How we became Vegas Entertainment Group
Secure Yours Inc.
In
1996, we started Secure Yours Inc. in Houston, Tx, A small independent
company specializing in domain name cyber-piracy and cyber-squatting
laws, we soon becoming the leading cyber-squatting prevention company on
the Internet. We have worked with companies including AOL, Tri Star
Productions, and athletes from the NFL and MLB. We moved to Las Vegas,NV in
1997, while working on Secure Yours Inc. when we were approached by the
owners of Mall.com with an opportunity to promote their brand. They
were looking for national exposure and knew we had connections in the
sports entertainment field. After signing their friend, heavy weight
boxer Lou Saverise, in May of 2000 to an agreement to wear the name
Mall.com on his robe/shorts during his fight against Mike Tyson on June
24th in Glasgow, Scotland, that's when we realized the power,
opportunity and value of internet domain properties.
During
the year
2000 the domain business came to a halt (the dot com bubble/burst of 2000 )
and many domain companies went bankrupt. That was when we realized that this was the right time to start buying up premium domain properties
for a fraction of their value. Our first big purchase was
MALL.com then the AllStarGame.com , the DMV.com the DPS.com and so on. We decided to change
Secure Yours into a domain name reseller company and in 2002 we took on
a partner and closed the Secure Yours Inc. corporation in good standing.
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Joker Productions Inc.
We
started Joker Productions, Inc in 2002 , an Internet and promotions
company. We now own over 3000 domain property`s including some of the
best gambling and casino properties in the business. We had converted Secure Yours Inc. over to a domain registrar with over 10,000 +
registered users. We offered some of the lowest prices on the internet for
web-hosting, domain names, ssl certificates and web design. We closed the business in 2006 with over 500 premium domain properties
sold all over the world in those 4 years. As Las Vegas has grown so
has our promotions and entertainment
division, Vegas Entertainment Group. Soon it became time to make a
decision on what direction we wanted to go. We decided to merge both
companies and become one and kept Joker
Productions, Inc. for personal use and are now doing business under
Vegas Entertainment Group, LLC / VEGLLC.
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Vegas
Entertainment Group LLC
Vegas Entertainment Group is now one of the leading sources for Las Vegas internet investments & entertainment with our current productions, promotions
and investments. We are always looking for future ventures
and investments in Las Vegas. The future of Las Vegas is now, and we are
and will remain a vital part of its growth. We are expanding VEGLLC to
include Casino Entertainment Group ,our hosting and casino promotions
division.
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CEO & Founder
The
founder of VEG and previous owner of JPI, Francois brings with him an
extensive background in business and ownership. His vision in past
ventures has helped many businesses succeed. With 24 years of
experience in business, sports marketing & promotions, he is
involved in each venture personally. You can see where he gets his
business sense from as his family`s background has been very
successful. His family founded and owns the largest dangerous goods shipping company in the world, a construction company based in Houston Texas. His father a well known architect throughout the
United States, has owned his architectural firm and been in business for over 40 years. He has done projects that include, the Houston Astrodome ( 8th wonder of the world) - TGI Fridays (new national look )- Popeye's (new national look) and many high-rises, apartments and homes.
- Thyberg Sports Marketing, LLC (co-owner) 9 years promotional sports agent MLB, NBA, NFL
- Showtime Sports & Entertainment, Inc (co-owner) 4 years sports & entertainment promotions
- Playtime
Entertainment Group, Inc (owner) 5 years one of the largest producer of POGS
(1996), 75+ mall outlets, Inventor and producer of Nippit the board
game
- Secure Yours Inc. (owner) 5 years Internet reseller 10,000+ registered domains (closed to merge with JPI in Las Vegas)
- Joker Productions Inc. (owner) 4 years Internet and entertainment productions)
- Red Square nightclub (investor / partner)
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Candice M.
Chief Financial Officer
Born
and raised in Denver, Colorado, Candice has worked as the "right-hand
woman" to several successful CEO's in a variety of different industries
including government, financial services, laboratory diagnostics, and
medical device technology.
Candice moved to Las Vegas in the fall of
2009 after falling in love with the entrepreneurial spirit and culture of
of the city, and she has quickly adapted to the fast paced and exciting
lifestyle of the natives.Candice became
acquainted with the team at Vegas Entertainment Group after working as a
model for several of their promotional events and charity fundraisers,
and VEG quickly realized that her skills and abilities were far beyond
her outside appearance.
Vegas Entertainment Group was impressed
with her high level of business knowledge, professional communication
skills, and most notably her financial savvy and fiscal responsibility.
In early summer of 2010, CEO Francois Dejon offered her a position as
the company's lead financial manager. In this role, Candice is
responsible for the financial`s of each and every company owned by VEG
LLC. Candice also uses her creativity and vision to help VEG continue
to grow in the ever-expanding Las Vegas market, as well as the
infinitely expanding market of online gambling.
- Attended University of Colorado
- Ebay fashion store owner
- Promotional Model
- Executive Assistant
- Amateur Bodybuilder
- Licensed fitness trainer
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Sam M.
Vice President
Upon graduating from the University of Maryland with a degree in sales
and marketing, Sam spent several years in sales in Southern California,
before relocating to Las Vegas in 1994. Sam has had a successful
career for the past 10 years in finance and banking. In 2002 he partnered with his good friend and co-owner of Joker
Productions, INC. From there, they moved in to a power house marketing
& promotions and internet investment company know known as Vegas
Entertainment Group in 2006. He enjoys working on cars, traveling and
his family time.
- Finance Director GMAC
- Finance Director FMC
- President of Family Home Owners Association LLC
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Chris M.
Partner
Chris
spent 6 years as a private investor, venture capitol adviser that
specialized in early stage and emerging growth companies. He helped
finance over 20 different companies in the technology, medical, energy
and real estate industries before moving to Hawaii to pursue his
passion and own entrepreneurial aspirations. The previous owner of a
successful business based in Hawaii, Chris sold his business in
paradise and came back to the mainland to enjoy the sinful things Las
Vegas has to offer. A marketing and public relations guy, Chris is a
hands on owner that over looks each account personally. After moving to
Las Vegas he decided to team up with his good friend and now partners
Francois & Sam to form VEGLLC.
- Web Cards International (co-owner) 3 years Internet busines
- Cowabunga Adventures Inc. (owner) 3 years outdoor adventures/surf school Hawaii
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Ryan J.
Sales & Marketing
Ryan comes to vegllc with a marketing degree from University of Texas. He was a sales rep for the leading energy drink maker for 7 years, and started with them from day one. He was promoted to lead marketing and continued with them for another 3 years before moving to Las Vegas and deciding to live a much more stress free life. After 2 years off and enjoying the Las Vegas life he was asked to join veg and take over the role of marketing. With his help, veg has sold 3 big domains, and over 100 other properties. With his quick learning of the business he is a sure bet to make partner in the future.
- Set sales record at previous company at over 3 million in 1 year
- Carried a record for sales of over 2 milion for 6 years in a row
- Partner in 2 nightclubs in Texas
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