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How Nils Forsblom Is Reinventing Himself In Mobile With TenFarms

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I then went back to Europe to create a company called Fruugo, which was a big startup back in the day, in 2006 in Europe. We have a couple of different ideas in the pipeline, and have filed patents in our unique way of showing advertising on a very small screen. It was the guy we'd outsourced as CEO. I was basically powerless.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. At L90 (Startup 3.0) , we were sued by DoubleClick on the eve of our IPO for alleged patent-infrindgement. A BIG THANK YOU. ▼ March (2) 4.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

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Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3. Stage one: Everyone says its impossible.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Tear Down Your Firewalls

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Sure, you need to take the proper precautions to protect your idea first (patents, copyrights, etc.), particularly with international patent laws.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. of the product, file patents, hire a small sales team and launch a marketing program to take StrongMail to market. A BIG THANK YOU.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading. Symphony works with both established brands and startup companies who prefer to outsource their entire marketing and public relations departments to senior–level strategists who can also “do the work.”.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ▼ 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Patent Lawsuit 6. raising capital, underwriters backing out, extreme criticism, patent lawsuit from our competitor, etc.) A BIG THANK YOU.