01 - Clint Smith: How Emma Used a Bank Loan and VC Funding to Achieve Success

In this episode of Startups in the Studio, host Phil Shmerling interviews the former President and Co-Founder of Emma, an email marketing software company based in Nashville, TN.  Clint talks about his background and path to entrepreneurship.  Clint used non-traditional sources of funding - we discuss bank financing and raising capital from large institutional investors with some great takeaways on capital raising strategies outside of the coasts.