Makers Hub: Alternative Ownership Models

Portland is home to many iconic maker companies - businesses that have been innovating and crafting high-quality products for decades. Makers Hub was created as a quarterly gathering designed to bring Portland’s manufacturing community together—not just to talk shop, but to spark new ideas, tackle common challenges, and build lasting connections.

Each event is designed to provide an informative, collaborative, and engaging experience for Portland Manufacturers. The event series is led by Kinesis and Chris King Precision Components and sponsored by Prosper Portland.

Our April Event will feature a panel discussion on Alternative Ownership Models. Join us to learn about pathways beyond traditional sales that preserve company culture, protect your mission, and ensure business continuity.

For many manufacturing business owners, succession planning means choosing between selling to a competitor or private equity, if no family member wants to take over. These conventional approaches often dismantle what made the business work in the first place and extract value rather than create it.

Peter Koehler of Stronghold Ownership and Hannah Sandmeyer of Up & Over Advisors and Steward Market will shed light on ownership trusts, ESOPS, mission-driven M&A and everything in between.

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is a performance bicycle component manufacturer based in Portland, OR. Since 1976 we have been domestically producing bicycle parts of the highest quality. We choose to source our raw materials from domestic mills because of the consistent quality and integrity of production that they offer. Throughout our production history we have made the choice to enact environmentally sound manufacturing practices and have worked to apply eco friendly principals to every part of our business.
is a Portland-based growth studio for owner-run businesses. We work with established companies who strive to be one of a kind in their market. Our three-step co-creative process is designed to create clarity round the organization’s strategic positioning, make it real from the inside out, and amplify it through an iterative human to human marketing approach. We are excited to celebrate our 25th year in business this year.

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