Andrew Frame

Andrew Frame
Born Las Vegas, Nevada
Occupation Entrepreneur

Andrew Frame is an entrepreneur and the founder of Ooma, a consumer telecommunications company. He was named by the editors of Businessweek as one of the "top entrepreneurs under the age of 30 most likely to shape the world's digital future."[1]

Early life and education

Andrew Frame was born in Las Vegas, Nevada where at the age of 15 he dropped out of high school to build and run his first technology company, an ISP (Internet Service Provider), which later became the largest in Las Vegas.

Career

Frame has spent most of his career working with network infrastructure. He joined Cisco Systems in 1997 at age 17 as a consulting engineer, where he traveled the world designing and fixing high-profile service provider accounts. He received CCIE Certification, a top technical certification at Cisco, during his first year with the company, making him the youngest person ever to earn this certification.

In 2001, Frame joined a core router start-up company called Procket Networks as a consulting engineer. He remained with the firm until 2004, when he decided to return to his entrepreneurial roots and founded Ooma, a consumer VoIP company based in Palo Alto, CA.[2][3]

Frame began developing Ooma in 2005, backed by a strong team of technology celebrities including Mike Ramsey, creator of TiVo, Steve Jurvetson, a Venture Capitalist who has backed companies such as Hotmail and Skype, and actor, producer, and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher, who Frame brought aboard as the company’s Creative Director.[4]

Frame created an online course through Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner, where he offers students advice about launching a start-up business. Lesson topics range from recruiting a start-up team to creating a vision to raising start-up capital.[5][6]

In March 2007, Andrew was named one of the "top entrepreneurs under the age of 30 most likely to shape the world's digital future" by the editors of Businessweek in a story titled, "Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs, Tech's Next Gen: The Best and Brightest".[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs, Tech's Next Gen: The Best and Brightest". Businessweek. May 23, 2007.
  2. ↑ "3 Questions for ooma’s Andrew Frame". sfist. August 16, 2007.
  3. ↑ "ooma chief talks with FierceVoIp". Fierce VoIP. September 4, 2007.
  4. ↑ "VoIP goes Hollywood". cnet. July 19, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Andrew Frame". Stanford University. May 21, 2007.
  6. ↑ "Recruiting Lessons for an Entrepreneur". udemy.
  7. ↑ "Tech's Best Young Entrepreneurs, Tech's Next Gen: The Best and Brightest". Businessweek. May 23, 2007.
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