Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

GRP’s biggest winners over the years have not only come from LA (Overture, CitySearch, TrueCar) but from Chicago (Envestnet, Ulta), Las Vegas (HDI), Baltimore (BillMeLater), New York (DealerTrack), London (LastMinute.com) and other locations. But luckily for his wife I don’t think he’ll be spending much extra time there.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

They decided early to only book very high quality vendors so they build a system that could pull in Yelp & CitySearch reviews and they set the standard that it had to be highly rated. I could tell you what’s next but then I’d have to kill you.

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I like to boil down the overwhelming majority of what we do on the web to just three primary activities, which I call the three C’s: Content, Commerce & Communications. So when Tim floated the idea of chipping in a small amount to our fund I was immediately excited at this new relationship.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

John is not as actively involved in managing startups, but has been a very very active angel--I think he's invested in something like 30 companies as an angel. I came out of Boston Consulting, doing technology and new media consulting, then I went to Citysearch, where I was one of the early executives running bizdev and international.

Venture Capital 165

Venture Capital Startup Idealab Technical Review 165

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

Yet in LA we have hugely successful entrepreneurs who have built big companies like Overture, CitySearch, MySpace, TicketMaster.com, LowerMyBills, Commission Junction, eHarmony and on and on. I though to myself, “too many young entrepreneurs in LA seem to feel pressured by NorCal VCs to move to the Bay Area. I hear it all the time.

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Slides Email Entrepreneur Startup 374

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I meet with Bay Area entrepreneurs all the time and am actively looking to make investments there. Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion. But you can build valuable Internet businesses outside of Silicon Valley. Recruiting & retention will be different outside the Valley.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. Los Angeles is a hotbed of creative activity, and not always in the traditional sense. LowerMyBills, Inc. It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We both had different types and interests in men and thought it would be great if there was a Citysearch for women based upon types. Talia and I were sitting around on friday night complaining about the difficulties of meeting the right guys. We spent the time researching and gathering all the data we could.

Startup 75

Startup Technical Review Blogging Demand 75

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It has the dual technology patrons and yet the consistent story I get is that they’re not actively out embracing the startup community, helping local successes emerge, getting comfortable with the symbiotic benefits of some employees going to startups that innovate at a different pace and then buying up local teams, talent & IP.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

It’s just a part of your ongoing activities as a founder. Our biggest returns were outside Silicon Valley: Overture (LA), CitySearch (LA), BillMeLater (Baltimore), Ulta (Chicago), Envestnet (Chicago), HDI (Las Vegas), PF Changs (Arizona), TrueCar (LA). Recognize that fund raising is a part of your ongoing duties.

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