VIRTUAL INCUBATION PROGRAM

 OTBC is a non-profit bricks-and-mortar incubator in Beaverton, Oregon.  Since 2005, OTBC has been helping entrepreneurs identify and attain their goals at whatever stage they are at, whether it’s validating a market, developing a strategy, developing and executing on a funding plan, or dealing with the challenges of managing and growing a start-up.  To do that, OTBC provides mentoring, flexible office space, workshops, networking, and more.  OTBC is located in Beaverton, with easy access from Highway 217, free parking, and convenient access to mass transit.

 OTBC was recognized by the Portland State University Oregon Founders  Study as having the most effective mentoring program in the state.  Our  residents at the OTBC incubator have gone on to raise more than $60  million in funding and create more than 200 jobs.  We’re also investors,  investing in 5 startups each year, so we’ve experienced startups both  as entrepreneurs and as investors, giving us a broad perspective on  startup challenges. 

Jim McCreight is the Director of Strategic Partnerships for OTBC.He has helped found  six companies over the past 35 years.  He was formerly the President of  the Museum Trustee Association, a non-profit working to educate and  train museum board members in the U.S. and Canada. Prior to MTA Jim was  with the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network for nine years where he helped  hundreds of entrepreneurs start companies.  Jim continues as a volunteer for OEN, served as Chair of the Beaverton Chamber of Commerce and Beaverton Arts Commission, and currently serves as a Trustee on the Maryhill Museum of Art and The High Desert Museum boards. He is a  graduate of Portland State University.

Steve Morris is the Executive Director of OTBC. He is a veteran of three investor-funded start-ups and two business-unit startups inside larger companies, and has more than 25 years of management experience in the software, service, and semiconductor test industries at companies such as Hewlett Packard, Integrated Measurement Systems, Cadence Design  Systems, Mentor Graphics, Credence Corporation and Teseda Corporation.  With hands-on startup CEO/founder experience, he has a broad understanding of startup issues, and an excellent ability to explain even complex startup topics in clear, easy-to-understand way. He holds a B.A. in mathematics from Reed College and a Masters of Science degree from Carnegie-Mellon University Graduate School of Industrial Administration (now The Tepper School of Business).

Together, Jim and Steve have more than 30 years of experience working in and with startups and investing in startups – and have helped hundreds  of entrepreneurs start and grow companies.  Over the last few years they  have applied their startup experience to develop the entrepreneur curriculum for VIP and a number of practical VIP startup tools.