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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). ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan.

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Interview with Michael Wong, MergeLocal

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Are users willing to check into local businesses with another, mobile check-in product? Michael Wong: I was previously CTO of an agency called Breakthrough Ads. My cofounder, Steven Elliott, was CTO of a company doing artificial intelligence and automated chat technology. The feedback, mentors, and connections are amazing.

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Why Solving Big Food & Healthcare Problems Will Yield Spectacular Companies

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We believe that it is incrementally harder to differentiate on simple Internet products or mobile apps and while great companies are built doing this, our goal as a fund is to try and fund things that can be 100x returns if they work. We’re not Pollyannaish about this. In short, we’re after venture returns.

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Here is How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice

Both Sides of the Table

Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. When I meet other VCs I’m constantly asking how they decide which investments to make, when to pass, when to do follow-on rounds, when to sell a company vs. when to go long, etc. Fund raising ?

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Understanding the Power of Your Human Networks

Both Sides of the Table

And I spoke with the CTO of another great company I used to be on the board of and enlisted his support in potentially being an advisor to one company. My basic philosophy is that almost anybody can build a network by investing time in it. Maybe 50 if you really invest time and effort. In fact, I practice it myself.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

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Austin Start-up MailLift Joins 500 Startups

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Well, besides it being founded by infamous tech start-up icon Dave McClure, in just 3 years 500 Startups has invested $50 million in more than 500 startups in the past few years. Entrepreneurs and mentors travel from various parts around the world to take part in the 500 Startups accelerator program.

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