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	Podcast:		Legends & Losers
	Episode:		189: Russ Fradin Silicon Valley CEO
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:00:00
	Publish Date:		2018-08-14 05:00:00
	Description:		How do you successfully build companies and categories? How do you overcome failure and come up with a fantastic product that goes beyond its minimum value? Experienced serial entrepreneur and CEO Russ Fradin shares this and much more on this episode."You should solve real problems for real companies with a fantastic team, and if you can do those three things you will be fine." - Russ FradinThree Things We Learned Start with a team Everyone says this but the first ingredient to success is a great team that you trust. Russ considers himself very fortunate for having two co-founders at Dynamic Signal that he's worked with for decades across multiple companies. The experience and lessons learned from having a base level of folks you have known for a long time can't be replicated. Solving real problems Russ and his team have adopted a solutions-first mindset in building their company. One can build a lot of things and show people solutions to problems they never knew they had. They have learned throughout the years that business success is beyond creating legendary products. Building a product for an industry that requires it On their first venture, Russ and his team created products that were, simply put, fantastic. However, it soon dawned on them that they had to build products that would fill in a gaping hole within an industry. By coming up with a product that went beyond its minimum value and features, they were able to flourish in the enterprise world.Russ and his team started the company building a great product to solve a problem for their customers. Thanks to the fact that they had a great product, they had enough trust from their customers to spend an ample amount of time to devote to realizing that there was a much bigger problem that they could solve at the same time. And this is how they were able to hit the nail on the head and become the successful company that they are now. Bio: Russ Fradin is a digital media industry veteran with more than 15 years of experience in the online marketing world. He co-founded and was CEO of Adify, which was acquired by Cox in 2008, and he also co-founded SocialShield. Russ was also SVP of Business Development at Wine.com, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at comScore, and was among the first employees at Flycast, which was acquired by CMGi in 2000. He is an active angel investor in the digital world and currently sits on a number of boards. Links: https://dynamicsignal.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/rfradin/ https://twitter.com/rfradin
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