Author:Mambo Media

May 03 2011

BridgeWorks Capital: Making Waves in Renewable Energy

BridgeWorks Capital, a boutique merchant bank based in Lake Oswego, OR, has been making waves in the renewable energy sector. Just this month, BridgeWorks both shepherded the acquisition of PrimeStar Solar by General Electric and announced plans to commercialize and manufacture floating power plants which combine energy produced by wave and wind. Using PrimeStar Solar’s record breaking thin film technology, GE will build the largest solar panel manufacturing plant in the nation. BridgeWorks president Mark Waller co-founded PrimeStar in 2006, serving on the company's board and later as chairman. Though no...

Apr 20 2011

Mambo Media Named SoMe Awards Finalist in Three Categories

by Mambo Media

Mambo Media was chosen as a 2011 SoMe Awards finalist in three categories! The SoMe Awards honor the best social media projects, programs and campaigns of the year. We’re especially excited because award submissions have now been opened to the entire United States instead of only the Pacific Northwest. Serious competition!

Come join us at the SoMe Awards, hosted by Daniel Baldwin, at the Fez Ballroom this Thursday, April 21 from 6-9pm.

Mar 15 2011

The Chalkboard Project: Social Media Integration

by Mambo Media

The Chalkboard Project is a Portland-based non-partisan, nonprofit organization that works to improve Oregon’s K-12 public schools. They give voice to Oregon’s teachers and provide a forum where teachers and parents can converse about current issues via their highly successful blogs, as well as encourage activism via the Citizens’ Corps and Teachers’ Corps.

Feb 16 2011

Our Portland Story: Capturing the Feel of the City

by Mambo Media

We’d like to welcome guest blogger Melissa Delzio! Melissa is an Art Direction Associate at Mambo Media and creator of the new book Our Portland Story. Listen to her podcast on OPB Q&A with Geoff Norcross here.

It all started with a question, “What ONE thing do you love about Portland?”

It was a question I often asked casually around town to recent transplants and native Portlanders alike. As a transplant to this city myself, I knew that what drew me here was a certain magic that I felt in the city. A magic that in my eyes seemed hard to describe – it’s more like a feeling. I was curious if others felt the same way.