Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. We were not venture-funded (in fact, at the time, I didnt even know what venture capital was). At Starting Point, 100% of the interaction with our users/customers was via email. We had one (yes, only one) person answer thousands of emails a day.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Venture Capital Funding 7. We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc.

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Frank Addante

MAY 8, 2006

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. The revenue-engine behind the site was driven by technology that I created to display banner ads, text links and to deliver targeted emails for the site. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. In fact, we probably had hundreds of competitors including seven that were either very well funded with significant venture capital or publicly held (e.g. We had lawyers everywhere; digging through files, reviewing all of our emails and mounds of paperwork.

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