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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Just Say What it Is

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ▼ December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ▼ December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Be Best at Something

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Tear Down Your Firewalls

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Elements of Sustainable Companies

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: We're Not Saving Lives.

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Venture Capital - What's the rush?

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Hire Entrepreneurs!

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Move Fast. Be Agile. Stay Focused.

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: The Kool-Aid Test: “Why do I need anything? Why do I need yours? Why do I need it now?"

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: "Keep it Simple" - My Golden Rule

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 4.0 – Wireless is the next big thing – hurry!

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Welcome to FounderBlog!

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 2.0: The Internet is Coming! How will we make money?

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 1.0: “The Bug Bite” - The Internet Needs a Card Catalogue (I guess that’s a search engine)

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office!

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Map of VC Investments

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Some very interesting graphics including this heat map: Very cool visualization tool!

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation.

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Study: $48 Billion In Value Created Over 15 Years In SoCal IT VC-Backed Firms

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IPO successes (as measured by the market capitalization at the close of the first day of trading) include Entropic ($500M IPO in 2007), Divx ($625M IPO in 2006), eToys ($7.8BM IPO in 1999) and Xylan ($2.3B A new study of the financial outcomes for Southern California venture-backed companies in the IT sector finds that approximately $48 billion in value has been created by those companies over the period 1995-2009.

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London and SF have become Impact Tech hubs, with 280% increase in VC in 5 years

TechCrunch LA

capital has produced 241 impact startups since 2006, with 95 companies founded in San Francisco.

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MaxLinear Names CFO, Chief Corporate Strategy Officer

socalTECH

Litchfield also served as Microsemi's Vice President, Analog and Mixed Signal Group from 2006 to 2009, as its Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Business Development from 2003 to 2006, and as its Director, Business Development from 2001 to 2003. Carlsbad-based semiconductor maker MaxLinear announced this morning that it has named Steven Litchfield as the company's Chief Financial Officer and Chief Corporate Strategy Officer.

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Material Acquires Aruliden

socalTECH

Material said that Aruliden was founded in 2006 by Rinat Aruh and Johan Liden, and serves both startups and Fortune 100 companies, with clients like Google, Bulgari, Marc Jacobs and Compass. Los Angeles-based Material, a marketing services company that focuses on B2C and B2B brands, said this morning that it has acquired Aruliden, a global design agency also focused on brands. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Guidance Software Board Member Passes Away

socalTECH

Richard had been on the company's board for periods since 2006. Pasadena-based Guidance Software reports that Stephen Richards, one of the members of its board of directors, has passed away unexpectedly. Richards was COO and CFO of McAfee, and also served as CFO of E*TRADE Group, among other positions. READ MORE>>. guidance software stephen richards deceased death board executive

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BeSmartee Gets Funding For Mortgage Software

socalTECH

The company was founded in 2006. Huntington Beach-based BeSmartee, a developer of digital mortgage software, said Tuesday that it has received a strategic growth investment. The funding came from M33 Growth. Size of the new investment was not announced. BeSmartee develops digital mortgage software, which is used by banks, credit unions, and other lenders to manage the mortgage lending process. BeSmartee is led by CEO Tim Nguyen, and was co-founded by Veronica Nguyen.

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Final Draft Names President

socalTECH

According to Cast& Crew, Mellott has been at Final Draft for 14 years, having joined the company in 2006. Burbank-based Final Draft --which is owned by software developer Cast & Crew --says it has named Shelly Mellot as President of the company. Final Draft is a developer of screenwriting software. Mellot was most recently Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the company. Final Draft's software is used by scriptwriters, and automatically formats scripts to industry standards.

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CoronaVirus and small business: A discussion about economics

Berkonomics

Take a lesson from Ford Motor Company and their prescient CFO and President in 2006 and 2007. By Harley Kaufman, guest author. Note from Dave: Harley is an old friend and avid reader of BERKONOMICS.

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Ixia Names New CFO

socalTECH

Novak has been Ixia''s VP of Finance since 2006, and was appointed acting CFO of the company in March. Calabasas-based Ixia , the network testing hardware and software developer, said Tuesday that it has named Brent Novak as its new Chief Financial Officer. Novak also has served at Idealab and PricewaterhouseCoopers. READ MORE>>. ixia executive brent novak hardware testing network software

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ServiceTitan Acquires Pointman

socalTECH

Pointman is based in Buffalo, New York, and was founded in 2006. Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan , which develops a cloud-based software platform used by residential and commercial service contractors to manage their businesses, has acquired Pointman , a New York-based company that develops software for contractors. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Interview with Richard Wolpert, Acrew Capital

socalTECH

Richard Wolpert: I joined Accel at the end of 2006. Theresa Gouw, one of the three founders of Acrew, worked closely with me from 2006 to 2013, when she left. Acrew is, age-wise, a younger fund than Accel was when I joined in 2006, and a lot smaller in terms of number of partners, roughly at the same size that Accel was when I joined. Our interview this morning is with Richard Wolpert, a longtime Los Angeles venture and angel investor.

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Kevin Jacques Now Head Of Visa Ventures

socalTECH

Jacques had been a venture capitalists in Los Angeles from 2006 until 2011, when he joined Intuit in Mountain View. Kevin Jacques , a former Los Angeles venture capitalist who was at Palomar Ventures, has surfaced as the head of Visa Ventures , the venture arm of Visa. According to Jacques' LinkedIn profile, he became Vice President and Head of Visa Venturs, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, in October.

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Classy Captures $18M For Nonprofit Software

socalTECH

Classy was founded in 2006 as StayClassy, and also counts Bullpen Capital and Venture51 as backers. San Diego-based Classy , which develops cloud-based software used by nonprofits for fundraising, disclosed that it has raised $18M in a new funding round. The funding came from Mithril Capital Management and Salesforce Ventures.

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Electro Rent CFO Retires

socalTECH

Electro Rent said that it has named Allen Sciarillo, its Vice President of Finance, as acting CFO; Sciarillo has been at the company since 2006. Van Nuys-based Electro Rent , which provides rental, leasing, and sales of electronics test and other equipment, said today that its CFo, Craig Jones, is retiring from the company. Jones--who is 69--has been at the company for 26 years.

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Affinity Biosensors Finds $5.9M

socalTECH

The company was founded in 2006. Santa Barbara-based Affinity Biosensors , a startup developing benchtop, automated systems for microbiology research, has raised $5.9M in a ongoing funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the company this week. The filing said the funding is part of a $10M, ongoing funding.

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CoreLogic Gives $200,000 To Financial Literacy Effort

socalTECH

CoreLogic has been helping to support Operation HOPE since 2006. Irvine-based property information provider CoreLogic has pledged $200,000 to financial literacy program operator Operation HOPE , the company said on Wednesday, which will go to support financial literacy programs and training.

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Internet Brands Acquires Avvo

socalTECH

Avvo was founded in 2006, and was venture backed by Benchmark Capital, Coatue Management, DAG Ventures, Ignition Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures, and Vulcan Capital. Los Angeles-based Internet Brands said on Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Avvo , which operates an online legal marketplace where consumers can connect with lawyers. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. According to Internet Brands, Avvo will become part of its Legal vertical.

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Epic Sciences Names Chief Medical Officer

socalTECH

Wenstrup previously was Chief Medical Officer for Myriad Genetics, serving at that firm from 2006 to 2007. San Diego-based Epic Sciences , which is developing personalized medicine products for treating and managing cancer, said this morning that it has named Richard J. Wenstrup, M.D., as its new Chief Medical Officer. He also had been Chief Medical Officer at Oxford Immunotec, Inc, in addition to serving in academia.

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

As you can see below the number of seed funds shot up dramatically between 2006 and 2014. With seed up massively between 2006–2014 and A and B rounds relatively flat what you see is a widening of the funnel going into traditional venture. Seed investments are down by any measure (funds, deals, dollars) over the past 3 years in deals < $1 million AND in deals between $1–5 million. What gives?

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NASA JPL, Tech Companies Hacked By Chinese Spies, Says Justice Department

socalTECH

The indictment , filed in the United States District Court Southern District of New York, accuses a state-backed hacking group of hacking into companies from at least 2006 until 2018. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory , in Pasadena, as well as dozens of technology companies--at least one managed service provider (MSP)--have been hacked by Chinese spies, according to an indictment by the Justice Department filed on Thursday.

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Qualcomm's Jacobs Sees The Light With New Investment

socalTECH

Flarion had been acquired by Qualcomm in 2006 for $805M. Laroia was a VP at Qualcomm from 2006 until 2011. Qualcomm ''s Executive Chairman, Paul Jacobs , is one of the major investors in stealthy digital photography startup Light , which revealed last night that it has raised a $9.7M funding round for its efforts to re-invent photography.

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10 San Diego Startups to Compete at Region’s Top Pitch Competition

Xconomy

Launched in 2006 by San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels, the annual John G. Ten tech startups will vie to impress a panel of six judges and hundreds of attendees at San Diego’s biggest pitch contest later this month. Three of the 10 slated to pitch at the Oct. 24 event will get a cut of $75,000 to advance their businesses.