VIPSquad Entertainment was founded in 2006 by two teen-aged business partners in Jacksonville, Florida. One of the partners,Dez Nado, is an Americanhip hopand reggae singer, songwriter and record producer fromJacksonville, Florida. He is also atelevision producerwho produces and directs Jacksonville's first and only cablereality TVseriesLife & Grind: Duval.[1]VIPSquad Entertainment specializes in event management and production, including (but not limited to) event coordination, marketing, promotion, digital asset management and creation, public relations, media relations, communications (mass and inter-personal), communication/marketing strategies, business management and consulting, advertising and budgeting, scriptwriting/creative services, talent booking, event hosting and staffing, venue booking, content creation and production, logistics, quantitative and qualitative data collection/analytics and research, proposal drafting and presention, contract drafting and negotiation, songwriting and music production, studio engineering, mixing, TV/radio commercial casting and production, blogging, publishing and royalty consultation, image consultation, TV coaching, life coaching/motivational and public speaking, copywriting, DJing, audio/visual editing, TV/movie pitching and placement, concept development, website development and basic HTML coding, and more