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First Annual Second Internet Conference

SoCal Tech Calendar

The one-day event will bring together individual and institutional investors alongside social media executives to learn the current social media landscape, and meet one-on-one with leading industry professionals. Email privateshares@wedbush.com for more information.

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DogVacay.com Launches Marketplace For Dog Boarding

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The husband and wife team of Karine Nissim Hirschhorn and Aaron Hirschhorn said DogVacay will qualify hosts with social media endorsement and user reviews, background checks, professional certifications, and more, and also provide insurance and medical care. READ MORE>>.

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Want to Work in VC? Here’s How

Both Sides of the Table

GRP Partners is looking to hire two analysts (maybe even three) to join our practice in Los Angeles. Well, aside from it showing discipline and intelligence – we always get flooded with emails when we recruit and when you have to manage volume you need to go for obvious filters. Where do you think things are heading?

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Why John Frankel Leaned in Early on Klout and Cornerstone OnDemand and What He Sees Next

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I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. We met at a private party hosted by his venture partner Mike Yavonditte and I outlined my concerns for the lack of precision of the algorithm.

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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). I chose for my blog to be independent of my firm, GRP Partners. Social media is ephemeral.

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StartupDemo Was a Huge Success!

Tech Zulu Event

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media.

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TechZulu Live from StartupDemo

Tech Zulu Event

Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD.,