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What a Microsoft Yahoo deal would mean for startups (continued)

BeyondVC

As we all know when it comes to the Internet and advertising, scale matters. One, when Microsoft finally integrates its 3 or more advertising platforms with Aquantive, adcenter, and Panama, they may just be able to offer startups a decent or even better alternative to using Google Adsense to monetize their inventory.

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32 Business and Life Lessons: What I Learned Running Companies on 4 Different Continents

ConversionXL

The job was building relationships with partners and advertisers and to sell advertising. I decided to use the opportunity and bought a one-way ticket to Panama – I wanted to learn Spanish. I had received my first salary, moved into a colonial house in Panama City Casco Viejo district next to the Pacific Ocean.

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12 Questions: Meet Pamela Harvey (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

No more five- or six-figure fees and dog-and-pony show presentations with champagne and smoked salmon, which were a staple in the Madison Avenue advertising world of the 60’s, a prime example of which is the “Mad Men&# TV series. We lived in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, and Colombia.