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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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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). In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. Let me not bury the lede. Nice sweep!

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A Conversation with Ben Satterfield, Burstly

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Burstly is headed by Evan Rifkin, and backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, SoftBank Capital, and Founder Collective. You get an email, tap on a link, a notification pops up, and the app installs on your phone. The way we go about that is different than the competition. What is Burstly?

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly We have spam filters for our email. If we continue our success we will have strong competition. Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter.

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StartupDemo Was a Huge Success!

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Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Most people facing this problem resort to mass text messages, and long, frustrating email chains. Endeavor's partners, advertisers, and publishers will reap the rewards of the company's long-standing industry relationships. Panel speakers: Paige Craig , aka. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

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TechZulu Live from StartupDemo

Tech Zulu Event

Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Most people facing this problem resort to mass text messages, and long, frustrating email chains. Endeavor's partners, advertisers, and publishers will reap the rewards of the company's long-standing industry relationships. Panel speakers: Paige Craig , aka. Adrenaline Fueled Angel.

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

Both Sides of the Table

I know that I have not yet earned these kudos based on investment returns (although my partners have. GRP Partners last fund is the single best performing VC fund in the US (prequin data) for its vintage year). eCommerce is an enormously competitive search term. Hell, I often can’t even get to email during the day.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

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Mark Suster, a partner at GRP Partners in Los Angeles, spoke with Fastcompany.com about what makes L.A.s Because its just not that hyper-competitive, Im-hiring-all-your-staff, because-Im-Google environment. startup scene so hot. What makes L.A. a great place for startups? Lets start with the basics.