Although I try to keep this blog very focused on entrepreneurial lessons and stories, a lot of people have requested I share some of Rubicon Project's news on this blog. So, I'm going to label any Rubicon Project news with "Rubicon Project" first in the title for easy identification. I've been trying to figure out how I can balance both without compromising the lesson-oriented posts. I'

I can't say much about it because it is supposed to be "off the record" and blogging, micro-blogging and reporting about the conference is strictly forbidden. Anyway, I had to put together a video introduction for The Lobby conference again this year. I can't say much about The Lobby other than it is a get together of industry thought leaders to talk about the future of the Internet.

I decided to try doing a video blog post. Here is a tour that I did of the Rubicon Project headquarters and all of the thought that we have put into things like culture, communication, efficiency, team development (and a little fun)... Tags: rubicon project headquarters rubicast rubirewards office culture communication cultural values yamme We have woven these things into our environment and I thought I'd share our thinking with you.Some highlights to look out for:Furnished on a low budget (IKEA ...Tags:

Rubicon wants to send two lucky students to Twiistup! Nicole Jordan , Director of Integrated Communications for Rubicon, loves helping others and decided to create two Twiistup “scholarships” for budding entrepreneurs to be able to attend the one of a kind event. swanky Rubicon Project shirt and laptop case The idea behind the scholarship, is to give young college students the chance to connect with the leaders in the Business community. Twiistup offers two days of panels, Q&A sessions, start up pitches and a mixer that these lucky grad or undergrad

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the venture funded online advertising effort run by Frank Addante, is reporting this morning that advertising CPMs were flat in Q4, even as the firm said it had an 30 percent growth in revenue across its publishers. Rubicon, which is backed by Clearstone Ventures, Mayfield, and IDG Ventures, publishes its market report every quarter, examining the online advertising industry. Other tidbits from the report: CPMS for dating sites dropped by more than 40 percent in the quarter, but were up by 50 percent in the Young Adult category; interest in the Presidential election drove a huge increase in pageviews on news sites during the quarter; and entertainment focus sites saw a huge increase in inventory, with a corresponding drop in CPMS, by more than 15 percent.

OK, I know I haven't posted in a while but, I'm hoping I can make it up to you with a change that I am making in the style of this blog. (By Tags: square1 the rubicon project clearstone internet advertisin By the way, thank you to all of you that I have sent emails letting me know that you miss my regular posts, it keeps me motivated to keep writing.) The reason that I haven't posted in a while is because we're preparing to finally start talking about what we ...Tags:

Although I try to keep this blog very focused on entrepreneurial lessons and stories, a lot of people have requested I share some of Rubicon Project's news on this blog. So, I'm going to label any Rubicon Project news with "Rubicon Project" first in the title for easy identification. Tags: wall street journal ad network optimizer om records adtech media post ad:tech I've been trying to figure out how I can balance both without compromising the lesson-oriented posts. I'm ...Tags:

I can't say much about it because it is supposed to be "off the record" and blogging, micro-blogging and reporting about the conference is strictly forbidden.Anyway, everyone ...Tags: Tags: lobby rubicon project frank addant I had to put together a video introduction for The Lobby conference again this year. I can't say much about The Lobby other than it is a get together of industry thought leaders to talk about the future of the Internet.

OK, I know I haven't posted in a while but, I'm hoping I can make it up to you with a change that I am making in the style of this blog. (By By the way, thank you to all of you that I have sent emails letting me know that you miss my regular posts, it keeps me motivated to keep writing.) The reason that I haven't posted in a while is because we're preparing to finally start talking about what w

I sent out a Twitter update saying that I was stumped and needed some new, fresh blog ideas. Ian Douglas, one of our engineers here at the Rubicon Project responded with an idea (thanks Ian!) Here Here is what he wrote: "Fear Fear of failure can often paralyze a company, but sometimes so can 'fear of success'. I