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. In speaking with Michael Carney, the West Coast editor of PandoDaily, who hosted my fireside chat, two things emerged—a strategy for how to build a company: the ‘find out’ and the ‘roll out’.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Startups are the corporations of the future, so I have long believed that entrepreneurs who study existing corporate models, rather than ignoring them with disdain, will likely profit from the exercise. These are all huge challenges, as well as huge opportunities, for entrepreneurs. But instability is also an opportunity to prosper.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Join us at the Pepperdine West Los Angeles Graduate Campus and learn invaluable information about what it means to be an entrepreneur. They're seeking community, education, entertainment, and most of all, a sense of authenticity. Storytelling allows brands to speak to their customers in a way that builds lasting trust.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2020

It has played almost no role in the emergence of current non-US bred startups, including Alibaba in China, Waze from Israel, Paytm in India, and many more. From my consulting with entrepreneurs in Europe and other countries, I’m convinced that we all could benefit from adapting to meet their environments.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

Many entrepreneurs encounter a similar dilemma. Thus, entrepreneurs must decide when to stop listening to the Sirens’ song of a quick buck and position their company to take advantage of long-term, sustainable business models. However, in the long run, entrepreneurs always benefit from delivering Maximum Utility for a fair price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2017

Thus every entrepreneur and business owner needs to see their market in that context, understanding the global forces that will impact them sooner or later. According to Small Business Trends , over half of the existing small businesses in the US already have international customers. Cultural movements and a societal focus emerges.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2017

In emerging markets and the developing world, access to banking, capital, and financial resources is fare more difficult than here in the U.S., Shivani Siroya: Tala is a data company that is working in emerging markets. What we've developed, is an Android app that allows us to open up financial access to customers in emerging markets.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2011

As I note in MBA Education and Other Oxymorons entry, my roommates and I hosted a weekly poker game while attending Wharton. You may develop a winning product that customers are willing to buy, but all is for naught if you do not have the cash to execute your plan and deliver upon your product’s value proposition. Dealer’s Choice.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Kraft, who co-founded Thrively with fellow startup veteran Girish Venkat, sat down to talk to us about Thrively, as it emerges out of beta. Once we get that strength profile, we match them to a whole world of extracurricular and educational opportunities for them. Tell me about your new company? Finally, what''s your next big goal?

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

Steve is also a Stanford Professor and noted marketing entrepreneur. The Lean Startup approach dictates that successful customer development is an iterative process. Eric (Ries) was a student in one of the very earliest customer development classes at Berkley. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Which is why I often tell people to start being entrepreneurs when one is young. 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 11:00 How do you think the ‘failure’ culture emerged in Silicon Valley? ” 31:45 Is there truth to the idea that you shouldn’t force change upon entrepreneurs?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Founder, Founder, Founder At Upfront we talk regularly about how 70% of our investment decision in Seed and A rounds is the quality of the entrepreneur and 30% is the quality of the idea. Jamie Siminoff is not only one of the single best true entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, he’s amongst the best we’ve worked with in the country.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Want to be an entrepreneur? According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

Bryce Maddock: TaskUs is the best provider in the world of customer care and back office services for emerging growth companies. Customer care, obviously, is emails, phone calls, and customer service back office services. The two of us really wanted to be entrepreneurs. What''s the story behind the company?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

This technology is not only spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs, but is also changing the educational landscape, all the way down to early grade school. In my view as an advisor to new ventures, the Maker Movement is an integral part of a new age of the entrepreneur. Meeting the new consumer demand for customization.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

If this gentleman was such a pivotal player in the early days of the PC revolution, why is he essentially unknown to most entrepreneurs under forty years old? Yet, no one disputes Mr. Kildall’s leadership role during the emergent days of the PC industry. Educating BDCs is an opportunity to be embraced, not a challenge to be avoided.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 27, 2012

Make no mistake, successful entertainers are entrepreneurs. They must compete with tens of thousands of other performers who are all pursuing the same customer dollars. Entrepreneurs and entertainers alike must address their fears. However, despite relative salary equality, there remain far fewer high-tech women entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

“Your values as you create a startup are the key to creating an enviable culture that attracts more customers,” says Ann Rhoades in her book Built on Values. I believe in a startup culture that strongly transmits the values of integrity, customer focus, and results. Values start and emanate from you, the founding entrepreneur.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

These entrepreneurs do not risk everything, work outrageous hours and put themselves under extreme pressure because they want to. If it were a decision to be an entrepreneur, then most right-minded individuals would decide to turn back when they encountered the first inevitable startup crises. Entrepreneurs want to matter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 24, 2013

Your values as you create a startup are the key to creating an enviable culture that attracts more customers, according to Ann Rhoades, in her book “ Built on Values.” I believe in a startup culture that strongly transmits the values of integrity, customer focus, and results. Ann Rhoades entrepreneur culture startup values business'

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 5, 2013

Exclusivity excludes your startup from taking full advantage of future customer, partner and market opportunities. The Intent: "We really have no idea if we want to work with you or not, but your engineers seem really smart and we like the idea of them working for us for free, while they educate us about your emerging market.".

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 5, 2012

If you use the mentor-driven model that we pioneered at TechStars, you get entrepreneurs who are deeply connected with the broader entrepreneurial landscape. ” Brad went on to address the issue of a diluted entrepreneur talent pool and its potential impact on the efficacy of new accelerators. I think it’s a huge positive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2012

Your values as you create a startup are the key to creating an enviable culture that attracts more customers, according to Ann Rhoades, in her book “ Built on Values.” I believe in a startup culture that strongly transmits the values of integrity, customer focus, and results. You are on the outside what you are on the inside.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. As noted in Now Is Never Too Early , successful entrepreneurs are not inclined to wait. Hard Knocks U. “You

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2017

I found this perspective validated in a new book, “ Plan Commit Win: 90 Days to Creating a Fundable Startup ,” by serial entrepreneur and strategic consultant Patrick Henry. This is an emerging theme in the past decade as investors learn that customers assign more value and loyalty to business owners who display this attribute.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 15, 2011

Tony finally hit upon a winning venture when he began making custom buttons, which he sold mail order. Despite its failure, the venture contributed to Tony’s entrepreneurial education. It is better for an entrepreneur to taste the bitter dissatisfaction of a failed venture as child, than to do so for the first time as an adult.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 17, 2014

Stop complaining about how difficult it is to encourage well-mannered, highly educated, civilized professionals to work together. The steps Major Reisman takes to create this unlikely team are enlightening to entrepreneurs seeking to unite far more willing teammates. Allow Leaders To Emerge. Just Fiction You Say? Think Again.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

As an entrepreneur and startup investor, I have helped create companies which achieved two IPOs which collectively raised over $100 million, as well as two acquisitions which totaled $385 million. Fallacy: AdVentures tend to evolve once you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. “Learn from the mistakes of others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Your values as you create a startup are the key to creating an enviable culture that attracts more customers, according to Ann Rhoades, in her book “ Built on Values.” I believe in a startup culture that strongly transmits the values of integrity, customer focus, and results. You are on the outside what you are on the inside.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2016

Wearable IoT World (WIoTW), based in San Francisco and heralded as the world’s first accelerator dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), wearables and emerging technologies, today has officially launched the U.S.-Pan Focus: IoT and Wearables, Emerging Technologies, B2C and B2B. Pan Asia IoT Superhighway accelerator in Hong Kong.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Interesting patterns emerged: Everyone makes the same classes of error. Wannabe entrepreneur symptoms and cures - Gabriel Weinberg , July 25, 2010 I was once a wannabe entrepreneur. Listening to first-time entrepreneurs talk about their competitive advantages is as predictably invalid as the local weatherman's 10-day forecast.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. I first met him there and knew he was a talented entrepreneur that I wanted to work with some day. And of course we had, TheMan.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire serves clients in a diverse array of industries, from automotive, education and entertainment, to finance, healthcare, marketing and real estate. In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future? Why did Twitter emerge despite Facebook’s dominance? But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. cheap accessible digital hardware]. Enter Facebook.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Let’s display targeted text-link ads alongside her activities.&# Two problems seem to have emerged from this: 1) A person in a social network is not displaying an intent to buy as they are during search and 2) that same person is in their social network to connect with friends, play games or share information.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

TechZulu is helping the startup community out by listing all the great startup/entrepreneur oriented panels. Bootstrapping advice, entrepreneur, startups. . The step by step story of an entrepreneur’s journey from idea to bootstrap web startup from her vi. Bootstrapping entrepeneurship, entrepreneur, startups. .

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