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June 2008

Rive Technology completed a Series B financing.

April 2008

GamerDNA (formerly GuildCafé Entertainment) completed a $3 million Series A financing

February 2008

Powderhouse Productions announced shoetube.tv, it's website for women who love shoes

January 2008

Mike spoke on entrepreneurial finance at Boston University

November 2007

GuildCafe Entertainment acquired Uberguilds, a network of high-profile gaming communities.

October 2007

Aimee Weber released Creating Your Own World, the official guide to advanced content creation for Second Life.

September 2007

Hello Stiletto’s Shoe Club was featured on The Today Show

Mike was named US Champion by winning his age group in the Xterra National Trail Running Championship at Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

August 2007

Red 5 Studios opened its development office in Shanghai, China

GenomeQuest closed on its second round of venture financing

Technology Review named Javier Garcia Martinez, co-founder of Rive Technology, to the TR35, the top technologists and scientists under the age of 35.

July 2007

Guild Café Entertainment closed on its initial venture financing from IDG Atlantic Ventures

Rive Technology completed a $3.1m venture financing from Advanced Technology Ventures

Mike spoke about effective CFO's to The CEO Place.

Mike completed the USATF New England Mountain Running Circuit, racing up 7 mountains during May, June and July.

Read "Ask Mike", an entrepreneurs' guide to questions that baffle just about everyone: from boardroom behavior to the care and feeding of the sales force to where the money comes from.

"Informative and entertaining" -- BusinessWeek Online

"Packed with essential tips for entrepreneurs"
-- Eric Janszen, founder iTulip, Inc.

"Practical guidance ... for people getting into
startup business for the first time"
-- Gregg Fairbrothers, Adjunct Professor, Tuck

"Advice that an entrepreneur needs"
-- Peter Glenshaw, Managing Director for Venture Initiatives,
Dartmouth College

Michael Gonnerman offers financial management and entrepreneurial finance advise for high tech companies

Mike is a financial guru. He has 40 years experience as
a Director, Advisor, financial consultant, CFO and auditor, and has helped companies deal with issues involving corporate oversight, financial management, financial reporting, forecasting and financing. His financial tools have been adopted by hundreds of companies, and he speaks frequently on finance and entrepreneurship. Click here to read some of his comments.

Question from the "Ask Mike" Newsletter.

Do we have to pay a long-delayed invoice?

Question: "Is there a statute of limitations on invoices? We just got a 'supplementary' bill for hotel space for a user group conference we ran six months ago. We thought we'd paid for everything and closed the books, so this new charge will really mess up our budget for next year." Click here to read Mike's response.

Need an experienced financial
director/advisor?
Since 1993, Mike has served on the Boards of Directors or advisors of twenty seven companies. Many of these companies have realized liquidity events, either a sale or IPO. To read more about Mike's experiences, click here.

Just fired your CFO?
Mike has consulted to 90 companies. He offers a full range of CFO services, from helping with financing to negotiating sales and acquisitions.

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Question from the "Ask Mike" Newsletter.

Do we have to pay a long-delayed invoice?

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Auust 2008