Companies Competition Web Yammer 
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FEBRUARY 7, 2013
I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). BuildOnline (the company I founded) has just announcement plans to be more aggressive in growing in the US. Let me not bury the lede.
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MAY 19, 2010
It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But having different funds available for different stages of one’s company is actually a really good thing. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.
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DECEMBER 12, 2016
In all my time investing I have never seen such a senior revenue officer join a company at this stage. To watch a young company win 1,000+ seat deals at Global 100 companies at this stage of development has been simply stunning. If you’re a consumer software company your buyer is your user. Why Invest?
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DECEMBER 22, 2011
But one theme in pervasive in all my thinking about investing in Internet-based companies: Deflationary economics. In the simplest form, new startups have a product that is INFERIOR to that offered by the competition but at a dramatically lower price with the seller opting for a very thin margin on their product. Here’s what I mean.
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DECEMBER 17, 2009
Yes, there is the mythical company you all heard about that walked into Sequoia and had a term sheet 24 hours later. Geni.com beget Yammer. They came to me 2 years ago with their company, GumGum , and were trying to raise an A round of capital. I don’t think most VC’s do. I’m sure that happens.
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