Mark Suster

Managing Partner, Upfront Ventures · 1 appearance on the record.

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Mark Suster is a Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures, where he leads early-stage investments in software and emerging technology. Before becoming a venture capitalist, he founded and sold two enterprise software companies, including Koral, which was acquired by Salesforce.

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The record, in short

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Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Suster: Upfront Ventures sold Maker Studios to Disney for nearly $1B

“We just agreed to sell Maker Studios to Disney for almost a billion dollars.”

Mark Suster Apr 9, 2014 ▶ 2:11:43 #1001 The 1,000 interview celebration

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What they said5 Episodes1

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Insight

Suster: Venture investors should back immigrant outsiders with chips on their shoulders

“A chip on your shoulder's good. I'm looking, it's why I like the idea of funding immigrants. I want to fund people who are not part of the establishment, who are not country club, If you grew up with all the golfing buddies at all your prestigious country club…”

Mark Suster Apr 9, 2014 ▶ 2:02:47 #1001 The 1,000 interview celebration

Insight

Suster: Entrepreneurs must avoid platform risk by monetizing across multiple platforms

“As an entrepreneur, you just can't put all your eggs in one platform. You really have to have three or four different platforms, and I don't think we were quick enough to recognize Pinterest, Reddit, YouTube, and other platforms we could have monetized through…”

Mark Suster Apr 9, 2014 ▶ 1:58:22 #1001 The 1,000 interview celebration

Insight

Suster: CEO's job is chief psychologist; VC's job is evaluating founder psychology

“I always say the job of the CEO is chief psychologist. You need to be able to hire talented people, but then lead and manage them. The job of a VC, I think, is understanding the psychology of the people you're about to work with.”

Mark Suster Apr 9, 2014 ▶ 2:06:06 #1001 The 1,000 interview celebration

Disclosure

Suster: Goal is to back the largest IPO in Los Angeles

“So my very clear goal is I want to have the largest IPO in Los Angeles. I want to back a company in LA that IPOs and has the biggest IPO in LA. My goal with that is not purely financial. My goal is to see an ecosystem form around that company that will cement …”

Mark Suster Apr 9, 2014 ▶ 2:11:04 #1001 The 1,000 interview celebration

Assertion Supported

Suster: Upfront Ventures sold Maker Studios to Disney for nearly $1B

“We just agreed to sell Maker Studios to Disney for almost a billion dollars.”

Mark Suster Apr 9, 2014 ▶ 2:11:43 #1001 The 1,000 interview celebration

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
#1001 The 1,000 interview celebration	Apr 9, 2014	12m

Mark Suster

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