Happy Birthday, Angel Network!

This past week marked the first year anniversary meeting of the TacomaAngel Network. Since the group's soft start last spring with nine founding members, the organization now regularly has 31 accredited investors (and growing), more than 50 attendees at each session and a track record of millions of dollars invested in new companies.

Entrpreneurs looking for funds and potential investors alike are well-served by TAN's new website. The duo of Brian Forth, CEO of SiteCrafting, and Mark Neidlinger, Senior Developer (and a graduate of WSU), have recently upgraded this venue. Brian, who has been developing websites since 1995, founded SiteCrafting 10 years ago while Technology Coordinator at St. Charles Borromeo School in Tacoma. Mark joined in 2006.

SiteCrafting has garnered numerous awards including, a project developed for Knowledge Universe which was nominated for a Codie Award as the Best Online Product in 2000. And in 2007, SiteCrafting was selected as one of "The 10 Most Dependable™ Web Design Firms of the West" by Goldline Research, the results of which were announced in Southwest Airline’s Magazine in January.

Besides awards, SiteCrafting has many well known customers—including Starbucks, YMCA Tacoma-Pierce County, MultiCare Health System, the Archdiocese of Seattle, and Airstream Communications, the Prium Companies, Primo Grill, the Point Defiance Zoo, and Northwest Trek.