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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. At L90 (Startup 3.0) , we were sued by DoubleClick on the eve of our IPO for alleged patent-infrindgement. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit Startup 3.0:

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

Frank Addante

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Stage two: They say the solution was obvious all along." -- Robert Fischell, Inventor (Holder of 200 medical device patents) It is easy to come up with ideas. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Tear Down Your Firewalls

Frank Addante

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Sure, you need to take the proper precautions to protect your idea first (patents, copyrights, etc.), particularly with international patent laws. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, 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

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Patent Lawsuit 6. “Patent Lawsuit&# We were on the IPO track and our #1 competitor (DoubleClick) filed a bogus patent-infringement lawsuit right before our IPO. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy.

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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

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. We invested the first $1 million to develop version 1.0 of the product, file patents, hire a small sales team and launch a marketing program to take StrongMail to market. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy.

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