SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 14, 2009

In 1986 I started an advertising and public relations firm to serve software and hardware companies, which became a marketing consulting business ( www.Allen.com ) when I moved to L.A. A few years ago, my CTO spotted a need that local groups and organizations have in handling RSVPs and registrations for meetings and events.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Networking Marketing Startup 150

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

After graduating with a degree in advertising and design, I started a web development consultancy, where I oversaw user experience, brand design, and business strategy for internet-based startups across the country. We’ve developed a reputation for being the ones to turn talk into action and say, “Let’s do this.”.

Startup 70

Startup Mentor Design Web Development 70

StartUp Beat

JANUARY 24, 2018

They make great employees, in other words, says Thornton – the co-founder of Coding Autism, a professional coaching and training company for adults on the autism spectrum. Coding Autism offers a 20-week intensive boot camp, providing training in software engineering, quality assurance and web development.

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Training Software Engineering Los Angeles Coach 40

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 9, 2013

I am an absolute believer that this organization can rebuild its brand and re-establish a cult like following. The warranty or service plan being offered is completely overpriced and has created a widespread awareness that the company is trying to fix its shrinking profit margins by taking advantage of vulnerable shoppers.

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Pricing Course Technology Screening 229

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 23, 2012

Asana was launched early November last year as new way of working that keeps teams in sync, a shared task list where everyone can capture, organize, track, and communicate what they are working on in service of their common goal. Asana promise to save time away from the full email inbox filled with spam mails.

Funding 63

Funding Email Web Development Report 63

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 9, 2013

I am an absolute believer that this organization can rebuild its brand and re-establish a cult like following. The warranty or service plan being offered is completely overpriced and has created a widespread awareness that the company is trying to fix its shrinking profit margins by taking advantage of vulnerable shoppers.

Pricing 100

Pricing Course Technology Screening 100

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ▼ September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

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Company Companies Startup Venture Capital 40

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

I personally believe that there are lots and lots of good developers working inside of organizations who would love to work on the interesting projects that we work on all the time, yet they arent out actively looking, so its almost impossible to find them. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles CTO Hire CTO Coach Develop 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I know that they really impacted an entire cohort of startups because every company that was coming to pitch me businesses was (is) saying, “I’m a ‘mobile first’ company.” ” Maybe people could shorten that to “Web Second” as a reminder to not give up on the power of the tethered web.

Web 334

Web Mobile Startup Software Review 334

SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2010

I am hearing from my project management team a bit of distrust in the technical capacity of our web development team. I think we suffer because of the distance and culture but the project management team takes every late delivery or small bug as evidence that the development team may not be capable.

Develop 179

Develop Development Course Software Development 179

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Journey is especially useful for companies that want to streamline their internal business processes. Journey was created by our company, Embark Mobile (or “Embark” for short). As an example, Banking Machine Services is a company that maintains thousands of ATMs across Southern Africa. Why the name?

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Mobile Platform JavaScript Web 65

From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

Yet despite his ability to raise over $1 billion of private equity and to build an organization that is worth $5 billion as of this writing, Mason was shown the door. Are you passionate about running the day to day operations of your company and the challenge of growing your business? What is your exit strategy?

Venture Capital 45

Venture Capital Capital Anthem Startup 45

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

The American Seed Company, as shown in the accompany ad, encouraged young people to sign a simple “contract” that read: “Please send me your Big Prize book and one order of 45 packs of American Seeds. Newspaper delivery was not the only way that children in the US’s pre-litigious era could learn and deploy important entrepreneurial skills.

Web 2.0 222

Web 2.0 Web Sales Outsource Development 222

Frank Addante

MAY 20, 2007

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Entrepreneur 40

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Search Ads: This service helps companies/business leverage on the increasing activity of users searching for other users using our Search box utility. The search ads is displayed before top organic results, giving them the power to divert huge traffic to their LAGbook pages, or external website.

Social Network 100

Social Network Networking Advertising Startup 100

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ▼ October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Advertising Email 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 2, 2006

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you.

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 29, 2006

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Capital Startup Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

▼ November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Startup 40

Startup Competition Venture Capital Advertising 40

Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Yahoo Email 40

Frank Addante

MAY 3, 2006

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you.

Startup 40

Startup Blogging Venture Capital Web 2.0 40

Frank Addante

JULY 5, 2007

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

JULY 30, 2007

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Advertising 40

Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Develop Development Product 40

Frank Addante

MAY 8, 2006

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you.

Startup 40

Startup Advertising Web Design Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 27, 2007

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Web 2.0 40

Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

MAY 22, 2006

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Advertising 40

Frank Addante

MARCH 12, 2007

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup .Net Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 2007

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development CTO Hire Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 19, 2006

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

JANUARY 30, 2007

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Outsource Development Web 2.0 40

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ▼ September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

After starting three companies, I've found that some widely accepted advice lead me to failure while. Bootstrapping development, team management. . Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. . Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. .

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you.

Startup 40

Startup Email Ideas Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0:

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Startup 40