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Radical.FM: Taking On Pandora, Ad Free

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We spoke with founder and CEO Tom McAlvey about the company. Interestingly enough, that model works because right now, the CPMs for competing services are nothing like what terrestrial radio gets for their advertising. Explain what Radical.FM The main reason for this, is because Pandora has such name recognition and understanding.

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Interview: Kevin O’Connor of FindTheBest

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In the early days of your companies, what techniques do you use to separate entrepreneurs from Wantrepreneurs (those who think they want to be an entrepreneur but do not have the innate skills, drive, risk profile, etc.)? If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Interview: Kevin O’Connor of FindTheBest

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Company : FindTheBest. Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest, former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), co-founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). If you don’t possess all of those things, it will suck and you will be fired. Clearly FTB is a major undertaking.