Bryan Franklin

Current

• Owner, President at Various Internet Business
• Senior Partner at California Leadership Center

Education

• NLP Marin
• University Of Southern California
• piedmont high school

Recommended

14 people have recommended Bryan

Connections

280 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• Leadership Development
• My Film Industry Site:
• My Gift Basket Site:

Bryan Franklin’s Summary

1995 Founded FranklinMedia, a service business providing sound design to motion pictures, television, and the entertainment industry.

2000 Sold FranklinMedia (owned 100% of shares with no debt)

2000 Joined California Leadership Center as a consultant and began working with CEOs and VPs on their business strategy, leadership skills, and organizational effectiveness.

2003 Began investing in Internet "Nano-Cap" Businesses

2005 Formed Highlander Funds private equity fund. Continued to work with California Leadership Center.

2007 Liquidated Highalnder Funds' portfolio businesses

Bryan Franklin’s Specialties:

I am a student of leadership and its impact on collaborative business. My business focus is on high tech, e-commerce, web development, application development, and the internet.

Bryan Franklin’s Experience

• Owner, President

  Various Internet Business

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2004 — Present (4 years 10 months)

  As a personal investment strategy, my wife and I have aqcuired the following businesses, which me manage together with the help of contractors and employees.
  
  www.filmstaff.com (a job board for the entertainment industry)
  www.subbox.net (a consumer electronics e-tailer)
  www.davenporthouse.com (a corporate gift e-tailer)
  www.beautifulwedding.com (a wedding supplies e-tailer)
  www.thekitchengadget.com (a kitchenware e-tailer)

• Senior Partner

  California Leadership Center

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  September 2000 — Present (8 years 2 months)

  CLC combines the technology of behavioral change with business strategy and management consulting to produce breakthrough business results.
  
  Clients are 1MM in sales to 12B in sales, Public and Private, Technology and Services companies including,
  
  3Ware
  Adaptec
  Apple Computer
  Ariba
  Agere
  Business Objects
  BWA
  Cadence Design Systems
  Chiron Corp
  Cisco Systems
  CoWare
  Documentum
  ESP Enterprise Sustainability Platform
  Genentech, Inc.
  Interwoven
  Jasper
  JBA
  Linked[in]
  Logitech
  LSI Logic
  Orbital Data
  PG&E
  Pyxis Technology
  Quantcast
  Sanctum, Inc.
  Simplex Solutions
  Sonic Solutions / Roxio
  Valent, USA
  Velio
  WebEx

Additional Information

Bryan Franklin’s Websites:

• Leadership Development
• My Film Industry Site:
• My Gift Basket Site:

Bryan Franklin’s Interests:

I am interested in leadership and its effect on collaborative effort. I work with my clients on achieving extraordinary business results by causing them to rethink their strengths, their weaknesses, and their management approach. I am equally interested in the emerging patterns of successful business strategies. The successes and failures of other enterprises can teach us timeless lessons, and indicate global strategic trends as well.

Bryan Franklin’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch