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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Hire Entrepreneurs!

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Last week I attended the ad:Tech conference in my hometown, Chicago. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Setting up Shop - Picking an Office Space

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. We turned one into a conference room and another one into a "lounge" with sofas, ottomans and comfortable, funky chairs and a flat-screen TV. We are a creative, Internet advertising company, so we wanted to design our office to reflect that. Be scrappy.

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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

Both Sides of the Table

I was attending a major industry conference in Barcelona at the height of the WAP excitement. I was on stage in front of several hundreds of conference attendees. In Chris Dixon’s words, it wasn’t designed for normals. Within a year WAP became the laughing stock of the mobile industry. It was slow.

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