Randy Adams on how startups are like small children that need nurturing In this segment of Lessons Learned, Bambi Francisco interviewed Randy Adams, CEO of SearchMe, a site that turns browsing the Web into the same experience as flipping through a magazine. Adams, who raised $43 million in funding for SearchMe, founded six companies. Adams founded Emerald City Software, which was sold to Adobe, Appsoft (NeXT software), which was shut down, Internet Shopping Network, which was sold to Home Shopping Network, Navitel, which was sold to Spyglass, Inc. and AuctionDrop, which was sold to  ECO International. BF: Clearly, you’ve had a lot of experience as an entrepreneur. Please give us three pieces of advice. RA: As an entrepreneur, you really want to innovate. That's how you build business. You have to create ...   [ Read more ]