A roundtable discussion with three Portland, Oregon founders, Joy Alise Davis of Design+Culture Lab, Paige Hendrix Buckner of ClientJoy, and Lynn Le of Society Nine. They will share their personal startup stories and how they stay motivated in tough times, and talk about the entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities for women of color.

The founders of Hive-FX, Clark James and Gretchen Miller, tell the story of how their small Portland Visual FX studio started small, and eventually became the groundbreaking Visual FX creators for the NBC TV series "Grimm". They’ll also discuss their uniquely Portland take on what it’s like to work in the competitive world of film and TV, and their take on the current state of the video/film and digital creative economy in Oregon

Portland business consultant Jackie B. Peterson, author of "Better, Smarter, Richer: 7 Business Principles for Encore, Creative, and Solo Entrepreneurs" talks about the importance of solopreneurship to the US and Oregon economies, and offers tips to those wanting to take the solo leap and join this rapidly growing independent workforce.