Where did Adam Frankl go to school?

Adam Frankl studied at Princeton University (B.S.E.); Touro University (Master of Arts, Jewish History); Stanford University (Executive Program, High Tech Marketing with Professor Geoffrey Moore).

Adam Frankl

Investor

Partner ♦ Top 1% CEO Coach ♦ Faculty Member ♦ DevOps Chair at Alchemist Accelerator · Faculty at Generationship · Expert Advisory Board — Partner at Alchemist Accelerator at 33N

San Francisco Bay Area

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Sunny GuptaunlockedAdam: together at Rational Software (1998–1999)

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Adam: together at Alchemist

About

Adam Frankl advises founders of early-stage developer-facing startups on developer awareness and adoption, drawing on his experience as the first VP of Marketing at JFrog, Neo4j, and Sourcegraph. His work focuses on messaging and positioning for developer-facing products. He serves as a faculty member and DevOps chair at the Alchemist Accelerator, where he coaches portfolio companies on go-to-market strategy and scaling, and is the author of The Developer Facing Startup.

Experience

The Developer Facing Startup#1 Best Selling Authorcurrent2024 — present
EngFlowAdvisor ♦ Investor ♦ Researchercurrent2020 — present
Alchemist AcceleratorPartner ♦ Top 1% CEO Coach ♦ Faculty Member ♦ DevOps Chaircurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Self-employedStartup Advisorcurrent2002 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
GenerationshipFacultycurrent2025 — present
SourcegraphMarketing Advisor ♦ First VP of Marketing2018 — 2021California, United States
JFrogFirst VP of Marketing2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
Neo4jMarketing Advisor ♦ First VP of Marketing2010 — 2014San Mateo
Resounding Technology (acquired by MPath Interactive)CEO, Co-founder1999 — 2002
Rational SoftwareDirector of Marketing1995 — 1999
Lockheed Skunk WorksSoftware Developer1991 — 1995California, United States
US ArmyInfantry Captain1987 — 1994

Skills & more

Start-ups99Product Marketing73Go-to-market Strategy7Entrepreneurship16Demand Generation13Lead Generation31Marketing Strategy4Product Management58Social Media Marketing22Market Research15Marketing20B2B6

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Competitive AnalysisCloud ComputingPositioningGraph DatabasesStrategyStrategic PlanningLeadershipEnterprise Software

Category Design Academy — Category Pirates
Business Model Generation Workshop & Masterclass — Strategyzer
Leading a Marketing Team — LinkedIn

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Colleagues at Alchemist Accelerator

Agni Karmazi

Software Quality Assurance Test Engineer at Alchemist Japan

Alex Miguel

Admissions & Partnerships at Alchemist Japan

Ally Hoang

Program Associate at Alchemist Japan

Ana Rita Silva

Program Assistant at Alchemist Japan

Andrew Scheuermann

Investor at Inception Studio Capital

Annika Lauer

Director of Operations at Alchemist Japan

Bethany Gardner

Bookkeeper & Payroll Specialist at Alchemist Japan

Celeste Flores

Global Community Liaison at Alchemist Japan

Frequently asked questions

Who is Adam Frankl?: Adam Frankl advises founders of early-stage developer-facing startups on developer awareness and adoption, drawing on his experience as the first VP of Marketing at JFrog, Neo4j, and Sourcegraph. His work focuses on messaging and positioning for developer-facing products. He serves as a faculty member and DevOps chair at the Alchemist Accelerator, where he coaches portfolio companies on go-to-market strategy and scaling, and is the author of The Developer Facing Startup.
Where does Adam Frankl work?: Adam Frankl is Partner ♦ Top 1% CEO Coach ♦ Faculty Member ♦ DevOps Chair at Alchemist Accelerator.
Where did Adam Frankl go to school?: Adam Frankl studied at Princeton University (B.S.E.); Touro University (Master of Arts, Jewish History); Stanford University (Executive Program, High Tech Marketing with Professor Geoffrey Moore).

Founder mafias

Stanford University mafia1,932

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Peter ThielJ.D.Founded PayPal +1 Reid HoffmanB.S.Founded LinkedIn +2 David SacksB.A.Founded Yammer Keith RaboisB.A.Founded Opendoor Garry TanBSFounded Y Combinator +1 Joe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto +5

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General Assembly mafia87

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DeVaris BrownExpert in ResidenceFounded Super Heroic +2 George FavvasLead Instructor, Product ManagementFounded Clara +2 Zachariah ReitanoTeacherFounded Shout +1 Brent LaRueProduct ManagementFounded Mediately +1 Jon LevinsonBack End Web DevelopmentFounded Clarahomecare +1 Matthew MichaelsonDigital Marketing Expert in ResidenceFounded Founders Pledge +1

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Alchemist Accelerator mafia46

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Andrew ScheuermannCoach and InvestorFounded Arch Systems +1 Paolo PriviteraMentor at Alchemist AcceleratorFounded 1521 Capital +1 Omar HarounFounded Text IQ +1 Michael BeebeMentorFounded Volley Automation +1 David KleckaCEO at YieldigoFounded Yieldigo +1 Marijan MumdzievMentor/Judge at AlchemistFounded Strives +1

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33N mafia6

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Christophe BiancoVenture PartnerFounded Excellium Services Brian NesmithStrategic Committee — Founder & Executive Chairman at Arctic WolfFounded Arctic Wolf Pierre PoletteStrategic Committee — Group CEO at SinariFounded Hackuity Guy BejeranoExpert Advisory Board — Co-Founder & CEO at SafeBreachFounded SafeBreach Attack Simulation Platform Sandeep LahaneExpert Advisory Board — Co-Founder & CEO at DeepfenceFounded VERCEPT

Sourcegraph mafia6

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

David SacksBoard Member (Craft Ventures)Founded Yammer Tristan HandyInvestorFounded dbt Labs Karl ClementForward Deployed EngineerFounded Squire.ai TJ KandalaSoftware Engineer (IC1)Founded LinkGrep Richard MusiolSoftware EngineerFounded Afilio

Same school

Also attended Princeton University879

Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Cat WuInvestor at Index Ventures AndrewAdvisor at Clear Ventures

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Also attended Touro University8

Chuck CorcoranMajor General USAF (ret.) at NEW VISTA CAPITAL Ryan T. MelohnCo-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Expansion Venture Capital Jake WinogradManaging Partner at K20 Fund Chaya NourafchanCCO, Operations at ATW Partners Precious BrownOffice Manager at BIOSPRING PARTNERS Kody MelanconAssociate Partner, Innovative Schools at NewSchools Venture Fund

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Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto Czar Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended General Assembly131

TinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear Ventures DavidInvestor at MGV.VC Michael BairdInvestor at Green Flag Sabine QuetantMarketing at Collide Capital Phil JacobSenior Associate at Rampersand Allison LightGTM at General Partnership

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Shared employers

Also worked at EngFlow4

Lina WennerPartner at firstminute capital Sarah RazaFounder at Kabilah Ulf AdamsCTO, Co-Founder at EngFlow Helen AltshulerCEO, Co-Founder at EngFlow

Also worked at Sourcegraph14

Scott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint Ventures Jane AlexanderPartner at CapitalG Tristan HandyFounder, dbt Labs at Amplify Partners Lenny PrussGeneral Partner at Amplify Partners Beyang LiuB2B SaaS / Dev Tooling at OVO Fund Andrew ReedPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also worked at JFrog11

Anders RanumPartner at Sapphire Ventures Andy VitusPartner at Scale Venture Partners Jessica NealOperating Partner at TCV Ramin SayarVenture Partner at DFJ Raman KhannaManaging Director at Dell Technologies Capital Alex ClaytonPartner at Meritech Capital Partners

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Also worked at Neo4j16

Rob RueckertPartner at Sorenson Ventures Magnus ChristersonAI Committee Chair at Alliance of Angels Michael McGrawPrincipal at Inovia Capital Johan BrennerGeneral Partner at Creandum Sami AhvenniemiGeneral Partner at Vendep Capital Christian Lindegaard JepsenPartner at Heartcore Capital

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