Patrick Fitzpatrick, Pacific Northwest Regional Lead
Company Pitch:
Mmor Waffles
Ken Langdon, Founder
Update:
Cultivate Bend
*The order of speakers reflected in the agenda above is not necessarily the order in which they will present.
Thursday
February 26
Open Space
4:30pm Networking
5:30pm Program
