Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

First, I’d like to quote (paraphrase) Brad Feld speaking at Twiistup in LA in 2009, “I keep hearing people in LA talking with a chip on their shoulders about building a tech business here relative to Silicon Valley. my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor). I have one message for you, ‘get over it!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Time will tell.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. I run the recruiting process for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I joined GRP Partners in 2007 before they raised their current fund (we closed a $200 million fund in March 2009). What about VC’s and Risk? It was May.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners. Why does vintage matter to you?

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2010

in a venture round from GRP Partners and Rincon Ventures, for the firm's mobile ad management platform. Mark Suster lead GRP's investment in the firm, and Jim Andelman led Rincon's investment. In early 2009, no one was paying attention to that, so we spent some money and devoted resources to build this.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. We don't get excited about derivative businesses, like yet another daily deal site, or another niche flash sales site. For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about? Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Tech support is sales. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. they have purchasing intent ).*.

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