Marc is a Partner at the Greater Colorado Venture Fund and since 2009, has been a leader of the startup movement around the world. He has built and scaled programs that have served more than 500,000 entrepreneurs in over 700 cities and 142 countries around the world. At UP Global he managed a team of nearly 75 people with offices in 5 international locations andoversaw Startup Weekend, Startup Next, Startup Digest, Startup Week, and Startup America. He’s worked with grassroots and political leaders from around the world as well as executives at many FT500 companies around innovation and entrepreneurship.