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

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. 

Clint Carlos, the founder of Garage Mahal Design, a Junto company, provided me with this video introduction to his company.  Garage Mahal customizes residential garages, typically for folks who have lots of cool toys to put in the garage (as can be seen in this video).

Garage Mahal, like HireVue is part of the Junto program run by Greg Warnock of vSpring (see my post on HireVue here).  In the video, Clint talks about how important Junto is to his success.  He also talks about some of the challenges he's faced getting to this point.

Clint's business model is simple and traditional.  The remarkable thing about Junto is its emphasis on helping young entrepreneurs to successfully launch a first business.

Watch and see!