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upsize resource directory law firm Lommen Abdo patent & Ip law fIrm Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A. software RAI Stone Group 2000 IDS Center, 80 South Eighth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-339-8131 | 800-752-4297 www.lommen.com | Contact: Dan Young 900 Second Avenue South, Suite 820, Minneapolis, MN 55402 Tel: 612-339-7461 • Fax: 612-349-6556 www.nm-iplaw.com 715.598.4340 www.raistonegroup.com Key Contacts: Sam Zordich, Olga Rodrigues Looking for a business lawyer? Lommen Abdo's business practice focuses on small, medium-sized and closely held businesses. Our lawyers have been in your shoes as business owners, board members, investors and consultants. We offer sound legal advice and business strategies from handson experience. We operate like an outside general counsel. We are up-front about our costs and will work with you to budget your legal expenses. Attorneys at Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A. limit their practice to intellectual property law. We help individuals, small businesses, startups and established companies secure patents and register trademarks and copyrights on a worldwide basis. We also litigate intellectual property claims and help clients license their rights. Let us help you in Making Your Ideas ShineSM law firm Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. recruiting firm Versique Search & Consulting strategic planning The Prouty Project Inc. Capella Tower, Suite 3500 225 S. Sixth St. • Minneapolis, MN 55402 Tel: 612.604.6400 • www.winthrop.com 6465 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 970 • Minneapolis, MN 55426 Ph: (952) 935-2000 • www.versique.com Contact: Tony Sorensen – President & CEO Winthrop & Weinstine has a long tradition of representing entrepreneurs and rapidly growing private and public companies across the Upper Midwest and the United States. Our mission is to help fuel the growth of great companies. We are committed to providing outstanding service, sound advice and strong execution. We offer flexible fee arrangements including fixed fees, "success" fees, hourly fees, blended fee arrangements and performance-based agreements. Versique (formerly McKinley Group) and sister company McKinley Consulting have consistently ranked as two of Minnesota's fastest-growing companies. Our consulting services include: IT, HR, and SEO. Our executive search services include: IT, HR, engineering/ operations, sales, marketing, interactive, and accounting/finance. Our companies have a strong track record of placing the right people in the right seats. 6385 Old Shady Oak Road, Suite 260, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 952-942-2922 * 800-747-7469 www.proutyproject.com Contact: Melissa Gennert, VP of Client Services melissa.gennert@proutyproject.com mailing services Braemar Mailing Service Inc. 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Venture Bank is a Preferred Lender with the Small Business Administration and is one of the most active SBA lenders in Minnesota. RAI Stone Analytics® delivers a financial roadmap showing small business leaders where to find the money to achieve new growth, actions to take for immediate results, and allows them to see how key changes will impact the bottom line. With RAI Stone Analytics®, you can make sense of your company's numbers and anticipate the impacts of change on your cash flow and profitability — without needing a finance background. • Strategic Planning • Organization Development • Board & Team Development Salo and affiliate NumberWorks provide finance, accounting and human resources professionals on a project or interim basis; and finance and accounting search services. PATENT & IP LAW FIRM Hollingsworth Davis SBA lender Wells Fargo SBA Lending venture capital Brimacomb + Associates 8500 Normandale Lake Blvd., Suite 320 Minneapolis, MN 55437 952-854-2700 www.hdpatlaw.com Key contacts: Mark Hollingsworth and Clara Davis Contact: Jeff Kinate 612-667-9015 (phone) 877-806-6422 (fax) jeffrey.p.kinate@wellsfargo.com TCF Tower, Suite #1600, 121 South Eighth St., Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-803-3169 * www.brimacomb.com Rick Brimacomb, rick@brimacomb.com Chief Strategy and Relationship Officer At Hollingsworth Davis, our patent professionals leverage their industry and legal experience to craft creative and comprehensive strategies for protecting investments in innovation globally. We counsel emerging and established businesses on patenting inventions and work efficiently with management and inventors to establish cost-effective patent portfolios. www.upsizemag.com As the nation's largest SBA lender, we know what it takes to get deals done. We've closed thousands of SBA Loans for businesses. Trust us with the financing your business needs for: commercial real estate purchase or construction (up to 90% financing), business acquisition (up to 85% financing), partner buyout, business expansion, and start up business. Advertising section Results-oriented advisory firm with unparalleled access to executive suites and financing sources. Emerging companies and established professional services firms rely on our depth of knowledge and deep-network connections to grow client lists, assemble project resources and secure new sources of funding. december 2013 • january 2014 upsize 27

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