Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. They are afraid of their competition finding out about the idea, a bigger company trying to steal it or some other entrepreneur doing it first. particularly with international patent laws. Startup 3.0:

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Patent Lawsuit 6. “Patent Lawsuit&# We were on the IPO track and our #1 competitor (DoubleClick) filed a bogus patent-infringement lawsuit right before our IPO. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. We invested the first $1 million to develop version 1.0 of the product, file patents, hire a small sales team and launch a marketing program to take StrongMail to market. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy.

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