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    Inside the Startup Office from Hell

    Frank Addante reveals a bit too much about the Rubicon Project

    Frank Addante needs an assistant

    L.A. startup guy — the 1-minute version

    L.A. startup guy proves he's an L.A. startup guy
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    Image of SpicyMeatball SpicyMeatball
    06/11/09

    In reply to Inside the Startup Office from Hell
    It's like a company from 1999 fell into a swirling vortex and reemerged on the empty set of 24. I was saying "well, the only thing they're missing is the compulsory pool table/ping-pong table set-up with video games that no one ever uses because they're working 60 hours a wee...oh...there it is." No nerf gun?
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    06/11/09

    In reply to Inside the Startup Office from Hell
    That Trader Joe's bell should push the 11 herbs and values to the next level.
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    06/11/09

    In reply to Inside the Startup Office from Hell
    From Wiki: "The phrase "crossing the Rubicon" has survived to refer to any people committing themselves irrevocably to a risky and revolutionary course of action - similar to the current phrase "passing the point of no return". It also refers, in limited usage, to its plainer meaning of using military power in a non-receptive homeland." Are they planning to sell ads in Iraq?


    Perhaps they can consider using Thermopylae as the name for their next project: (From Wiki):Both ancient and modern writers have used the Battle of Thermopylae as an example of the power of a patriotic army of freemen defending native soil. The performance of the defenders at the battle of Thermopylae is also used as an example of the advantages of training, equipment, and good use of terrain as force multipliers and has become a symbol of courage against overwhelming odds.


    Of course at Thermopylae they died to the last man. But I guess the wimmins will be all right.

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    06/11/09

    @Tart of Darkness: But did Xerxes have a Victory Bell? I think not.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    06/11/09

    @Tart of Darkness:


    Nah, they just fucked up their attempt to ride on Rubicam's name recognition.

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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    06/11/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: As usual too much research not enough martini's.
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    06/11/09

    @BadUncle: Ting-a-ling, y'all.
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    06/11/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Maybe people would have understood better if they had tried the name "Juvenile & Rubincon".
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    06/11/09

    @Tart of Darkness:


    The con part might just be a little joke on their part, like the guy who featured the Brooklyn Bridge on his website.

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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    06/11/09

    In reply to Inside the Startup Office from Hell
    Does this mean that the mob has infiltrated the internet ad world too? (The non-porn ad world that is. One would assume they have a kung-fu grip on everything porn related).


    Any relation to Addante's catering in Illinois?

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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    06/11/09

    In reply to Inside the Startup Office from Hell
    "Make Mad Cash From Ads On Your Website." Speechless. I have seen the future and I want out!
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    06/11/09

    In reply to Inside the Startup Office from Hell
    Still looks better than what I'm doing.
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    06/11/09

    In reply to Inside the Startup Office from Hell
    No Razor scooters?
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    06/11/09

    In reply to Inside the Startup Office from Hell
    First sentence: "We're a very metrics focused company."


    Are there companies that aren't?


    "Well, I'd really love to give you quarterly earnings reports but really, that's not going to do it for me. I'd really rather give you a sort of quarterly chapbook of poems that displays how you should FEEL about our earnings, rather than any sort of real measurement. Here, take a look at page 3 - that line "when the eagle breaks his beak on a rock/ the rock cries", yeah that refers to the launch of our online sales department".

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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    06/11/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Did you also work in the intraocular lens industry? Our chapbooks were so much more emotionally accurate than any silly accounting firm audited annual report.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    06/11/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: I prefer results illustrated through the medium of dance.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    06/11/09

    @BadUncle: "Uh, are we going bankrupt?" "No, she actually just fell."
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    06/11/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Heh. In the nineties, my dad bought me stock in Marvel Comics. Their quarterly reports were comic books about Wolverine riding around on his motorcycle, explaining Marvel's business decisions.


    Ostensibly, that should have been fair warning.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    06/11/09

    @braak: I am buying stock in every porn company I can find based on that story.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    06/11/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Obviously, you're going long on that industry.
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