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Originally Posted by Jon
Without starting up a shit storm here, I know you guys are ex-Azoogle employees and you did some shady things like stealing clients and advertisers from them, which is a huge no-no in any industry. With that said, it's still in poor judgement and taste for someone to be posting a "come to us instead!" post right after news hits that they have let go of a few people. I know I have almost no ethics and I'm definitely not one to judge another, but I would imagine that as an ad network you want to keep a good rep going with the other networks as well, and as soon as people start hearing about you guys doing this, they will start to not trust or dislike you for it. How would you feel if Azoogle went and tried taking your people after you let them go? It's just bad business.
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Jon,
AdValiant was started by ex-Azoogle employees. We have also hired and do business with ex-Azoogle employees who have either started their own businesses or work for other companies in our industry. I'm sure they also had clients that continue to do business with them because of their integrity and the trust they have in those individuals. It was no different with us. We built our own .Net proprietary tracking solution, we worked hard to build a successful company in a very competitive industry and along the way attracted top technology executives who held senior positions at Adobe and Microsoft as well as top sales talent who left very lucrative positions to join us for an opportunity to grow and have options/ownership in a young but rapidly growing organization. Ask anyone in this industry that has and continues to do business with AdValiant if they think we are shady or dishonest. I am confidant that honesty and trustworthy are two words a lot of people will use when talking about AdValiant.
It appears one of the founders of Azoogle has your ear and is passing information to you that is incorrect. But hey it's a competitive space and they are simply using a relationship to help themselves. Nothing wrong with that. In fact Joe and Alex have built a very successful company and I wish them nothing but success with Azoogle. I have a lot of friends that still work for them and hate to hear about the layoffs since it is unsettling for those that are affected. Posting on a forum that a few of them visit stating AdValiant is looking to hire is not under handed in my eyes. In fact, if we were to let anyone go and if any of our competitors posted on forums stating they wanted to hire our released employees, that would be fine with us. One way or another those individuals would end up working in the same industry anyways. Most likely if done right, we'd end up doing business with them (which has happened with an ex-employee of ours btw). I'm sorry you feel it's bad business or that posting it was negative in any way but we're looking to potentially offer careers to individuals who are now without an income. In my opinion, that is a positive thing.