Three Rivers Entrepreneur Network
The Three Rivers Entrepreneur Network (TREN) is an interest group made up of Mid-Columbia entrepreneurs and business supporters that meets regularly to learn from invited speakers and to network.
Past speaker topics have included approaching investors, high-tech product marketing, and entrepreneurial success factors.
TREN was started in 1999 by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to help strengthen and diversify the area's high-tech economy. Today the group is supported by other organizations in the Mid-Columbia region, including City of Richland and TRIDEC.
Meetings are held the third Tuesday of every other month at the Richland Community Center from 7:15-8:30 a.m. To receive electronic notifications of meetings, please send an e-mail to edo@pnl.gov.
2008 Meeting Calendar
- May 20, 2008 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)—the nation's largest source of early stage high-risk R&D funding for small businesses
- April 22, 2008 TREN SPECIAL EVENT: Employee handbooks—the basics and beyond
- March 18, 2008 Alternative sources of financing for companies in transition: a non-traditional approach
- January 22, 2008 One-stop Shop Intellectual Property & Business Legal Services for Small Businesses: Introducing Sirti's IP/BizNet
