Posted by unregistered user at 12/29/06 9:39 a.m.

Wiener is right about one thing and that is that there "is a much more vibrant, healthy environment for startups" in Seattle, versus Portland.

What he is really saying is that Portland investors are not as entrepreneurial-minded as places like Silicon Valley. In Portland, its paralysis by over-analysis of business plans.

I don't blame Wiener for moving his coming away from Portland. There are not very many out-of-the-box investors there who look at the bigger picture. They like to hear about business ideas, but not necessarily invest in them.

Posted by unregistered user at 12/29/06 10:06 a.m.

I use a bill-payment service offered by PayTrust (now owned by Intuit). Although the PayTrust service only scans paper bills from vendors not offering electronic billing (like my lawn service), the company will scan non-bill correspondence inadvertently sent by the billing company to PayTrust's drop box in Sioux City, SD. Because PayTrust already has the infrastructure needed to scan and process mail in a similar fashion, it would seem easy for them to expand their offering if they wished to compete with DocumentCommand.

Posted by ezeques at 12/31/06 11:11 a.m.

I also had PayTrust for years and used it so little I dropped it. Most firms are not only sending electronic bills now but just taking the payments from my credit card. In fact, after I discard everything without a first class stamp I get very little mail anymore.

Posted by unregistered user at 1/1/07 7:22 a.m.

That's great! I know Ron has been searching for funding for quite awhile. Here's wishing him luck!