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Domain Experience Gives Entrepreneurs an Unfair Advantage

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My first company launched in 1999 and we were offering a SaaS document management in the cloud (we were called ASPs back then). Traffic.com sold 10-second in-content advertising spots to local TV broadcasters. I’ll always point out when I am.). I learned the domain lesson myself. I met the CEO Brian Malewicz several times.

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How To Make Freemium Customers Generate Revenue For Your Startup

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Thus, we became one of the first ASP (aka SaaS) companies, by selling subscriptions of our screen sharing technology to customer service departments – the same market segment which had adopted BuddyHelp. Advertising – Companies such as, eFax and YouSendIt generate significant revenue by presenting relevant ads to their respective free users.

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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

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App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. Apple has sent out signals such as that they might like to own location-based mobile advertising.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 6.0 - the Rubicon Project: Internet Advertising

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the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. This new company is in the Internet advertising (technology) space. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 2.0: The Internet is Coming! How will we make money?

Frank Addante

Internet advertising is good. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Advertising was the answer! No, it’ Startup 2.0: The Internet is Coming!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register?

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Recently, I have been looking very closely at the online advertising market. Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Just Say What it Is

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. My third startup, L90 (Startup 3.0) , was in a very crowded, highly competitive online advertising market. Zondigo, Inc.

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