I like creating billboards. They're up for a month and ideal for places like Silicon Valley.

 

Tenfold is one of the biggest ironies of my professional life. They lost their two biggest customers in the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers, and never recovered.

Sigh.

Sincerely yours,
Rick Bennett
Ad Hit Man

Here's my "THANK YOU" ad for the $54-million investment from companies who "looked over the shoulder" of the people Talk2 was targeting.

 

Yep. Hewlett-Packard swooped in and gave hardware to my client, who was going to get free hardware from Sun Microsystems. And Oracle swooped in to replace Informix. Interesting, that ads often draw competitors.

As Oracle's M&A team was tasked with closing the deal, they almost tanked it by insisting that Talk2 pay annual maintenance fees. I sent a note to Larry Ellison suggesting that his M&A team was doing "malicious obedience." He not only reversed their decision, but canned the whole team. At least I THINK he canned them, as they ended up at Siebel and contacted me to see if Talk2 would entertain the same kind of equity deal with Siebel as they did with Oracle.

Go figure.

Sincerely yours,
Rick Bennett
Ad Hit Man

My WSJ ad that generated a $54-million investment from the target.s competition.

 

My client, Talk2, wanted strategic investments from three guys at Cisco, MCI, and Sun Microsystems. I'd "salted the mine" by making contact with my old friend Ed Zander, CEO of Sun.

This ad generated $54-million investment from competitors who were looking over the shoulders of these targets. Tomorrow, I'll tell you who jumped in.

Sincerely yours,
Rick Bennett
Ad Hit Man

Just like in the movies ENDER'S GAME and THE LAST STAR FIGHTER, I wanted to do an ad where you could predict success factors of new hires by observing their online game success.

This ad for Spring Lake Technologies and client Stephen D'Angelo is as far as I got. I still think Sony could make a fortune giving gaming-profile access to recruiters. Selah.

Sincerely yours,
Rick Bennett
Ad Hit Man

 

Attention Texas Instruments executives relocating to Lehi, Utah: OPEN HOUSE FOR THE ULTIMATE HOME NEAR YOUR MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR FACILITY. Open house is Saturday, February 14th, from noon until 3pm.

 

Just 3 miles up the hill from your new facility, this executive home is ideal. It's above the Utah inversion most of the time, yet just 6 minutes to work. Check out the Zillow listing at https://lnkd.in/g33HyPma

Pros:
• HOA takes care of all grass mowing and landscape watering.
• Driveway snow removal is an optional HOA service.
• Soon to be gated neighborhood.
• Wonderful neighbors: Across the street is a (non-LDS) former chief weapons officer for a nuclear submarine; to his right is a (non-LDS) entrepreneur who made his fortune inventing testing for airline components and who has invented an anti-drone defense system, five of which he's donating to Croatian countries abutting Russia; your next-door neighbor (LDS) is a retired army contractor responsible for nation-wide weapons logistics; around the corner is (LDS) a retired navy captain who has the singular accomplishment of having had a dial-a-yield nuclear device roll off the palate and crush his foot.
• Home protected from north winds by berm.
• Morning sun melts ice on driveway (while the neighbors on the other side of the street are buried in snow for weeks).
• Suncrest is the mountain biking mecca of the Salt Lake Valley.
• Open house tomorrow (Valentine's Day from noon until 3pm).

Cons:
• The last 3 miles of your bike ride are always uphill.

To the people below: Please let your soon-to-be-relocating friends know of this.
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