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The article offers tips on how entrepreneurs find sources of funding. Interrad chief executive officer (CEO) Joe Goldberger suggests that businessmen should consider the complex technology and should expend time to find investors. Other sources of funding includes angel network, government funding and small business networks. INSETS: Angel network;Government funding;Small business network.

Features Edina, Minnesota-based videoconferencing equipment maker RSI Systems Inc. Manufacture of set-top videoconferencing technology; Features of the systems; Distribution agreements with other companies; Growth rate; Potentials of the videoconferencing market.

Features Coon Rapids, Minnesota-based medical device maker Possis Medical Inc. Growth rate; Production of the AngioJet system which use catheters to remove blood clots; Sales in 1997 and 1998; Government approval of the firm's Expedior 60 catheter for kidney dialysis patients and Expedior 100 for peripheral leg arteries; Business plans by the firm's president Robert Dutcher.

Features Plymouth, Minnesota-based computer services firm Zomax Inc. Provision of compact-disc and digital video disc mastering, replication, warehousing and fulfillment for software and hardware companies; Growth rate; Purchase of KAO Infosystems; Projected revenues; Rise in outsourcing in the computer industry.

Reports on the economic impact of higher petroleum prices in the United States. Negative effect on economic growth and overall prices; Impact of higher petroleum prices on the agricultural industries; Difference between the price hike of 2000 and 1970.

Profiles Lee Kopp, chairman and chief executive officer of Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Kopp Investment Advisors. Career background; Achievements; Company background.

Profiles Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Mark S. Jordahl, chief investment officer of ReliaStar Financial Corp. and president and chief executive officer of ReliaStar Investment Research Inc. Career background; Achievements; Company background.

Features David Hubers, president and chief executive officer of Minneapolis, Minnesota-based American Express Financial Co. Career background; Achievements; Company background.

Profiles Edward Daum, district director of the United States Small Business Administration for Minnesota as of March 17, 2000. Career background; Achievements.

Focuses on the management of family businesses after the third generation in the United States. Percentage of family businesses which service into the third generation; Reasons for the failure of family businesses to continue past the second generation; Ways to maintain family cohesion in family-ownership situations.

Provides information on several guitarists in the U.S. Jim Hall; Stuart Hamm; Roger McGuinn.