An Interview With Joe Migliaccio, Manager Of Innovative Programs, Maine Technology Institute (Part 5)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What are the fees for the peer technical reviews? Joe: There is no application fee to apply to MTI. We will pay the thousands of dollars to go out and get those peer reviews done out of our budget. The internal state folks from industries and

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An Interview With Joe Migliaccio, Manager Of Innovative Programs, Maine Technology Institute (Part 4)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Joe: Many times when investors are approached by companies that just have too high a risk profile for them, but there may be opportunity for them to work further on their technology or grow their businesses, we’ll get leads from private sector individuals who say, “As a

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An Interview With Joe Migliaccio, Manager Of Innovative Programs, Maine Technology Institute (Part 3)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Joe: From time to time, the state of Maine may issue bond funds for a program that helps research institutions and companies to secure necessary R&D infrastructure and capital equipment. That program is closed right now, but we have been going through a process of awarding that

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An Interview With Joe Migliaccio, Manager Of Innovative Programs, Maine Technology Institute (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Could you give me a quick overview of your funding initiatives? Joe: The core programs that I oversee are primarily direct business investments for products and  services, process innovation, and research and development.

An Interview With Joe Migliaccio, Manager Of Innovative Programs, Maine Technology Institute (Part 1)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the fifty-second interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. We are talking to Joe Migliaccio, manager of Innovative Programs at Maine Technology Institute (MTI), an industry-led non-profit corporation that offers early-stage capital and commercialization assistance in the form of competitive grants, loans, and equity investment

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Bootstrapping From Arizona To 36 Million Dollar Series A Valuation And Silicon Valley Venture Capital: Infusionsoft CEO Clate Mask (Part 6)

Sramana: What was raising your first venture round like? Clate Mask: First, we developed our long-term strategy. We decided to build an integrated marketing and sales system that small businesses could use to grow their businesses quickly. We raised a small angel investment [round] in 2007, where we took on $500,000 as debt that we

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Jason Stoffer, Principal at Maveron (Part 6)

Irina: How do you manage your time? Jason: It’s fluid. If you’re late in diligence on a substantial investment, you’re going to spend an inordinate amount of time working on that.

Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Jason Stoffer, Principal at Maveron (Part 5)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What are the usual exit strategies with your portfolio companies? Jason: Acquisition or IPO. It’s no different from others. We do our best to understand who the strategics are and get to know them within the sectors we invest in. Irina: Do you have an idea

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