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Frank Fawzi
CEO and Chairman
www.IntelePeer.com
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Frank Fawzi Bio
Engineer
Data Communication Architect at AT&T Bell Labs
Entrepreneur
Founded CommTech Corporation in 1992, with
$15.1M in funding from Morgan Stanley Venture
Partners and NBTel
Built CommTech and sold it to ADC Telecom for
$178M in 2001
Experienced Leader
Chairman and CEO of IntelePeer
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What is Entrepreneurship?
Risk
Innovation
Wealth Creation
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Inside the Mind of an Entrepreneur
Ideas
Passion Connections
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The Entrepreneurial Process
Concept
Validate
Business Plan
Review
Seed/Angel Funding
Build team
Prototype/Beta
Trial & validation
VC Funding
Find customers
Scale
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Does Location Matter?
Democratization of higher
education
Network effect
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation
…Neither
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Creating a Culture of Innovation
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Innovation in Mature Industries
Commodity products
Competitive advantage,
differentiation &
barriers to entry
Industry transformation
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A Brief IntelePeer History
The Cloud Communications Company
Global
Global Recovery
Recovery
•• Strategic
Strategic use
use ofof
communications
communications as as
aa revenue
revenue driver
driver
The
The Great
Great Recession
Recession •• Renewed
•• Telecom Renewed
Telecom cost
cost investment
investment in
in next-
next-
savings
savings drives
drives our
our gen
gen capabilities
capabilities
growth
growth
Telecom
Telecom ++ Web
Web
•• Launch
Launch ofof
AppworX
AppworXTM TM, cloud
, cloud
platform for
platform for
communications-
communications-
enabled
enabled apps
Super RegistryTM
Super Registry
Network and
TM
apps
What’s next?
TM and
NetworkTM
Peering
Peering Creative entrepreneurs like you can drive
• Launch of
• Launch
Voice
Voice
of Voice
Peering
the next wave of innovation with our tools
Voice Peering
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Thank You
Frank Fawzi
Chairman and CEO
Office: (650) 235-8530
Mobile: (561) 634-1080
ffawzi@intelepeer.com