Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Doyon Kim, CEO of Pangalore (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: They are more powerful, which makes it a PR nightmare. So, you don’t have a solution to this. You observe a problem; I observe a problem. There is no solution. We’ll just have to deal with this muck. It is an open problem, don’t you think? Doyon Kim: It is, yes. It is

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Online Audience Sampling Scaling Super Fast: uSamp CEO Matt Dusig (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Matt Dusig, a serial entrepreneur, is the co-founder and CEO of uSamp™. Before jump-starting uSamp, Dusig logged into the [survey] industry with goZing, a pioneer in online sampling acquired by Greenfield Online in 2005. He was a finalist for the 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of

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Thought Leaders in Mobile and Social: Doyon Kim, CEO of Pangalore (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: That was my impression also, that cross-promoting using each other’s ad inventory that is not being sold, because nobody wants to advertise. There is a huge amount of unmonetized ad inventory. Doyon Kim: And also, it’s a very targeted audience. SM: It’s a very targeted audience, yes. So, barter is one of the

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Helping Publishers Monetize Premium Ad Inventory: isocket CEO John Ramey (Part 7)

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Entrepreneur: How Long Should You Work For FREE?

By guest author Irina Patterson Have you seen this? Entrepreneurs labor for years on their ideas and can’t sell their products because they have no customers. They essentially work for free, drawing on their savings or their family and friends’ support.