Middle Market Deals and how to buy, sell and raise capital from $5 to $500 million

Yesterday, I prepared the post regarding Firepoll using YouTube, which I have used in the post for including videos in my blogs.  Just before I posted the final version, I read on Fred Wilson's blog his post about his son's band, including a video clip he'd posted using Vimeo.

I was previously unaware of Vimeo.  The service is comparable in many ways to YouTube.  I noted that the enrollment and uploading process was as easy as YouTube with an advantage or two.  For instance, the video can be viewed on Vimeo immediately in its original format during the flash conversion period.  On YouTube, it can take hours for a video to be viewable as it is converted.  I also like the flah player on Vimeo better than the one on YouTube.

On the other hand, after I pasted the HTML code into my blog post for the viewer, I could not get it to work.  While I suspect there was user error involved, I've never had this problem with YouTube it works.  Ultimately, I had to post the video to YouTube and use the YouTube flash player for the Firepoll video to make it work.

I recently spent some time with Will Allred, CEO and Founder of Firepoll.  He also helped me with this video profile of his business.

From the Firepoll web site: "Firepoll helps our clients know now. We offer a web-based research tool that gives marketers and researchers access to immediate consumer response and precise demographic targeting."

Firepoll uses a proprietary instant messenger technology to reach thousands of respondents virtually instantly.  When a client needs feedback from high school and college age people, they go to Firepoll to get the answer.