Upfront Summit 2017 - LA's premier technology event

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The Upfront Summit is LA's premier technology event, with more than 750 of the country's top investors, startups, and corporate executives.

We've contextually curated the conversations about Upfront Summit 2017 here.

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Speakers & Moderators

Pre-Event Buzz

Opening Remarks: Mark Suster, Upfront Ventures

Fireside Chat with Dick Costolo, Former CEO, Twitter & CEO, Chorus

Fireside Chat with Mark Cuban: Interviewed by Jason Hirschhorn, REDEF

Mark Cuban

Since the age of 12, Mark has been a natural businessman. Selling garbage bags door to door, the seed was planted early on for what would eventually become long-term success. After graduating from Indiana University - where he briefly owned the most popular bar in town - Mark moved to Dallas. After a dispute with an employer who wanted him to clean instead of closing an important sale, Mark created MicroSolutions, a computer consulting service. He went on to later sell MicroSolutions in 1990 to CompuServe.

In 1995, Mark and long-time friend Todd Wagner came up with an internet based solution to not being able to listen to Hoosiers Basketball games out in Texas. That solution was Broadcast.com - streaming audio over the internet. In just four short years, Broadcast.com (then Audionet) would be sold to Yahoo for $5.6 billion dollars.

Since his acquisition of the Dallas Mavericks in 2000, he has overseen the Mavs competing in the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history in 2006 - and becoming NBA World Champions in 2011. They are currently listed as one of Forbes' most valuable franchises in sports.

In addition to the Mavs, Mark is chairman and CEO of AXS tv, one of ABC's "Sharks" on the hit show Shark Tank, and an investor in an ever-growing portfolio of businesses. He lives in Dallas with wife Tiffany, daughters Alexis and Alyssa, and son Jake.

Jason Hirschhorn

Mr. Hirschhorn is CEO of REDEF, a digital content curation company. Previously, Mr. Hirschhorn served as Co-President of Myspace Inc., an affiliate of News Corp. and as President of Sling Media, Inc. He has also served as Chief Digital Officer of MTV Networks. Mr. Hirschhorn currently is on the board of directors of MGM and CFY. Mr. Hirschhorn holds a B.S. in International Business and Marketing from New York University's Stern School of Business.

More info @ http://summit.upfront.com/mark-cuban

Entertainment

Dinner and Party

Event Buzz

ADD, Innovation and the Brain by Daniel Amen, MD, Amen Clinics

Venture Capital Trends and Outlook

LP View of Venture Capital

Speakers & Moderators (12) Pre-Event Buzz (28) Opening Remarks: Mark Suster, Upfront Ventures (12) Fireside Chat with Dick Costolo, Former CEO, Twitter & CEO, Chorus (13) Fireside Chat with Mark Cuban: Interviewed by Jason Hirschhorn, REDEF (0) Workplace Bias and Women in Leadership : Moderated by Michael Carney, Upfront Ventures - Sallie Krawcheck from Ellevest & Robin Hauser, Finish Line Features and Unleashed Productions (0) Corporate M&A, Partnerships, and Investments : Moderated by Dan Primack, Axios - Jason Maynard, NetSuite & John Somorjai, Salesforce (0) The Changing Media Landscape : Moderated by Matt Mazzeo, Lowercase Capital - Nick Weidenfeld, VICELAND & Anthony Wood, Roku (0) The Future of eCommerce and Online Consumer Brands : Moderated by Erin Griffith, Fortune - Michael Dubin, Dollar Shave Club & Kirsten Green, Forerunner Ventures (0) Apeel Sciences : James Rogers, Science Director and CEO (0) From Obama to Crooked Media : Moderated by Jeff Berman, Whalerock Industries - Jon Favreau, Crooked Media & Jon Lovett, Crooked Media (0) Breakout Session 1: Human Performance and Innovation (0) Breakout Session 2: How Can VCs Get Better at Raising Money from LPs (0) Breakout Session 3: How to Improve M&A for Startups (0) Breakout Session 4: Recruiting World Class Talent (0) Breakout Session 5: Monitoring, Measuring, and Leading Highly Functional Teams (0) Breakout Session 6: The Efficient Startup (0) How Leaders Deal with Crises : Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author (0) Fireside Chat with Glenn Beck : Interviewed by Brent Weinstein, United Talent Agency (0) Imbellus : Rebecca Kantar, Founder and CEO (0) Data, Maps, and the World: Jack Dangermond, Esri (0) Fireside Chat with Alex Rodriguez : Interviewed by Jessica Yellin (0) Fireside Chat with Vinod Khosla : Interviewed by Jason Calacanis, Inside.com (0) uBeam : Meredith Perry, Founder and CEO (0) Public vs Private: Tech CEOs Speak Moderated by Julia Boorstin, CNBC :Spencer Rascoff, Zillow & Sean Rad, Tinder (0) Fireside Chat with Alexis Ohanian : Interviewed by Hunter Walk, Homebrew (0) Fireside Chat with Ev Williams: Interviewed by Mark Suster, Upfront Ventures (0) Entertainment (0) Dinner and Party (0) Event Buzz (7) ADD, Innovation and the Brain by Daniel Amen, MD, Amen Clinics (9) Venture Capital Trends and Outlook (11) LP View of Venture Capital (4)