Midas Mount Finalist In Microsoft Small Business Contest

CULVER CITY, Calif. - Jan. 21, 2015 - PRLog -- A video about the Midas Mount Camera Support brand is one of ten finalists in the Microsoft Small Business Contest that runs now through January 30th, 2015. Your vote for the video could help Midas Mount secure a $20,000 grant and a publicity package from Microsoft. The contest and Midas Mount Camera Support video can be found at this link: http://tinyurl.com/q7d5874.

Midas Mount would use the funds from the grant to complete fulfillment of a Kickstarter project for the SnapFocus Follow Focus System that was launched a few years ago. The Kickstarter project for the SnapFocus was funded beyond expectations. The company was not prepared for mass production and ran out of Kickstarter funding re-designing and re-developing the SnapFocus.

"Like a lot of overfunded Kickstarter projects, we were paralyzed by the amount of orders the crowdfunding site generated," Cole said. "We were able to secure investment capital to complete about half of our Kickstarter SnapFocus rewards. A grant like this would allow us to finally cross the finish line and get our Kickstarter backers the product they have been waiting for so patiently for so long."

The Microsoft Small Business Contest asked entrepreneurs like Cole to submit a 2-minute color video telling the story of their small business startup and to share their successes and challenges.

"The major success and major challenge with this startup for me was the same event," Cole said. "Our Kickstarter project for the SnapFocus Follow Focus System put us on the map and just about put us out of business at the same time."

A panel of judges selected the ten finalist videos in the Microsoft Small Business Contest. Now it's up to public voting to determine the winner of the $20,000 grant. Votes can be made once a day through January 30th from each Facebook profile. You can vote once a day on the Midas Mount Camera Support video in the Microsoft Small Business Contest at http://tinyurl.com/q7d5874.

"This Microsoft grant is really the opportunity we have been waiting for," Cole said. "We hope that our Kickstarter backers from the SnapFocus project will lend us a little extra support and vote on our video in the Microsoft contest every day through January 30th."

MIdas Mount Camera Support makes products for filmmakers, by filmmakers. They are the makers of the popular SkaterailSlider Camera Slider and SnapFocus Follow Focus System for DSLR and the RED Camera. For more about Midas Mount Camera Support, go to http://www.MidasMount.com