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How To Make Freemium Customers Generate Revenue For Your Startup

InfoChachkie

Thus, we became one of the first ASP (aka SaaS) companies, by selling subscriptions of our screen sharing technology to customer service departments – the same market segment which had adopted BuddyHelp. No Help From BuddyHelp. You can generally negotiate meaningful cost per acquisition rates for such co-registered users.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Elements of Sustainable Companies

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Agility Stealth and speed will usually help beat-out large companies. Handle with Care Take care of your customers, they will help you build better products, recruit better talent and attract other customers. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0:

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. The SWAT team helped us kick-start the project and get it to market in less time that it would have taken us to interview and hire a small team. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Be Best at Something

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Sure, we lost out on some of the low end business, but in the end, that actually helped the business survive the dot-com bubble burst. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 2. Under Process, Over Deliver

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. This helped us develop better features, and it also created an extreme sense of urgency for our engineers. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Stay Positive

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. It builds confidence in the employee, it builds up your confidence and your team’s confidence in that employee and their strengths help correct the weakness. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: I'm 30, now will you take me seriously?

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. My experience sometimes helps me avoid making the same mistakes twice, but that requires me to "think" before I jump into the fire. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc. I "think" a lot more before I "do".

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