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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

Both Sides of the Table

Now, he ‘outsources’ his investments through John Frankel of Frankel Asset Management. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. After rejecting the offer, Mike had a team of his best people waiting to ‘kill’ him for turning down an acquisition that would have changed their lives forever financially.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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I say this as somebody who recruited several Harvard, Wharton and similar MBAs at my first company (the one where I acknowledge that I made every mistake in the book). I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. It may be that all the doomsayers are right. But I don’t think so.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 1.0: “The Bug Bite” - The Internet Needs a Card Catalogue (I guess that’s a search engine)

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. I made my first $400 (to pay for books) in the freezing cold Chicago weather by ripping apart people’s fancy luxury cars and re-wiring them with security systems. Be scrappy.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Idea Mensch. where entrepreneurs share their stories. Subscribe to RSS.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register?

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ▼ April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. billion on Friday, I have received a flood of emails asking for my thoughts on the topic. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4. 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

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email.

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