This is the first episode of our series- "From the Ground Up: Central Oregon Entrepreneurship." In this episode, we chat with Senior Business Administration Student Cloe Provost about her wellness, sustainability & lifestyle blog, Essence of Belle. We hear from Cloe about what she's learned while building her blog, how she began offering adjacent services, selling crystal waterbottles, and her vision for a sustainable clothing line. 

This is a preview episode of our next podcast series that launches at the beginning of next term (Winter 2021).

In this next series, titled "From the Ground Up: Central Oregon Entrepreneurship,"  we catch up with business founders, CEOs, and Student Entrepreneurs. We talk with local companies Earth Cruiser and Cairn, a student blogger and entrepreneur, a medical company that is revolutionizing the way that surgeons operate with 3D printing and so so much more. Listen to this episode for a sneak peek of what's to come- and tune in for our next series in January!

This episode puts our new CareerLift podcast host, Megan Bolt, in the hot seat! Listen in to hear more about her experiences as a student at OSU-Cascades, starting a business for women fishing gear (Raddr), and some key life advice she's gained through it all. 

Are you a current student interested in landing an internship? Listen in as Cameron Burns, EDCO intern and current student, talks about his internship experience and how he landed this cool opportunity.

Nick Dally, a current College of Business student, shares how he advocated for himself in the workplace and ended up with a great skill-building opportunity with his employer, Humm Kombucha.

Michael Boles, one of our entrepreneurial students, shares his early-stage start-up experience with us. Listen in as we talk about base jumping, career risk-taking, relationship building, and, most importantly, how to Keep the Stoke Alive.

Listen in as Cheyenne Bench, recent OSU-Cascades graduate, discusses her new role at Bob's Red Mill and how her internship with LAM Research helped her to gain skills and land this job.

In this episode, current student Chloe Woodward shares how she’s combining her passion for cosmetology and marketing as an educator and marketing lead at Premiere Aesthetics Institute.

Listen in as recent graduate Nolan Killgore shares his experience of the power of building a lateral network and learn about one of Bend’s most interesting companies, GSI.

If you have recently tried to schedule any general contracting work, you know how busy our Central Oregon construction companies are. Listen in as McKenzie Walsworth, a Junior at OSU-Cascades, shares her experience of working for her family’s construction company.