Launch Mid-Valley will host a three-day startup bootcamp March 27-29 in McMinnville, offering founders from Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties a more intensive setting to test growth plans, sharpen investor materials and pitch their businesses before mentors and peers. The event is part of the same Launch Mid-Valley initiative that previously hosted Pitch Willamette, giving it a familiar place within the region’s growing startup support network.
The bootcamp will be held at T.J. Day Hall on the Linfield University campus, with registration open through March 22. Organizers describe it as a program for founders building scalable, traded-sector or innovation-driven companies that are ready to grow beyond a purely local customer base. That makes this something narrower than a general small-business workshop. It is aimed at entrepreneurs who are already building and now need to pressure-test strategy, improve how they present the business and think more seriously about capital and expansion.
Over the three days, participants will work on growth and capital strategy, refine an investor-ready pitch deck or strategic growth framework, and receive direct feedback from experienced founders, mentors and investors. The weekend will conclude with a live pitch event on Sunday, where participants present what they have developed during the program…