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Sales Kids With Grit – Web 2.0 Paper Routes

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Sales – Many publishers, including Grit, encouraged newspaper boys to create new routes and expand existing ones by aggressively selling subscriptions to non-subscribers. This pay-per-newspaper formula directly rewarded the children’s sales efforts and sparked a life-long entrepreneurial fire in generations of newspaper boys.

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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

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. . ► May (5) the Rubicon Project The Journey Startup 6.0:

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Be Best at Something

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Tear Down Your Firewalls

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Within weeks, we shortened our sales cycle. Zondigo, Inc.

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