ooma is the result of Andrew's desire to combine his technical expertise with his passion for innovative and fun consumer products. Andrew Co-founded his first technology company, an ISP in Las Vegas, at age 15. He then joined Cisco as a full-time employee, and at 17 he became the youngest person ever to earn Cisco's top technical honor - a CCIE certification. He also earned a second one that same year, making him one of just eight people at the time to do so. At age 19, he moved to Cisco's Global Center of Expertise to focus on critical networking issues for large service providers in the Pacific Rim and Latin America.
After several years at Cisco, Andrew joined start-up core router company Procket Networks as an engineer. He remained there until 2004, when he decided to return to his entrepreneurial roots as the founder of ooma.
Andrew was recently named by the editors of Businessweek as one of the top entrepreneurs under the age of 30 most likely to shape the worl...
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Andrew Frame, founder of Ooma, discusses the importance of building an efficient team in a startup. He talks about the differences in the process of recruiting executives and staff members. Frame also touches upon his unique method of emotionally charging up potential employees about his firm before hiring them. He also cautions entrepreneurs of offering employment too soon as it might trigger auctioning for an employee.