The Founding Sponsor Desk — 3 of 3 slots open
Put your name on the room where Central Oregon builds.
Bend Investors runs on the chamber model: members never pay — sponsors do. Three Bend businesses get to be the names on the door, permanently, at the founding rate of $149/mo, locked for life.
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of 250 founding seats filled — and growing weekly
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Central Oregon events on the calendar right now
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weekly briefing to the whole room, every week
What a founding slot buys
Not an ad. A seat at the founding table.
Founding sponsors aren’t buying today’s reach — the room is still forming, and we say so plainly. You’re buying the founding position: the rate that never rises, the badge that never expires, and the category no competitor can take while you hold it.
In every briefing
Your logo and one-liner in every weekly briefing we send — the email Bend's founders, operators, and investors actually open. Every week, for as long as you hold the slot.
Founding Sponsor listing
A permanent Founding Sponsor entry in the member directory — the same founding-number mechanic our members prize, on the business side of the ledger.
First right to host
First right to host a private members-only table — your team, our room, off the record. The kind of evening a bank or brokerage can't buy anywhere else in Bend.
Category exclusivity
One bank. One CPA firm. One brokerage. While you hold your slot, no competitor in your category gets in. That's the whole point of three slots.
The founding slots
Three slots. All three are open — today.
No manufactured scarcity here: nobody has claimed a slot yet, and this page will say exactly that until someone does. When all three are taken, the founding rate is gone for good — later sponsor tiers will price at market.
Founding Slot 1
$149/mo, locked for life. Category exclusive. First come, first named.
Reserve this slotFounding Slot 2
$149/mo, locked for life. Category exclusive. First come, first named.
Reserve this slotFounding Slot 3
$149/mo, locked for life. Category exclusive. First come, first named.
Reserve this slotWhy $149 — the honest math
Priced for the room we’re building, not the one we have.
A Bend Chamber directory add-on runs about $120 a year; full chamber sponsorship packages run $500 to $5,000. Niche local-newsletter sponsorships go for $75+ per send at a few thousand subscribers — which means at scale, the weekly-briefing placement alone justifies $300+/mo.
Founding sponsors pay $149/mo before the room is at scale — and in exchange, that rate never rises. Not at 1,000 members, not at 5,000. That’s the deal, and it’s only available three times.
Who this fits
Bend B2B services that live on founder and owner relationships:
- Banks & credit unions courting business accounts
- CPA & accounting firms
- Commercial real-estate & business brokers
- B2B software and services built for operators
- Business attorneys, insurance & benefits brokers
One sponsor per category. If your competitor takes your slot, that’s that — exclusivity is the product.
Straight answers
What sponsors ask us.
- Do I get the member list?
- No — hard no, and it's worth saying on the page: sponsors never get member data. Members trust this room because it can't be bought. What you get is presence in front of the room every week, a permanent listing, and a hosted table where members choose to meet you.
- The audience is small right now. Why would I pay today?
- Because that's exactly what the founding rate prices in. You're not buying today's reach — you're locking $149/mo for life before the 2,000-owner push and the event season grow the room. When later sponsors pay market rate, you won't.
- What does “locked for life” actually mean?
- As long as your subscription stays active, your rate is $149/mo — forever. It never steps up, regardless of how large the audience gets. Lapse or cancel, and the founding rate is gone; re-entry is at the then-current tier.
- Can I cancel?
- Any time — it's a month-to-month subscription with no contract. You keep every benefit through the end of your billing period, and your category immediately reopens to the waitlist.
- How does category exclusivity work?
- One slot per category, first come first served. While your subscription is active, we won't seat a competing business in your category — not as a sponsor, not as a briefing advertiser.
- What happens after I reserve?
- Reserving holds your category and costs nothing. Nick reaches out within one business day, confirms fit and category, and sends the subscription checkout. Nothing is charged until you complete it.
The founding desk
3 founding slots open. $149/mo, locked for life.
Reserve below and Nick will reach out personally within one business day — to confirm your category is open, answer anything, and set up the subscription. Reserving is free and commits you to nothing.
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Reserve your category
One minute. No payment, no commitment — it flags your category as spoken-for while we talk.
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A real conversation
Nick confirms fit and exclusivity, walks through the benefits, and answers the hard questions.
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Lock the founding rate
Complete the subscription and you're on the wall: $149/mo for life, badge, briefing placement, and your category sealed.
Founding slots open
Reservations are free and answered personally within one business day.