Blue Briefcase Startup Funding

Thanks for the email, Michael.
In a comparative landscape you are omitting giants such as Twitter/Facebook, what is stopping them from producing the same product as Blue Briefcase?
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 7:18 AM, <michael.noll@upwardllc.com> wrote:
Hi Lian,I received your email address from Tan Yinglan. I am the co-founder of aweb startup based out of Central PA. Our product offering is an onlineprofessional networking website, following social networking logic. Thereis a need to bring exisiting working professionals and students and otheryoung professionals together. We see value in essentially providing"troubleshooting" support to organizations, which fits well with strategicpartnerships in helping to build each other's networks. As a new startupwe are starting small, trying to scale large. Right now we are doing thisby leveraging current relationships to build others' networks, which comesfull circle to build ours. We are concentrating heavily on Central PA andwill be spanning out to strategic markets within the mid-atlantic region.As this promotion is occuring, product development is being run in paralleland code is typically pushed up weekly.Obviously the social networking landscape is changing as we speak withplatforms and 3rd party applications. We ultimately want to make ourproduct as intuitive as possible to our target market, 18-35 year oldstudents and business professionals. Hence the social networking logic,with real life networking opportunities both virtual and face to face.Value in a given professional's network does not lie on quantity anymore -instead it's more on the quality of a business relationship.We have 7 employees and we all work full-time jobs. We need startupcapital and funding for some hardware (server space and bandwidth) as wellas to focus full-time on our product. Obviously you'll want moreinformation, assuming our product offering might be a good fit. We have ateaser and a pitch that we would share with you. Again, assuming theopportunity is a sound fit.If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.Your time is greatly appreciated.Regards,Mike_________________________Michael J. NollVP, Business DevelopmentBlue BriefcaseC: 717.994.8353E: michael.noll@upwardllc.comBluebriefcase.com