Frank Gruber

Current

• Principal Product Manager of Lifestream Platform at AOL
• Founder at Shiny Heart Ventures
• Founder and Co-manager at TECH cocktail, LLC

• Founder and Editor at Somewhat Frank, LLC

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Education

• Northwestern University
• Purdue University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Frank

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Frank Gruber’s Summary

I have been a jet-setting product development strategist for Bebo/AIM/AOL since 2006. I also have a well read personal technology video blog called SOMEWHAT FRANK. Additionally, I co-founded TECH cocktail, a community building startup in 2006 to help under served technology communities to better connect and work together as entrepreneurs.

Frank Gruber’s Experience

• Principal Product Manager of Lifestream Platform

  AOL

  (Public Company; TWX; Internet industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Lead the product development and strategy for the AIM BuddyUpdates product
  Lead the product development and strategy for the Bebo/AIM lifestream platform

• Founder

  Shiny Heart Ventures

  (Internet industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

• Founder and Co-manager

  TECH cocktail, LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

  • Founded Freedom Jump, LLC and created SplogReporter.com, a service empowering users to combat spam blog, as grassroots level with vision of improved search engine function and accountability.
  • Created TECHcocktail.com to connect the Midwest technology and business community and renamed Freedom Jump, LLC to TECH cocktail, LLC.
  • Manage product development lifecycle, marketing, media relations and public relations.
  • Recently highlighted in Wall Street Journal (Oct. 19, 2005).

• Founder and Editor

  Somewhat Frank, LLC

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

  Somewhat Frank -- the blogosphere’s must-read tech-talk written by Frank Gruber -- presents candid and timely perspectives on how web 2.0 and technology fuse into everyday life. Running the gamut from the latest reports on emerging Web 2.0 applications to exciting updates in the social media movement, Somewhat Frank makes the fast-paced world of technology both accessible and fun. Also you can join the community and connect with its worldwide audience of business and tech industry leaders, venture capitalists, investment professionals and entrepreneurs. Somewhat Frank is published by Somewhat Frank, LLC.