Business Startups

For the love of Portland! Do what you love, love what you do, and make a living doing it.

Starting a business comes with varying degrees of risk and many people are afraid to take the leap.  What if I am not successful? What if someone else is already doing this? What if I lose money?

By asking a series of questions and delving deeper into your business concept, we come up with the information we need to determine if your business will be successful. Once we have developed a financially viable model, we work on a one-year strategy for launching your business, and a 3-year growth strategy for reaching your business goals.

This upfront investment in your business concept will go a long way, saving you tens of thousands of dollars and years of hard work. In addition, you get free access to our extensive network of professional resources.

Thinking about starting a business? We focus on Portland’s homegrown creative industries. From food carts to bike builders/shops and bike-related industries, microbrewers, musicians, painters and sculptors, fashion designers, health and wellness providers, and other Portland-oriented businesses, if it is homemade, handcrafted, recycled, repurposed, or otherwise has a positive impact on people, planet and Portland, Sassafras is here to help. Because we work with businesses we love, we offer our services in exchange for profit sharing, trades and traditional cold hard cash.