Peter Corbett

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Biography

Mr. Peter Corbett serves as Venture Partner at UP.Partners. He serves as an Advisor Memoery Lane. He was a Founder & served as Chief Executive Officer at iStrategyLabs. He's widely known for his marketing acumen coupled with a deep technical background, and a focus on community building. His client work includes brands like NBCUniversal, USA Network, Sam Adams, Disney, ESPN, ABC, NPR, PBS, GE, Microsoft, NASDAQ, Intel, GEICO, American Eagle Outfitters, Pinkberry, Honest Tea, Coca-Cola, Crate & Barrel/CB2, Chase, Rosetta Stone, The US Army, Deloitte, McKinsey, Volkswagen, Audi, Ford, Hilton, Double Tree, Embassy Suites Hotels, Marriott, Sweetgreen and more. His experiences as a programmer beginning at age 9, designer at 12, concert producer and b-schooler in college, TV producer and ad agency strategist combine to provide a perspective that can only be described as strikingly disruptive. His network extends deeply across the US, into Finland, Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, India and beyond. He remains a definitive connector and leader among Washington DC's creative and technology community having spent years as a grassroots organizer driven to build a healthy ecosystem for entrepreneurs in the nation's capital. He has mentored half a dozen startup accelerator classes, advised hundreds of early stage tech companies, founded the massive DC Tech Meetup, and created the 12,000+ person DCWEEK festival. He's frequently called upon by media such as Good Morning America, Time Magazine, NPR, the Washington Post, CNN.com, Inc. Magazine, WIRED and GigaOm to provide his perspective on technology, entrepreneurship and innovation. He is also an Angel Investor.