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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California

SoCal CTO

This is why I say that Local Event Organizers Need to Adopt Social Media. In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them.

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Domain Experience Gives Entrepreneurs an Unfair Advantage

Both Sides of the Table

My first company launched in 1999 and we were offering a SaaS document management in the cloud (we were called ASPs back then). I have a good friend who spent years building relationships with senior executives at media companies. I’ll always point out when I am.). I learned the domain lesson myself. He’s a star.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: The Kool-Aid Test: “Why do I need anything? Why do I need yours? Why do I need it now?"

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. For me, this test also serves as a strategic guideline for almost everything I do: - business plans - investor pitches - sales pitches - marketing messaging - product management - press/media calls - etc. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc.

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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

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. DoubleClick, 24/7 Media, AdForce, Engage, Flycast). There were a number of companies (DoubleClick, AdForce, LinkExchange, 24/7 Media) that were either public or well-funded before we even got started. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc.