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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

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I had a picture in the office of my first company with the logo above and the capital letters JFDI. (In I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. The technology team disagrees on direction and wants resolutions. He was stuck on capital raising. “Why?

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

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We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. It quickly became impossible to raise venture capital. This isn’t a story about Black Swan events. It isn’t even a story about raising venture capital or M&A. Let’s take the deal on the table and go build a huge business.”

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

Frank Addante

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: