InfoChachkie
MARCH 3, 2011
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. Not surprisingly, our success rate was abysmal.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
It required content sites to develop totally new content. App is one step forward, two steps back – In 1999 I launched my first company, BuildOnline, a SaaS-based (back then we were ASP’s) content management platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects. It was slow. It was hard to use.
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Frank Addante
JANUARY 30, 2007
Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Particularly for consumer web sites, things dont have to be perfect all of the time. We had millions of users visiting our site on a daily basis. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.
Frank Addante
MAY 8, 2006
Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. though, at the time, companies that we would sell to did not have an “online advertising&# budget… creating budget = not good) Starting Point was one of the first sites on the Internet to offer targeted, track-able advertising. Zondigo, Inc.
Frank Addante
MARCH 26, 2007
Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. And second, they needed to architect and deploy an alternative to our core ad-serving software (which was delivering billions of ads for the Internets top web sites at the time), because DoubleClick was trying to get an injunction to shut us down. Be scrappy.
Frank Addante
OCTOBER 31, 2006
Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Starting Point was best at searching the search engines and, as a result, we quickly became the 7th most popular site on the Internet. Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.
Frank Addante
SEPTEMBER 6, 2006
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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