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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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2020

She has been named Chicago Business Journal Woman of Influence (2016), the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Woman Business Owner of the Year award (2015), the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Person of the Year award (2014), and Enterprising Women’s Enterprising Woman of the Year award (2013).

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Hauser Private Equity partnered with the Denver-based private equity firm Revelstoke Capital Partners to make a growth investment in DataLink Fund Solutions, a leading provider of integrated population health management applications. Digital Transformation. with whom they co-invested in the data integrity software company Precisely.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Matt and I were on the FeedBurner board together and he’s got a powerful connection between LA and Chicago – another city with an incredibly thriving startup community. As I was talking to Matt, it rolled around in my head that there are a lot of similarities in the growth of both the Chicago and LA startup communities.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

TechStars Chicago applications are now open. You didn’t know there was a TechStars Chicago? Last night I was in Chicago at 1871 , the amazing 50,000 square foot co-working space in the Chicago Merchandise Mart that has become the convening spot for the digital economy in Chicago and the home of Excelerate Labs.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I had come across a guy from the US named Michael Rhattigan who had transfered from the Chicago office to a place called Sophia Antipolis in the south of France (mid way between Nice & Cannes). “Mark, I’m an Associate Partner. He was a senior partner, I was a peon. I booked non-refundable tickets.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

CHICAGO MetricsR was created from an acronym based on the 6 Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) that we leverage to help CIOs and CISO tell their story in business terms. These 6 KRIs are The CHICAGO MetricsR and are the result of an aggregation algorithm based on any number of tactical metrics. Thanks to EdwardMarchewka, CHICAGO MetricsR ! #3-

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

I am super excited to announce that today is a day of lots of new things for my partners & me: A new fund, a new office and a new brand. 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. Our portfolio companies value us as sparring partners.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 30, 2014

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. You can find them on startup networking websites, many of which post job opportunities (Chicago has its own local listing, such as BuiltInChicago.org ).

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Georgian Partners, based in Toronto, Canada, led the Series B round. The post Shipwell Raises $35 Million, Plans to Expand in Austin and Chicago and Hire 200 More Employees appeared first on SiliconHills. Other investors include Fifth Wall, Global Founders Capital, Box Group and Aspect Ventures.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2014

When you need to book free flights through one of Chase’s partner airlines, such as British Airways, Virgin Atlantic or United Airlines but are short points, you have the ability to transfer points from a Chase Sapphire Preferred account. When you fly to Chicago, for example, you may be short 4,000 points for two round-trip tickets.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. John Vrionis is a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners who focuses primarily on early stage enterprise and consumer technology investments. In addition, John is the founder of Lightspeed’s Summer Fellowship Program.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. You can follow George on Twitter at @georgedeeb and @RedRocketVC. There are a lot of variables to go into calculating a fair equity split a startup team.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2013

Karma is real: Be mindful of it in the way you deal with your employees, prospects, business partners, and clients. Josh Golden is the CEO and Founder of Table XI , a Chicago-based web and mobile development, design and strategy firm, and co-founder and managing director of Ebert Digital, parent company to RogerEbert.com.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The Startup Magazine recently caught up with teen author Alex Jimenez, 14, of Chicago, USA, a first-time author who launched his new book, “The Big Idea” by Fig Factor Media Publishing. It is great to see entrepreneurship taking hold not only across the globe, but across the age spectrum as well. will be diagnosed with cancer.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 20, 2021

Cody Simms is presently SVP of Climate and Sustainability at Techstars, before which he was a Partner and SVP on Techstars’ investment team and was Techstars’ first Managing Director in Los Angeles. And Troy Henikoff was formerly the founding member of Techstars Chicago and is now General Partner at Math Ventures.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

News )—Stanford GSB, Harvard Business School, UPenn Wharton, Chicago Booth, MIT Sloan, Kellogg, UC Berkeley Haas, and Columbia Business School—and eight of the top ten global MBA programs , are all on the list of unicorns. As a Stanford alum and current HBS student, I was happy to see the MBA programs of both schools at the top of the list.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. John Vrionis ( @jvrionis ) is a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners who focuses primarily on early stage enterprise and consumer technology investments. Lightspeed is in the business of encouraging entrepreneurship.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I know a partner at a manufacturing firm that thinks he ought to be able to do everything he asks his people to do. Change will still be scary, but the right outside voice can mute the fear and be a partner to the forward push. But in the age of globalization and specialization, I find that mentality to be a huge hindrance.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

At this year’s FUND Conference in Chicago, Illinois, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. The Happenstance app shares geolocated and little-known mini-podcasts about Chicago! Today The Startup Magazine features a Top 3 Exhibitor winner, Happenstance.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 11, 2022

Renter screening services offered by a professional property management agency like property management companies chicago will show you all you have to know concerning a possible tenant before making a final choice. Furthermore, you must constantly adhere to state and federal rules regarding tenant screening because you are a landlord.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Our members value this additional benefit as they consider us as their accountability partners and feel comfortable asking questions they may otherwise hesitate to ask someone else. Thanks to Jeremy Cross, Team Building Chicago ! #7- There is no pressure to attend. Thanks to Sumeit Aggarwal, Finhive ! #4- Photo Credit: Douglas Dedrick.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

.” The reason is that at a VC you have a group of partners who often have different focus areas of excellence, each pursues deals in their respective field, each makes investments and sits on boards and each spends their most difficult hours tackling problems at portfolio companies vs. solving the challenges at the VC itself.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. John Vrionis ( @jvrionis ) is a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners who focuses primarily on early stage enterprise and consumer technology investments. Lightspeed is in the business of encouraging entrepreneurship.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Eric Paley , managing partner at Founder Collective , told me that they had implemented a city-wide program in Boston to help local university students get internships at local tech startups. I also learned about this amazing resource in Chicago called BuiltInChicago which I intend to use for my trip there in November.

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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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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Can you partner with other companies to reach new markets? Founded this year, the company organically grew to 200 photographers and more than 1,000 users in Chicago within a few months. Then as you get closer to your MVP, you’ll gain a better understanding of your own product and market. Flesh out where you will be at v.2 2 and even v.3.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

We are so proud to be a part of the entrepreneurial and technology community in Chicago where we are based. The @crowdSPRING community partners with US State Dept for Social Impact | Justmeans – crowdspring.co/1ux55RH. On A New Shared Street In Chicago, There Are No Sidewalks, No Lights, And Almost No Signs – crowdspring.co/10baTD3.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Testing hypotheses with doctors, patients, payers, providers, purchasing departments, strategic partners is hard. It looks like someone is actually pulling this together in a life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space in Chicago called MATTER. Schonthal found that others in Chicago saw the vision.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

And Does He Think Chicago Is a Good Place for Entrepreneurs? He’s someone I really consider a ‘good egg’ as we’ve enjoyed the stories of his own entrepreneurial journeys and strongly held opinions on Chicago coffee. You led TechStars Chicago for two years (2017–2019) and have been connected to the local scene there for a quite a while.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 6, 2021

For example, United Way of Metro Chicago set up a four-month program called the Board Leadership Institute to help business leaders interested in serving on nonprofit boards. Also, the program equips them with the best tools to be of service in the greater Chicago area. Impact of Chicago’s housing crisis.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I know it’s not single-handed as he has both fantastic partners at Foundry Group and many other community leaders. But as I look at the GRP Partners returns we’ve made a lot of money investing in companies in New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Arizona and Seattle. My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

I found out he had a trip scheduled to Chicago. I sent him a message telling him I’d be in Chicago on such-and-such dates. I technically WOULD be in Chicago. They called the partner in America responsible for the project, Grieg Coppe, put him on the phone and he said, “what the hell are you doing there?” I wasn’t lying?—?I

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. As part of the Lightspeed Venture Partner Summer Fellowship program, I ask guest speakers to come in each week and talk to the Fellows about key topics related to building a successful startup. You can’t spend too much time with these potential hires.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at Boyan Josic’s Daily Deal Media Conference in Chicago. And then there were the conference organizers themselves - Boyan Josic and his executive partners - Martin Tibbits and Joe Walker. Now, it was only by coincidence that the conference was held in President Obama's Chicago home town.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 20, 2016

In 2006, I gave a keynote speech at the Newspaper Association of America’s national conference in Chicago. A Channel partner is a person or a company with a complementary service, who is knocking on the same doors as you, and who is connected. Good Channel partners are hunters with a “protein–rich” diet of connections.

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