Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

After years of trying to persuade Kara Nortman to become a partner at Upfront Ventures I can officially announce now that she’s joined us effective immediately. It is rare to find somebody who matches exactly what I’m looking for in a partner so when you find it you act: Academic rigor (Princeton undergrad, Stanford MBA).

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2020

Las Vegas is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country and, indeed, around the world. There’s simply so much to love about Vegas and people just keep coming back for more. Indeed, the size and the date of the event doesn’t matter; Las Vegas is the perfect place to conduct it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

It is with great pleasure that I can finally announce that we have added Greg Bettinelli as a partner at GRP Partners. This is exactly the brand that GRP Partners wants to embody. We knew he had to be an investment partner. We settled on Venture Partner as is now being reported and also picked up here.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Inspired by my partner’s love of bridge, we created beaded bags with a variety of gaming themes – the Blackjack bag, the Four Slots bag, one shaped like a die, and so on. I remember driving the four hour trip from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and being so full of optimism. I was absolutely thrilled! or so I thought.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 24, 2017

In addition, we were lucky enough to finally find reliable partners, thus adding a few more services to our portfolio – like Locksmith and Childcare. We finally found a reliable partner and I am very confident that this service will be as successful as the others we deliver. 24- Double-digit revenue and national partnership.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn and Greylock Partners will be talking about “blitzscaling” with his co-author Chris Yeh, and Stanford Professor Bob Sutton. We’re looking forward to seeing you in Las Vegas. If you haven’t registered yet, you can do it here.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2018

This illustrates the growing understanding by governments around the world that they need to partner with business to find the solutions they need to local, regional, and national issues. The announcement was made by Paddy Cosgrave, CEO of Web Summit, and Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

He envisioned a means for long-distance partners and team members to stay in touch when he founded the audio-visual cloud conferencing platform Zoom in 2011. As soon as Smith's funds dwindled down to $5,000, he decided to gamble with it in Las Vegas. #8- Eric Yuan, Zoom. Photo Credit: Sarah Jameson.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2021

If marketing is not your thing, then you need to find a partner or outside expert to help you. You can get started by visiting your local Chamber of Commerce and attending the next Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. If customers don’t know you exist, you can’t solve their problem, they won’t buy.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 7, 2011

Our annual 24 hours (usually more like 30) together in Las Vegas every January for CES is another one. My Foundry Group partners and I have been coming to CES together for the past few years. My dad and I have developed several annual traditions including a really delightful father-son weekend. My dad is a retired doctor.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 17, 2015

His interests include reading, writing, international travel, Las Vega$, tennis, bodyboarding and creating mix CDs. Corporate Partners. His interests include reading, writing, international travel, Las Vega$, tennis, bodyboarding and creating mix CDs. Gregg resides in East Windsor with his wife and two children.

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

I have just started a new research campaign on the great tools to build off of and this is like walking into a Las Vegas casino and putting in a dollar in the first slot machine you see and the bells and whistles go off… JACKPOT!! Top From Our Partners. Global Syndication Partners. Trend Setter Intermedia.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2019

by Ron Coury, author of “ Tenacity: A Vegas Businessman Survives Brooklyn, the Marines, Corruption and Cancer to Achieve the American Dream: A True Life Story “ If I had to give myself a title or occupation description after four decades of business activity in Las Vegas, I’d call myself an observational entrepreneur, a “niche finder.”

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 16, 2010

We write that into the calendar entry so that I (and any my partners) know this and would only reschedule if extremely urgent. I assume that they also had other meetings in LA but they really wanted to meet me. Their plane had to land in Las Vegas unexpectedly to refuel. The day before - This starts to get problematic.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2012

I’m in Las Vegas at CES. I walked the floor yesterday, had a bunch of meetings in the afternoon, and then went out to dinner at Nobu with my partners and a bunch of the founders of companies we are investors in. My plan today was to walk the floor of CES some more.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 12, 2012

Every year my partners at Foundry Group and I go to CES. Finally, I had plenty that is the weirdness of Las Vegas. I had a death defying run on the Las Vegas strip. I had a total meltdown Wednesday morning and ended up spending the day in my room.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Bessemer was also heavily represented with David Cowan , managing partner and co-founder of VeriSign ( see his post about the event ), Rob Stavis , BVP’s New York-based managing partner who led our investment in Skype, Byron Deeter , partner and founder of Trigo and our COO/managing partner Ed Colloton. Roger David.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2020

Ask yourself, if this person is so successful and was already making so much money, why are they now telling everyone they are your business partner? Prior to Silent Rich, Mr. Colton founded and exited a number of successful online companies, including the popular Las Vegas tourism guide JackColton.com and Blackout Artist Management.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2017

New Orleans, LA – September 27, 2018. Las Vegas, NV – November 10-11, 2018. Bonnie’s partner is Vickie Sokol Evans, a globally recognized expert on practical real-world tech skills. Conference Organizer: Executive Assistants Organization (EAO). Locations and Dates: Silicon Valley, CA – March 29, 2018.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). So it is with this investment thesis in hand that I head to LeadsCon this week (Tues & Wed) in Las Vegas. Measurable advertising isn’t my only investment area but it is a major theme.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

We attended the Cosmoprof beauty trade show in Las Vegas to catch up with colleagues we don’t see very often and to scout new beauty brands and trends. We managed to sign up over 50 professional mover partners, grew from five to 10 people, and expanded our business beyond Boston. Image Credit: Trina Albus.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Aaron Dignan --who has described himself as "obsessed with organizational adaptivity" --is one of the speakers at this year’s Lean Startup Conference in Las Vegas , where he’ll be talking about How to Reinvent Your Organization. So, for example, you hear, "Oh, we're spending too much on travel and we really want to lock it down."

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

In fact, I actually spoke at a conference in Las Vegas for digital dealer. At what point did you feel like you outgrew your ability, you and your partners, I guess in this case, ability to actually run that company? Over that eight year, eight years of time, actually some of the partners come and went. Matt Watson: Yeah.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Toss in a BigDoor board meeting early in the week in Las Vegas and I’ll be getting my annual allotment of sin city in the first week of the new year. CES is just around the corner and I’m psyched to be going again this year. Lots of my friends and a number of our portfolio companies will be at CES this year.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 25, 2019

I started the second week of 2013 in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show. I’m fortunate that my wife, business partners, family, and friends are helpful to me when I’m depressed. I was afraid to tell anyone I worked with, other than my business partner, that I was depressed. I couldn’t deal with anything at all.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2017

My dad and I left the Venetian yesterday at 8:30am to head over to the Las Vegas Convention Center. My experience with James, his partner Eric, and Fitbit continues to be one of the most rewarding and enjoyable – at all levels – professional experience I’ve ever had. Kind of cool, but not commercially viable.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 20, 2017

If you’re technical and a savvy inventor, you could design a product that helps marijuana user process or ingest their medicine—think about all the fancy vape pens that have been coming out, or the rosin presses that easily extract solvent-free oil from bud or trim. Do this, and you will develop a loyal consumer base.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

If you have a reputation for cutting corners, not treating employees or partners right, it will become very difficult to do business. are going to add this story to our blog via our IT guy at [link] we have a audience in las vegas that will read your article. While Silicon Valley covers a large amount of turf, it is very small.

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The Next Web

JULY 12, 2012

In May, the group packed their bags and headed over to the Media Finance Focus 2012 conference in Las Vegas, where all the old school people were.Here’s the experience in Jeremy’s words: “So we went to this conference to kick off what we call Local Innovation Lab and we had basically 5 compatible companies. .

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 6, 2012

These events offer opportunities to network with potential business partners, users, venture capitalists and customers, but they can also place a huge demand on a startup’s always scarce resources of time and money. So, the natural question is: which events should you attend and/or sponsor?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 11, 2011

I remember one brutal season doing the January accessory show in New York, flying to Hong Kong to walk their trade show and meet with suppliers, then back to the US to do Magic in Las Vegas, back to NY to do Coterie , and then to Paris to do Premiere Classe. C’est la vie ; it was one of the many lessons we learned the hard way.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

TinyTap , an Israeli start-up that has developed an educational app platform based on user-generated content, was one of three top-prize winners at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. LOCKHEED MARTIN AND EMC PARTNER FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN ISRAEL.

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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.” If you’re looking for the 81st firm on Sand Hill Road we’re not that.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 23, 2015

seed round, we are investing alongside 500 Startups, Nexus Venture Partners, Arena Ventures, Maiden Lane Ventures, Funders Club, Haystack Fund, Ludlow Ventures, and many super angels. Headout is currently in New York City and Las Vegas, with plans to launch in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington DC in the next few months.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 29, 2011

As I was still on the hunt for showrooms, we continued doing trade shows ourselves – New York , Paris and Las Vegas. I really considered these showrooms my selling team , or strategic partners , as they also had a vested interest in my company.

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Diego Basch

JUNE 21, 2012

I believe that Silicon Valley is like Las Vegas, except they make you pass a number of tests before they let you gamble. When a partner at GiganticTree Ventures asks them how they plan to reach sales of 100M/year, they have all the right answers. This means that only a relatively select group gets to sit at the table.

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