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Vizio and the Story of the Sleeping Giant

Tech Zulu Event

Over 600 people came to this event to listen share and network, including entrepreneurs, VC’s and investors. Vizio’s vision was to develop high quality, affordable HDTV’s for a mass market. Later in 2002, Vizio become profitable resulting from a consulting contract with Gateway Computers and the company never looked back.

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Meet the Investors & Tech Leaders Judging at Startup Night SXSW 2018

Tech.Co

The program has been so successful that the startups have leveraged $48M in private capital to further their development. She’s also an advisor and connector to portfolio companies, and consults other angel groups to develop business plans. At NextGen Venture Partners, Ashley discovers and vets potential investments.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development

Frank Addante

2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? A BIG THANK YOU. Startup 3.0:

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

SoCal Delicious

Read more » Recent Press The New York Times April 22, 2009 - A Company Plans to Market Illiquid Assets CNBC.com April 8, 2008 - Social Stock Picking Reuters April 6, 2009 - Bit.ly It is helping with recruiting by leveraging my networks and experience in a particular domain. I am a business person, not a technologist.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Venture Capital - What's the rush?

Frank Addante

2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? A BIG THANK YOU. Startup 3.0:

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

We spoke about employment contracts for entrepreneurs – We talked about “change of control&# provisions in your contract and how to negotiate them. Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Just Say What it Is

Frank Addante

2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? A BIG THANK YOU. Startup 3.0:

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