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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

Both Sides of the Table

Today we’re announcing that my partner Kara Nortman is becoming Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to welcome her to her new role. She took an operating role helping run Citysearch and Urbanspoon. Please help me welcome Kara into her role as Co-Managing Partner.

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It's time for lean philanthropy: a case study

Startup Lessons Learned

Since then, in about 3 months, we’ve fed over 170,000 people and injected over $1mm into the local economy in San Francisco and Detroit. The model was simple: we’d build a SMS texting tool that matched the food insecure with a free meal from a partner restaurant, all covered by donor dollars.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

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. But in Los Angeles, Santa Monica is akin to SoMa in San Francisco, Cambridge in the Boston area or Flatiron / Union Square in NYC. Our portfolio companies value us as sparring partners.

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How to Manage Supply Chain Planning Like a Pro

YoungUpstarts

This integral element of most businesses is woven through every aspect of operations. Transportation partners play an enormous role in the supply chain as they bring products into distribution centers and sometimes directly to customers. Develop Relationships with Supply Chain Partners.

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The Power of Getting the Band Back Together

Both Sides of the Table

My other partner, Steven Dietz, was on the board of my second company. Stuart Lander has joined Upfront Ventures to help us run operations. Stuart was a co-founder at my first startup company and ended up running global operations. Mafias matter a lot to me, as well. In a way my firm at Upfront is mafia.

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Evolving Customer Needs – Not Technology – Drives Disruption And Innovation

YoungUpstarts

To make personalization affordable, leaders must think completely differently about offerings, create flexible operations – like distributed manufacturing and separate supply chains – and reduce waste. Today, customers want personalized products and services at reasonable prices. That applies even to these first four strategies.

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Impressions from Pocket Gamer Connects in London

VC Cafe

It’s the first big gathering of the year, a small sibling to the much larger Game Development Conference (aka GDC) taking place in San Francisco in March. Live operations refer to the ongoing management and maintenance of a game after its initial launch, and can include things like events, updates, and community management.