Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Peter Birkeland, RAIN Fund Program Manager, RAIN Source Capital (Part 1)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the tenth interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Peter Birkeland, RAIN Fund Program Manager at RAIN Source Capital, a multistate network of RAIN® funds. The network currently has more than $33 million invested in 55 companies. Its head office

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Roundtable Recap: July 1 – Get Your Pricing Model Validated

Today’s roundtable had a couple of mobile and social media app companies that I thought were quite promising. At least at the concept and market analysis level, I could resonate with them, although the devil is always in the details. Sean Malatesta started off by presenting Marengo Movies, a film distribution and marketing venture built

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Rolling Up E-mail Security SaaS: Gary Steele, CEO Of Proofpoint (Part 1)

Gary Steele is the CEO of Proofpoint, a company which is a leader in e-mail security, data loss prevention, and e-mail archiving solutions. Prior to joining Proofpoint, Gary served as the CEO of Portera, an applications company delivering solutions for the professional services industry. Prior to Portera, Gary was the vice president and general manager

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By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What do you think business owners should do, in general, to be more successful with finding the capital that they need? Mitch: I think the absolute, most pivotal thing that business owners need to do is to make it easier for lenders to understand the performance

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The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: SitStay ,Lincoln,Nebraska

SitStay, Inc. started as an online mom-and-pop dog supply store that has become one of the largest dog supply retailers on the Internet, defying conventional wisdom about the viability of selling pet products online. Readers may recall the failure of Petopia and the collapse of Amazon-backed Pets.com, which raised $82.5 million in an IPO in

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