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the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. This new company is in the Internet advertising (technology) space. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush?

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How To Make Freemium Customers Generate Revenue For Your Startup

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Thus, we became one of the first ASP (aka SaaS) companies, by selling subscriptions of our screen sharing technology to customer service departments – the same market segment which had adopted BuddyHelp. Advertising – Companies such as, eFax and YouSendIt generate significant revenue by presenting relevant ads to their respective free users.

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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

Internet advertising is good. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Internet advertising is good. L90 was the premier advertising network on the Internet.

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Internet advertising is good. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Advertising was the answer! No, it’ Startup 2.0: The Internet is Coming!

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the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Agility Stealth and speed will usually help beat-out large companies. Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible? Zondigo, Inc.

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the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. L90 (Startup 3.0) , my third company, was the "premium advertising network". Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Stay Positive

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. We ultimately grew to be the #2 advertising technology solution on the Internet until DoubleClick acquired adMonitor in 2001.

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