Thanks to all for your work. It was so difficult making a decision. We wish you all the best of luck going forward. Kathy and Dick

We appreciate all of the designs that have been submitted and have been considering them carefully. Please note: we'd like the design to fit on a computer screen without any scrolling (up/down or left/right)Thanks!

To all designers: contest is alive and well, and we welcome submissions. I have given comments to all of the designers.

Note on our Design goals: Our readers are going to give our page a quick look -we probably have 30 seconds to let them know we have what it takes to buy a company. The reader is looking for an image that says we can do it, and the key information they are looking for is "Our companies", Acquisitions Criteria" and [what a surprise] "Referral Fees." Then they will want to know all "About Us" and we do want to include photos and contact information. We like crisp color blue like US banks use. I hope this helps and we welcome further submissions.

Entry #1, jansum, here is some more feedback. Dick thinks the logotype needs some work. The header area looks somewhat generic with just a space carved out for the logo. It would be good if the logotype looked like it inspired the rest of the design somehow and did not appear somewhat separate from it. Also, while we like the color blue, we think the deep blue color of the footer bar and the logotype are too close to the link color that's the default in most web browsers. We appreciate that this was just your preliminary submission and that you were looking for feedback from us. Thanks so much for submitting and look forward to any further ideas.

Entry # 1, jansum, Yours is are our first submission, and your design, color and layout look good to me. Dick will take a look in the morning. Thanks for submitting it. We'll keep you posted. Kathy