Maximize Your Influence: How to be a leader others want to follow It all starts with influence. Our leadership effectiveness depends on our ability to engage and gain buy in with the people we lead. But what if you're compromising your influence and you don't even know that you're doing it. Participants can expect to: Learn 4 things you must do to gain influence Identify ways that you may be compromising your influence (without even knowing it) Apply what you learn to immediately increase influence among the people you lead You know you need influence to effectively lead, but you may not understand exactly how influence works. This Bootcamp will change that and a whole lot more. This is 3-part Bootcamp held on 3/2/23 and 3/16/23 from 10:30 - noon and 4/7/23 from 11 am - 12:30 pm. The first two bootcamps will be held at the Innovation Hub at 942 Olive Street in Downtown Eugene. The last bootcamp (4/7/23) will be held at the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce at 1401 Willamette St. We have scholarships available to cover the entire cost of the Bootcamp!  If you identify as any of the following please contact nicoled@onwardeugene.org about a scholarship […]

Join us as Katherine Moyer, partner at Hershner Hunter based in Eugene, Oregon, walks us through the typical steps of a startup, from entity formation through early fundraising rounds. Using a fictional company as an example, we'll discuss what to do and what not to do in that process in order to protect yourself and your business. Although the company we'll be discussing is fictional, it is based on Moyer's experience with a multitude of startups over the past 20 years. Katherine Moyer, Partner, Hershner Hunter, LLP Katherine Moyer is an attorney and partner with Hershner Hunter, LLP in Eugene.  She has been practicing law since 1990, focusing on business and securities law.  Katherine regularly works with businesses engaged in raising funds from investors, from seed financing for early-stage companies to venture capital investments as companies mature. She also represents businesses in a wide range of transactions, including business entity formation and governance issues, the grant of equity to employees and contractors, structuring relationships with strategic partners, purchases and sales of businesses, license agreements, and other commercial contracts. Katherine has experience working with companies in a variety of industries, including software and video games, biotechnology, robotics, organic foods, apparel, educational media, real estate investment, […]