Eva's Biz Talk posts

Come join us for a Naked Lady party (so, no boys allowed)

Post holiday broke-ness paired with a need to inject new life to your wardrobe?

New Year’s resolution to get your spending under control?

Trying to tread lightly on the earth?

Whatever your reasons…

Come to the Naked Lady Clothing Swap.

Naked Lady Clothing Swaps bring together ladies seeking to offload underused clothing in exchange for that of their sisters in style. Liberate your castoffs, amass a pile of new (at least to you) gear and meet new friends. All adult ages, styles, and sizes invited.

When: Saturday, January 26, 2008 Where: CubeSpace Cost: $10 (Includes light refreshments) Let Us Know You're Coming by emailing us at info@CubeSpacePDX.com Space is limited to 40 lucky ladies.

Schedule:

2:00-2:30 p.m. Clothing Sort and Refreshments

2:30- 3:30 p.m. Women-only Clothing Swap

How it works:

1. Bring clean, gently used clothing you no longer wear (no undergarments, please). Also shoes, scarves, hats, jewelry, & accessories.

2. Upon arrival, each lady will sort their items by type (skirts, dresses, tops, accessories, etc.) onto labeled tables.

3. At the appointed time, all ladies are invited to browse the heaps and try on clothes. Get co-participants' feedback on your chosen gear. Note: Keep things positive and kind. Make new friends. There will be semi-private changing areas. Feel free to wear a bathing suite if you’d like to try on clothes in the open area.

4. Any pieces no one wants at the end of the swap can go home with their owners or designated as a donation to Goodwill.
   

Mind your P’s and Q’s

• Don't bring crap. Bring only those clothes that still have style and stamina. No stains or holes the designer didn’t intentionally put there. Make the effort to give someone else a "find."
• Don't be grabby. Elbows-out linebacker stance is bad form, as is tugging and ripping. Ladies should only take home as much clothing as they brought.
• Mum's the word. You may think that plaid pencil skirt is dreadful, but don't say so. Control exclamations of "Oh my God, who brought this?" It could be the new friend you made, standing right next to you. Remember, one lady’s unflattering blouse is another lady’s treasure.

Looking for a Ruby on Rails programmer

I have a customer who wants a database built and all of the Ruby folks I know are fully booked. Anyone in Portland a Ruby programmer with some free time looking for a gig?

Its our birthday, and we'll party if we want to...

So, tomorrow, Tuesday October 16th is CubeSpace's first birthday!!!!!!! All BizNiks from far and wide are welcome to help us celebrate with cake and celebratory beverages from 4-6pm at CubeSpace - 622 SE Grand Avenue, Portland.

Hope to see lots of you here to help us celebrate.

-Eva

Seeking good web meeting software

One of our customers is looking for both webinar and web meeting software. There is money available, but they are not tech savvy, so it needs to be intuitive software. Any suggestions?

Looking for GOOD project management software

We are often going in so many directions at once at CubeSpace, that projects can be hard to track. There are lots of options in the project management universe and we want something free or cheap, with a small learning curve and that doesn't take longer to populate than to do the project itself. Any recommendations?

I need a tie breaker: Pool or ping pong table?

We have been discussing whether to get a ping pong or pool table for CubeSpace. Ping pong is fun, the tables fold up and take up less space and they are cheaper. My husband and business partner is a pool player, so he wants a pool table. We have looked at some combo foosball/pool/air hockey/ping pong tables, but they are all kind of mediocre.

What do you think we should get and why?

Thanks in advance.

Get Madeline Bailey's book, "Radical Accounting"...

Madeline Bailey and CubeSpace have teamed up to bring you "Radical Accounting" for $20. Come pick up this very readable and useful resource and stay for a cup of our locally micro-roasted coffee.

Not convinced? Check out Madeline Bailey's profile and read some of the amazing reviews that her book has received.

Bizniks at CubeSpace

We have an Open Coffee group that meets here twice a month. I would love to set up an informal gathering monthly (or more often) for Bizniks in the Portland metro area (or visiting from elsewhere). Is this of interest to anyone else out there?

Beat the Heat at CubeSpace!

Is it too darn hot to work in your house or car right now? CubeSpace is fully air conditioned with a comfortable ambient temperature of 70 degrees. With temperatures forecasted to be a low of 84 and a high of 101 next week, we would like to offer a cool deal. We will be selling day passes for CubeSpace for $35 (normally $40).

For more information, give us a call at 503-206-3500, or email at info@CubeSpacePDX.com.

CubeSpace Solstice Party

I want to invite all my fellow Biznik members to join the CubeSpace community for our first annual Summer Solstice Party, tomorrow, Friday, June 22nd, from 4pm-9pm.

We will have wine, sangria, chocolate tasting, art, games, an Atari and a Wii and generally lots of fun. We have a wide range of local artists coming to share their wares and lots to do for everyone. I hope some of your Portlanders (or anyone who is in the area) will stop by and say hi. And the price? Free. And bargain at twice the price!

CubeSpace is located at 622 SE Grand Avenue (two blocks north of the Morrison Bridge). For more details, check out our website at http://www.CubeSpacePDX.com.

-Eva

BarCamp this weekend, May 11th & 12th

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment, with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. BarCamp content is determined by the attendees. The event will be hosted at CubeSpace, which has a number of conference rooms for breakout sessions, a large main meeting area, wireless access, easy access to public transportation, bike storage, and ample parking. Interested parties should add yourself to the BarCamp Portland wiki page at http://barcamp.org/BarCampPortland as an attendee. 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Friday, 9am to 11pm on Saturday - CubeSpace (622 SE Grand Ave); No cost

CubeSpace Movie Night

Come join us for our next CubeSpace Movie Night on Monday, April 16th at 7pm.

This week we will be watching Top Secret, a hilarious 1984 parody of spy films, Elvis films, and films involving Elvis spying. Come find out what else this film is spoofing.

CubeSpace is located at 622 SE Grand Avenue. For more information, either check out our website at http://www.CubeSpacePDX.com or call us at 503-206-3500.

How to make more money with the Portland Business Journal

We invite you to spend an afternoon with us at CubeSpace for a networking event and seminar designed to show how you can profit from your subscription to the Portland Business Journal.

Each month we host a seminar where we teach you how to identify industry trends, reach decision makers and grow your business by reading our paper-- All while enjoying networking with other leaders of the Portland Business Community.

You will learn:

• Techniques for finding what you need from the Portland Business Journal in less than a half-hour a week.
• Business information to help you achieve your sales goals.
• How to recognize sales leads within news stories and features.
• Specific actions you can take to warm up cold leads.
• How to use this information to support your networking efforts.
• PROFIT from every issue!
• How to recognize sales leads within news stories and features.
• Specific actions you can take to warm up cold leads.
• How to use this information to support your networking efforts.
• PROFIT from every issue!

We host the meetings from 3:30pm - 5:00pm every third Tuesday of the month at CubeSpace. The April session is Tuesday, April 17th, 2007. The seminar begins promptly at 3:30pm.

The seminar sells out at 40 attendees. Once this month's seminar sells out we will post the next month's event.

To register, contact Bill Berninger at 503-274-8733.

We look forward to seeing you there.