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Rubicon Project Snags OpenX Exec As Product Management VP

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He also had been at Google, Trend Micro, Symantec, among other companies, including co-founding Silvan Networks, a Sequoia-funded Internet startup from the late 90s. Nguyen was most recently GM/Sr. Director of Product Management for Video, OTT, and Mobile at OpenX. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Frank Sinton, Mefeedia

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Frank's father was the founder of Think Technologies, which created Think Pascal and Think C, and was bought for a significant sum by Symantec in the 80's; Frank is following in his father's footsteps in running a startup. How did the company come about, and why'd you start it? Frank Sinton: We're monetizing via advertising.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.”