Build your business the right way for 2026 with key formation steps, smart structure choices, and risk insights to launch with confidence.
Join us for a practical and engaging overview of what every new or freshly motivated entrepreneur needs to build their business the right way before heading into the new year. We will cover key formation steps, structural decisions, risk management essentials, and tools to help you launch or strengthen your business with clarity and confidence. Whether you are just getting started or ready to rebuild your foundation, this session will help you chart a more intentional course for 2026.

Presenter: Michael Jonas, JD, MBA, of Narwhal Law & Business Strategy

Launch Mid Valley supports area start-ups and entrepreneurs through programming, resources, and monthly Coffee Club Meet-ups throughout the valley.

The McMinnville Coffee Club meets monthly on the third Tuesday at Chemeketa Community College in McMinnville from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. for peer-to-peer networking and resource connection.

Representatives on hand to support you may include:

Chemeketa Small Business Development Center
McMinnville Economic Development Partnership
McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce
Launch Mid Valley Regional Innovation Hub
Linfield University Launch Lab
SEDCOR
Yamhill County Economic Development

Find all our events at launchmidvalley.org

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Join us for this month’s PubTalk, as we hear from local companies and business leaders from the area!

EDCO’s Central Oregon PubTalk is a happy hour aimed at bringing together different facets of the business community in one place to network, share ideas and further local businesses. Drinks and snacks will be included at the event.

4:30 pm Networking | 5:30 pm Program

Program Agenda*:
Keynote Presentation:
Alisha Hemmingson Runckel, Vice President Ecommerce, Blueprint

Company Pitch: SuperSenses
Datar Sahi, Founder & CEO

Company Pitch: CarbonBright
David Rodrigues, Co-Founder, CEO

Operating in survival mode? Well, stop and get your shit together!!
This interactive workshop (safe and honest) will help you to recognize the habits, mindsets, and systems that either support or sabotage your business life. Through guided reflection, accountability, practical exercises, and candid conversations, attendees will gain clarity around goals, identify gaps, and develop realistic action steps that drive sustained growth in personal and business life. Expect a safe but honest space for real self-reflection, personal accountability, and strategic alignment in business.

Speaker: Kenyatta Trice, TRICE Occupational Consulting Solutions (TRICE OCS)
Speaker Info: With a passion for community empowerment, Kenyatta has built TRICE OCS around the belief that everyone deserves access to opportunity, resources, and support.Through strategic consulting, hands-on workshops, and personalized coaching, TRICE OCS focuses on business education, career development and financial empowerment, with a dedicated focus on underserved communities.

Hosted by: Narwhal Law & Business Strategy

This one-night workshop goes over the basics of bookkeeping. Taught by our Accounting Advising Team, this is a great first step if you aren’t sure where to start when it comes to small business bookkeeping or need to revisit the basics. We will include a demonstration using QuickBooks Online.

THIS WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON:
→ Understanding the benefits of having well-kept books
→ Using your books to make strategic business decisions
→ Understanding a Profit & Loss financial statement
→ A tutorial on reconciling bank statements in QuickBooks Online
→ Common terminology in the accounting/bookkeeping world
→ How to choose a bookkeeping system or software

🎟 $59 general public
🎟 $5 Oregon Women’s Business Center members. Log in and register at livelihoodnw.org/owbc