Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 16, 2014
We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. Why do they invest in venture capital? We raised $280 million.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2013
Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. Well, the venture capital industry has changed a lot in the past 20 years … and we have too. What’s up with that? Our portfolio companies value us as sparring partners.
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Steve Blank
JANUARY 21, 2016
Tiffani Bell is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Detroit Water Project , a platform that connects donors to people in Detroit and Baltimore in need of assistance paying their water bills. For example, in Detroit and Baltimore you can lose your kids over not having water in your house. Clips from their interviews are below.
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. Thus began my marketing campaign. I have known Kara for 7 years and knew almost immediately after meeting her that I wanted to work with her one day in some capacity.
The Startup Magazine
JANUARY 10, 2020
Meanwhile, Philly quietly chugs away drawing entrepreneurs and venture capital (VC) dollars. New companies can find it difficult in an over-tapped market. New York City and Baltimore are each 100 miles or less away. Image by David Mark from Pixabay. But the noise is getting louder. A Robust Talent Pool.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 12, 2013
He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. The feedback was always universal, “that was the most helpful marketing meeting I’ve every had.”
socialmatchbox.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
These days sales, marketing and PR people seem to grow on trees. If they charge well above the market average then they are usually either greedy or motivated to do something on their own that you are basically funding. You are probably wondering how do I know if they are asking for more than the market rate or not?
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