Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

After founding 5 companies in a row, resulting in $5 billion in market value, $1 billion in sales, 2 IPOs (one on NYSE and one on Nasdaq) and raising $300M inc capital — I realized that my calling in life is to take all of those amazing experience and channel it into the next generation of impact-focused entrepreneurs. In a big way!

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2020

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to switch and get real satisfaction from this lifestyle. It’s up to you to constantly look for options inside and outside your own network, and be willing to make the adjustments to capitalize on them. Only 13 percent of workers are fully engaged in their job.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

After founding 5 companies in a row, resulting in $5 billion in market value, $1 billion in sales, 2 IPOs (one on NYSE and one on Nasdaq) and raising $300M inc capital — I realized that my calling in life is to take all of those amazing experience and channel it into the next generation of impact-focused entrepreneurs. In a big way!

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 9, 2012

Through one lens, it looks like a way for aspiring twenty-somethings to raise capital and find mentors that can help them pursue their dreams”. Upstart raise capital in exchange for a small portion of their future income. We’re excited to bring this new crowdfunding platform to life. Upstart received a $ 1.75

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2016

Happier workers have been shown in studies to increase their pace (productivity) without sacrificing quality. They also get satisfaction from mentoring others. Accept and capitalize on your own strengths and weaknesses. That in turn increases their self-confidence and motivation to do more. Not everyone needs to be a leader.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2012

Board skills (Startup coaching, mentoring, strategy, operational/growth). Steve goes on to note that Chuck Eesley , one of his Stanford compatriots, has performed quantitative studies of the VC industry, finding that firms which have operationally experienced partners tend to generate superior financial results. Fundraising skills.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2016

In today's world, people are lonely, and they are really looking for someone to mentor them, to guide them, to hold them accountable. In 2014, we did an IRB approved study when I was doing this for 30 to 40 percent of my time, where I learned three things. It's all about the app, or the computer screen, or the data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2016

They mentor protégés on talent spotting, creativity, and motivation as well as strategy. Twitter and GrubHub are just a couple of examples where CFOs have been asked to absorb COO responsibilities in the last couple of years, to capitalize on individual strengths. Good connections and team building are the keys to success.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She hasn’t raised any venture capital. Tracy studied SEOMoz and several other online sources of SEO tips. Once off the ground she could attract mentors from her industry. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. And she didn’t start her company in Northern California.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2014

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to switch and get real satisfaction from this lifestyle. It’s up to you to constantly look for options inside and outside your own network, and be willing to make the adjustments to capitalize on them. One obvious alternative is to become an entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

“I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.” According to FLAG Capital there are 100 active VCs (as defined by making at least $1 million in VC per quarter for 4 consecutive quarters). The industry is dying, except for the top 2%.

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Xconomy

JULY 11, 2016

About two years ago, I was asked to join a Babson College panel discussing the gender gap in venture capital. At the center of the conversation would be the results from the Diana Project, a research study that examined our industry and the stark lack of representation of women investors and funded entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Even during the recession, the Edelman Good Purpose study found that 68 percent of global consumers would remain loyal to a brand if the organization practiced social responsibility. It is easier to recruit and retain human capital. Customer loyalty is highest for socially conscious startups. Are you ready for the challenge ahead?

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. With the VC ranks shrinking, founders need to tap every source of capital out there. We know we’re short of capital, particularly in LA. The conflict is built in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to switch and get real satisfaction from this lifestyle. It’s up to you to constantly look for options inside and outside your own network, and be willing to make the adjustments to capitalize on them. One obvious alternative is to become an entrepreneur.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

If you are a leader at a startup and you are reading a business book, you are not closing customers, raising capital, improving your product, or spending time with your loved ones. Ask For Mentoring. However, greater exposure to studies performed by other, less widely-read persuasion experts would have been appreciated.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. Brad’s start in Venture Capital. Venture Capital in Boulder and other smaller communities. “So National Venture Capital Group endorsed it. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2016

Some will argue that people leadership is a skill you have to be born with, but I’m convinced that it can be learned from experience, mentoring, and failures. Entrepreneurs who become business leaders study the successes of peers, and seek to emulate them. Leadership requires focus and effort, and doesn’t happen by title.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 20, 2013

There will be similar startups doing exactly the same thing and some may have more capital at hand. When you ask any NBA player what inspired them to be successful and how they got there, they will most likely mention having an idol or a mentor to guide them through every step of the way. Ideas are a dime a dozen.

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Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

Lita Nelsen has seen it up close—and played a part in its evolution—from her studies there in the 1960s, to her business-school fellowship in the late 1970s, to her 30 years working in MIT’s Technology Licensing Office. MIT’s approach to nurturing entrepreneurship has changed a lot over the past 50 years.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The second is that they are usually very experienced operators that can mentor the founding team. I think when you choose an independent board member you should be thinking about somebody who can mentor you. Feel free to study CBS or Weinstein Company to find out what happens when you have crony independents on a board.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Second, both Jason and I felt there was a lot of timeless information…the state of the art of the Venture Capital Term Sheet hasn’t changed that much in the last 30-years. One is we really try to shift the discussion from a negotiation with the venture capital firm to a negotiation with an individual. There were a couple motivations.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

She’ll have to quit her well-paid job at a respectable company and tell her parents that although she studied hard throughout school and got into a great college and graduated in 3 years that she is now leaving it to change the way that manufacturers sell products electronically through their distribution systems.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/).

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

Almost all credited their spouse, or a mentor, in helping them achieve their success. It’s been a fascinating sociology study starting with the first panel of all female executives I heard during a conference on the Santa Monica Pier all the way up until now.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. Here’s why. Take a look at the chart below.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Who are your mentors, role models? We don’t have mentors at the moment. Students have to register with their matriculation numbers, and supply upon registration, their course of study, faculty, department, mode of entry, year of entry etc. We create a social network for students of the University of Lagos.

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