article thumbnail

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. In todays highly competitive job marketplace, it is becoming increasingly more difficult. Ive built development teams in Chicago, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and India. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy.

article thumbnail

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. The interesting thing is that we never looked at our competition, we never did any kind of competitive analysis on the products we wanted to be leaders, so we acted like leaders – we focused on our customers, not our competition.

article thumbnail

Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Sequoia has a tremendous reputation, but it was also important to us to have a local (Los Angeles) VC as well. Additionally, we did not fully appreciate or understand the different nuances in the work culture between Los Angeles and Silicon Valley.

Startup 40