Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

A huge thank you to all of the Limited Partners who have entrusted us with your capital, time and reputations. Upfront’s Base As you probably know we are based in Santa Monica and as my partner Greg Bettinelli coined, we’re #LongLA. We’ll invest in about 15 new companies every year or just over 2 per partner.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2011

When Bloomberg was a partner at the investment bank, Salomon Brothers, he and 62 colleagues were fired because the company was bought out. Long before Oprah Winfrey became the most successful female talk show host in television history, she was working as a TV news reporter at WJZ in Baltimore. Michael Bloomberg. Oprah Winfrey.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s important that you remember (or ask your partner to remind you) not to fall back on actively thinking about a solution; rather, let your mind remain blank and clear. A New York native, she leads a team of content professionals from her home near Baltimore, Maryland.

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

client / Washington, DC ($500 Referral Reward) Developer/Partner / Rocket Whale, Inc. Ycombinator © 2010 Social Matchbox, - WordPress Themes by DBT.

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blog.launchbit.com

MARCH 8, 2012

As soon as "recruit and tell what to do" turns into "partner with and listen too". If you need a partner, dont ask someone to be an employee. Even if youre in the ballpark, presenting technical solutions raises two issues - youre looking at me as an employee, not a partner, and you might be a know-it-all. Mar 10, 2011.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 3, 2010

This deal will make the company the Austin-based game studio for Zynga, adding to operations in San Francisco, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Bangalore, and Beijing. Challenge Games, backed by Sequoia Capital and Globespan Capital Partners, launched in 2007 to focus on immersive Web game development built on a virtual goods business model.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 2, 2018

“The corrugated industry is not the sexiest,” observes Jeff Smith, the HR manager for SUN Automation, a Baltimore-based manufacturer of corrugated packaging equipment and parts. “It’s a neat idea to walk around and talk to people as business partners. SUN has 154 employees and a 184,000 square foot facility.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

First understand what you want to measure as part of your lead scoring program, then find a partner with the technology to help you do it. Sam Ruchlewicz is the resident data expert and Senior Digital Strategist for Warschawski, a Baltimore-based Advertising, Marketing & PR Agency.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Yarina spoke about the meaning of Sisu in Finnish, the importance of building community, and what she loves about being in Baltimore. This will require new partners, new skill sets, and new business model innovation. Tell us your favorite thing about being based in Baltimore. What is your top goal for Sisu Global for 2020?

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VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

Britain’s Apax Partners in cooperation with Baltimore, Maryland’s JMI Equity has purchased the US-Israeli software company Paradigm for $1 billion. Stanley intends to use the 200 employees of AeroScout to establish an R&D center in Israel built around the existing AeroScout framework.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our last fund was $200 million but as you may already know since we raised that fund we added new partners Greg Bettinelli and Kara Nortman and Venture Partner Hamet Watt – all of whom are busy looking at new deals for the firm in addition to Yves Sisteron (the founder), Steven Dietz (also part of founding team) and myself.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

It’s true that Upfront is a national firm and our biggest successes over the years have come from Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas, NYC, London and LA as well as from Silicon Valley. We’d rather partner with those firms.” Spending cycles selling to the unconvinced is wasted effort vs. finding aligned buyers.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 11, 2012

Winners will be featured on Governor Martin O’Malley’s Pinterest page and will also receive a prize courtesy of our generous partners at the Baltimore Angels. First place winners will receive a MacBook Air and second place winners will receive an iPad courtesy of our generous partners at the Baltimore Angels.

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ithacaVC

OCTOBER 10, 2012

If one considers NEA a Silicon Valley firm (I know they are headquartered in Baltimore but they have a very large and successful west coast practice), the top five funds raised are in San Francisco and represented 55% of the capital raised. Michael Greeley is a managing director with Flybridge Capital Partners.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 1, 2024

In cities with a vibrant business scene, like Baltimore, vehicle wraps can be particularly effective due to the high volume of daily traffic and the city’s diverse population. For businesses seeking vehicle wraps Baltimore can partner with a local expert to ensure that they receive personalized service, from design to installation.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

Thanks to Steve Groom, Maryland Home Buyers in Baltimore ! #6- In my entrepreneurship journey, I’ve made incredible retail partners from many countries, and eventually landed my own show on HSN for 19 years. I am in charge of my own destiny and I would not have it any other way. 6- Help people align with their purpose.

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Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 29, 2015

In the wake of Ferguson, Baltimore, South Carolina, ground-breaking SCOTUS decisions and much more, I imagine she is not the only business leader struggling with these questions and so I thought I would share a few thoughts to address them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And I also now have to raise money myself, but this time from bigger institutions that our industry calls LPs (limited partners). Partners make investment decisions. Also recognize that WITHIN a VC you have partners who focus on different areas. Most VC partners do 2-3 deals per year max (except for the higher volume shops).

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2020

And I was training in East Baltimore at the time and most of my patients were intercity members of the Baltimore community. I have a brilliant partner named Natasha Martin who doesn't actually use modeling. Also, it is a cluster of diseases that disproportionately affected people at the other end of the economic spectrum.

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