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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

Both Sides of the Table

Morgan Stanley then funded one of our competitors. History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. Had I delayed my fund raising in 99/00 by even 3-4 weeks I’m convinced I would not have raised any money at all. I’ve offered to fund an early stage company where I promised cash in bank in less than 30 days.

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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

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Venture Capital Funding 7. ► October (1) New Video! . Relaxing 2. Incubation 3.

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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

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. After getting the run around from the CEO, I was advised to take action to remedy the situation.