Envision

Do you have an idea and want to explore the options?  This is the start of the visioning process.  It is ok if you are not formalized or started, in fact sometimes we don’t even have an idea of what we want to do yet.  You might be business planning, seeking funding or investment, etc.  This is the stage to learn how to incorporate Native and personal values into your goals to make a business within your community.  Courses here include setting goals for the business and exploring business structures like LLC, B and C Corp, other private entities, tribal structures, etc.

  • 1 Lesson

    From Band Aids To Business Plans

    Join Livlihood NW Business Advisor Emily Galash as she revisits your "Why."   

  • 1 Lesson

    Introduction to Gusto for Payroll and Human Resources

    Manage your growing team, all in one place.

    Behind every successful business is a thriving team. Hire, pay, insure, and support your employees with Gusto's all-in-one people platform.
  • 8 Lessons

    Oregon’s Start a Business Video Series

    The Start a Business Video Series is designed to help those starting a business in Oregon understand the steps involved. It supplements the Business Xpress Startup Toolkit found at business.oregon.gov. Each step of the Toolkit has it's own corresponding video.

  • 1 Lesson

    Small Business Administration 101

    SBA’s Portland District Office highlights resources to help you start, grow, expand, or recover your business. Learn more about SBA’s Portland District Office: https://www.sba.gov/district/portland
  • 8 Lessons

    The ONE Program

    Native-Led, Story Driven. This program is a unique business development course led by Native entrepreneurs working here in Oregon. Each of the eight workshops begins with their own story, and these stories drive the program. Each offers personal and professional insights into the work of launching and running a business as a Native entrepreneur.

  • 17 Lessons

    The ONE Program – Spring 2022

    Native-Led, Story Driven. This program is a unique business development course led by Native entrepreneurs working here in Oregon. Each of the eight workshops begins with their own story, and these stories drive the program. Each offers personal and professional insights into the work of launching and running a business as a Native entrepreneur.

  • 11 Lessons

    The ONE Program – Fall 2022 NCFS/BP

    Native-Led, Story Driven. This program is a unique business development course led by Native entrepreneurs working here in Oregon.

  • 1 Lesson

    Understanding Price and Value with Mikailah Thompson

    If you are like most entrepreneurs, pricing your product or service is an agonizing experience, full of stress and doubt. Quite often, entrepreneurs will neglect to account for many of the costs involved with the production of their work, resulting in prices that prevent them from really getting ahead. In this inspirational interview with Mikailah Thompson (Nez Perce), we hear all about her journey as an artist and entrepreneur.

  • 1 Lesson

    Understanding The DUNS Number

    Often, as a small business, you don't know what you don't know.  Which is when a loan or vendor ask for your DUNS number, it may cause a bit of confusion.  Listen in to find out what the DUNS number is, how to get one, and more importantly, how to create a profile that can benefit your business transactions in the future.

  • 1 Lesson

    From Band Aids To Business Plans

    Join Livlihood NW Business Advisor Emily Galash as she revisits your "Why."   

  • 1 Lesson

    Introduction to Gusto for Payroll and Human Resources

    Manage your growing team, all in one place.

    Behind every successful business is a thriving team. Hire, pay, insure, and support your employees with Gusto's all-in-one people platform.
  • 8 Lessons

    Oregon’s Start a Business Video Series

    The Start a Business Video Series is designed to help those starting a business in Oregon understand the steps involved. It supplements the Business Xpress Startup Toolkit found at business.oregon.gov. Each step of the Toolkit has it's own corresponding video.

  • 1 Lesson

    Small Business Administration 101

    SBA’s Portland District Office highlights resources to help you start, grow, expand, or recover your business. Learn more about SBA’s Portland District Office: https://www.sba.gov/district/portland
  • 8 Lessons

    The ONE Program

    Native-Led, Story Driven. This program is a unique business development course led by Native entrepreneurs working here in Oregon. Each of the eight workshops begins with their own story, and these stories drive the program. Each offers personal and professional insights into the work of launching and running a business as a Native entrepreneur.

  • 17 Lessons

    The ONE Program – Spring 2022

    Native-Led, Story Driven. This program is a unique business development course led by Native entrepreneurs working here in Oregon. Each of the eight workshops begins with their own story, and these stories drive the program. Each offers personal and professional insights into the work of launching and running a business as a Native entrepreneur.

  • 11 Lessons

    The ONE Program – Fall 2022 NCFS/BP

    Native-Led, Story Driven. This program is a unique business development course led by Native entrepreneurs working here in Oregon.

  • 1 Lesson

    Understanding Price and Value with Mikailah Thompson

    If you are like most entrepreneurs, pricing your product or service is an agonizing experience, full of stress and doubt. Quite often, entrepreneurs will neglect to account for many of the costs involved with the production of their work, resulting in prices that prevent them from really getting ahead. In this inspirational interview with Mikailah Thompson (Nez Perce), we hear all about her journey as an artist and entrepreneur.

  • 1 Lesson

    Understanding The DUNS Number

    Often, as a small business, you don't know what you don't know.  Which is when a loan or vendor ask for your DUNS number, it may cause a bit of confusion.  Listen in to find out what the DUNS number is, how to get one, and more importantly, how to create a profile that can benefit your business transactions in the future.