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Tanner Potter

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Partner at Kickstart
📍 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Tanner Potter is a Partner at Kickstart, focusing on early-stage companies in the Mountain West. Leveraging his operator experience in product at Vivint and an MBA from Harvard Business School, he guides founders through the zero-to-one phase. Colleagues praise his analytical insight, creative problem-solving, and vision.

Outside of work, Tanner is a Utah native and an avid Utah Jazz fan, publicly stating his belief that this is their championship decade. He is an Eagle Scout and previously organized community events for youth while serving as a missionary in South Africa.

While at Vivint, he helped develop the first doorbell camera with a 180°x180° field of vision and holds a patent for enhanced camera interactions.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
Partner
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Early-Stage Investing
His role at Kickstart is dedicated to investing in and mentoring founders during the crucial "zero-to-one" phase of business building, primarily in the Mountain West.
AI in Automation
He has written about his investment thesis in AI for industrial automation, seeing it as the next frontier after its successful integration into white-collar workflows.
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Career

Work history

7-2020
Partner
Kickstart
7-2025
Board Director
Havenly Brands (Havenly, Interior Define, Burrow, The Citizenry, The Inside, and St. Frank)
1-2025
Board Director
SponsorCX
2-2023
Board Observer
Alianza
3-2021
Board Director
Aervivo
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Education
8-2018 - 5-2020
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Harvard Business School
2010 - 2014
Bachelor's degree
Brigham Young University
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