Frank Addante

AUGUST 6, 2014

A month ago I spoke at the Silicon Beach Fest in Santa Monica in front of LA’s community of emerging entrepreneurs, innovators and disrupters. This is something that goes against your Driver’s Ed class and natural instinct, but you’ll ultimately emerge faster at the end of the course. Challenge yourself.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Of course, Id like to believe the important community building work well be doing at the Alliance will be transformational to SoCal.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. I then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica. Tell me a bit about your background.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 7, 2011

You’ve been working like a maniac, so why not take a break to reflect, relax and raise a glass with some of LA’s most successful technology entrepreneurs? The bash takes place tomorrow from 6-11pm at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica. REGISTER NOW with promo code DFR54 for 20 percent off your ticket price!

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2018

We have a number of locations, including one in Santa Monica, one in Pasadena, one in Downtown, and one in El Segundo and the South Bay Area. In Silicon Beach, and in Santa Monica, we've adapted to that community as far as staffing and circumstance. Cross Campus is really a community oriented around coworking.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) announced last week that it has raised a second fund, worth $300M. Our strategy is to get into a company, sometimes early, in the A, B, or C round, in a theme or entrepreneur we really like. For entrepreneurs, which areas are you most interested now?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We spoke with co-founder Ryan Costello about Santa Monica-based Event Farm (www.eventfarm.com), on how its software technology is being used to power high end, VIP events for large companies. We're in Santa Monica, and sometime people think we're a venue or rental space for events, but what we are, is a 100 percent software company.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 2, 2013

Whether you were a startup, an investor, a blogger, a fashionista, or someone just curious about what is happening in Santa Monica aka “Silicon Beach,” the recent Silicon Beach Fest had something for everyone which included panels, parties and more. 4 P’s of Success.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

And of course a place of idyllic weather, culture and a lifestyle. ” And of course it’s not a true assessment. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds. Still, I kind like the name, well, um, … Santa Monica. Also East of the 405?

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Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

Several startups have been selected to demo their products for other founders and entrepreneurs. This year, we’ve partnered with the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) – which produces the CES – for the global conference that will bring together tech leaders, influencers, investors, and of course, early-stage startup companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Startup Matchmaking (Wed 5th Oct – Santa Monica) - The first event is tonight (Tues, Oct 5, 2010) at Wokcano in Santa Monica. We have tons of entrepreneurs but our technology community has historically been splintered across town and across industries. with high calibre technology people will get my time.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Great news for aspiring hackers, programmers, and entrepreneurs. The program begins December 16, 2013 in Santa Monica and all entries for the scholarship must be in by December 6, 2013. The program begins December 16, 2013 in Santa Monica and all entries for the scholarship must be in by December 6, 2013.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

Move our offices to Santa Monica so we could be closer to the early-stage companies being created in LA. Greg truly is a prolific deal maker and is amongst the most helpful people to entrepreneurs in our ecosystem. Rebrand with a name that would authentically lay out our values. He’s a force of nature.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2017

Until we have that perfect day, there will always be smart entrepreneurs trying to solve those inconveniences, trying to resolve all of those pain points. And of course, that entrepreneur has to have the passion to pursue solving that problem. Finally, what advice would you give to new entrepreneurs?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Of course that website isn’t completely up to date but it’s a great resource for seeing the overall picture. Of course unsolicited spam has very low open rates and is filtered by the major providers. It’s funny but recently I was at the CornerstoneOnDemand conference in Santa Monica. PHONE CALLS.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups. My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. And we had these vans and mobile kegs in the back, and we would go to golf courses. Then everyone just started calling me a serial entrepreneur.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S. Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” At the tender age of 15, Tanz teamed up with his friend Michael Schneider (the CEO of MobileRoadie ), to create the design firm Fluid Design.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 23, 2013

Like a wayward prop plane sputtering through the fog as it makes its final approach at Santa Monica airport, you will need Brian Callahan’s careful guidance to steer you to the venue. Located on the north side of Santa Monica Airport Hangar 8 was literally once an airplane hangar. And don’t be late.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Every entrepreneur at some point has probably felt like this and asked themselves the question: “now what?” Well, perhaps it’s time to consider an incubator/accelerator program: Programs like Silicon Valleys’ Y Combinator which essentially put entrepreneurs through a 3+ month startup boot camp.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

It is meant to bring everyone together so that they can learn, network and leave with the sense that they now belong to a family of entrepreneurs, all trying to make LA a startup hub. About General Assembly: Back in October 2012, General Assembly arrived in Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. And of course there was the F-bomb count that Cathy Brooks and I were keeping on Dave … by the end of the panel we had counted 8.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

And of course we had, TheMan. I first met him there and knew he was a talented entrepreneur that I wanted to work with some day. Gyroscope is in double-dog secret stealth mode right now so I’ll focus more on the entrepreneur. , Commission Junction, MySpace, TicketMaster and many more. Now begins the 6-month journey.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

Last week Fred Wilson and I sat down in Santa Monica for an hour+ discussion with the video cameras rolling. Fred has of course been a public mentor to us all with his market-defining terminology that he popularized including “freemium” and “mobile first.” Blogging is like Venus Fly Paper.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2017

I understand that at Stanford, one of the most popular courses is Designing Your Life. The two guys who teach this course have written a book, which is very interesting. That's what we're trying to do. I've never met them, but I'm a fan of the whole idea. We're also working with them on the internal aspects.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Revolution Prep announced its first, institutional round of funding, worth $15M, from Kennet Partners. The company provides SAT, ACT, and other similar test preparation courses and related software. On the software side, we're really focused on building out to common course standards.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 23, 2013

Like a wayward prop plane sputtering through the fog as it makes its final approach at Santa Monica airport, you will need Brian Callahan’s careful guidance to steer you to the venue. Located on the north side of Santa Monica Airport Hangar 8 was literally once an airplane hangar. And don’t be late.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 12, 2016

Xconomy spoke with Jacks and CEO and longtime tech entrepreneur Bill Haney about the venture, a cancer immunotherapy startup that is relying on funding from family offices—among them the Disney family—rather than venture firms.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition to the 330+ students, entrepreneurs and investors in attendance, the event also achieved over 45,000 views on the TechZulu live stream. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Recently, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) launched a new marketplace on its site, for anyone interested in selling professional documents. We want to make sure the marketplace is for professional content, so we screen to make sure the seller is a professional or small business owner, or a startup or entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

Upfront VI is our latest core fund and is $400 million to invest in early stage entrepreneurs. Upfront’s Base As you probably know we are based in Santa Monica and as my partner Greg Bettinelli coined, we’re #LongLA. And anybody who works with us of course knows Kerry Bennett who runs marketing and our CFO Dana Kibler.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Friday evening, August 19th, rolled around and Startup Weekend LA was underway with attendees showing up at Coloft in Santa Monica around 6:00 pm and the classic Idealab keg there to quench everyone’s thirst. If Avesta sees someone drinking Coloft coffee (organic of course), he quickly asks if they’ve sold anything.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

A move to more urban environments (SF over SV, Cambridge over Waltham, London over Thames Valley, Santa Monica / Venice, Flatiron and so forth) as basically young people want to live where young people want to live. Fred Wilson has done this for the NY startup scene but of course you also have mass media located there.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

Or of course you could watch it live – we take questions for the audience. 12:00 It seems like there’s a shift in the VC world to more ex-entrepreneurs. 33:15 Have you noticed a change from 2003 to now in the “serendipity factor” of Santa Monica? Hope you’re enjoying the show.

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