Alon Schwartz

MARCH 25, 2012

The Internet evolved, became faster, reached more people, and new types of sites were created. Not just for consuming content but for sharing content (aka, web 2.0) It’s designed in a way that tech babies as well as dinosaurs can get it, which is very important to Microsoft. A market Check Mate.

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Frank Addante

MAY 8, 2006

Startup 2.0: By Frank Addante [Startup 2.0] 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. The Internet is Coming! ReaXions, Inc.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 30, 2007

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. We would quickly build a prototype of a feature, launch it on the site and instantly get feedback and make changes. At Starting Point (Startup 1.0) , we didnt have a QA team.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

Of course, a lot of that time was spent convincing people that the Internet was going to grow, and therefore there was going to be a need to make it easy for people to find content and sites on the Internet. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

I dropped out of college, and eventually, we grew the site to be the 7th most popular website on the Internet (Microsoft was #8 at the time). Eventually, the site was acquired by CMGI/YesMail.com and later sold to another public company named TechLabs. … mistake: Now finding ways to grow the site more aggressively.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

At Starting Point (Startup 1.0) , an Internet search engine, I would put links up on the site to announce new ideas. Funny thing, though, is that I found our competitors running out and building features that were never used (likely because they saw it on our site). They would go to pages that said "Coming Soon."

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Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

.) ~~~~~ Note: Some people emailed me to let me know that this site was only allowing comments from registered users. Tell Your Friends Subscribe Filed under: business development , turning 30 Newer Post Older Post Home No Comment Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Chocolate Candy Web 2.0

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Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 2007

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. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

Starting Point was best at searching the search engines and, as a result, we quickly became the 7th most popular site on the Internet. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit (It seems as though this trend is starting to repeat itself with todays search engine results).

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Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

People often spend too much time on the methods and lose site of the results. It is a video spoof on what the iPod packaging would look like if Microsoft designed it. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit If you find yourself saying things like "and, we can also."

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Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

They keep 100% of the revenue from their own website and only a fraction when selling advertising on other sites. Tell Your Friends Subscribe Filed under: adMonitor , GoogleClick , internet advertising , L90 Newer Post Older Post Home No Comment Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Chocolate Candy Web 2.0

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Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

There is a lack of technology innovation available for website owners and publishers to most effectively monetize their sites through advertising. Tell Your Friends Subscribe Filed under: internet advertising , startup , the rubicon project Newer Post Older Post Home No Comment Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Chocolate Candy Web 2.0

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Including everything from one-off development consulting projects, to building an auction site for Ticketmaster (called TicketExchange, recently launched), to developing a search engine, email hosting service and an online photo slideshow site. With the web, you can change things everyday because it is always in your control.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Last week I was having coffee with an ex engineering student of mine now on his second startup (and for a change it wasn’t a Web 2.0 they released a new 2.0 they have purchasing intent ).*. It’s also the wrong answer. Should I Get My MBA? What should I do?’.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Liquidation After developing one of the most popular sites on the Internet and inventing a technology platform that enabled companies to grow their user base and generate revenue through online advertising, I felt it was time to take these experiences to market on a much larger scale. Acquirer 9. Leaving 10. Acquired 12.

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