Archive | March, 2008

Direct ad sales and startups

Mar 29, 2008
in Digital Media, Entrepreneurship

I have recently met a number of startups with interesting consumer applications or services.  As expected, many of these startups have a vision to rely on advertising to pay the bills.  And like many startups, a number of these companies have plans to add a direct ad sales staff over time.  That makes a ton [...]

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The economic headwinds are getting stonger

Mar 19, 2008
in Entrepreneurship

I was waiting for this day to happen.  Each day I go online and also glance at the newspaper, and there is nothing but bad news.  And yes, it is true that some of the best technology companies were built when the economy was at its worst.  And I always like to think that it [...]

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