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JANUARY 16, 2013

I’m very excited to be finally be able to announce that this week we’ve added Sam Rosen to our ranks at GRP Partners in the role of entrepreneurs-in-residence – EIR. Sam in the perfect example. I was going to be in NYC and I was combing the market for people to join Launchpad LA. Jordan Hudson.

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APRIL 2, 2010

Example: if a VC is on their fourth $200 million fund that they just raised in 2009 then you might hear them talk about $800 million under management. Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Get your product/market fit working before you ramp up your costs (or raise too much money). Example: great discussions about recruiting tips, similar problems with Amazon AWS, ad agencies stretching payments, etc. My action item – I will soon announce the GRP Partners CEO Summit.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

It amazes me how quickly a modest success story gets replicated and any initial product / market advantages get narrowed. You can’t accept simply ceding part of the market to someone else because it’s big. Simple example. Another example. Vente Privee already had market power. It was very compelling.

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APRIL 1, 2010

in a venture round from GRP Partners and Rincon Ventures, for the firm's mobile ad management platform. Mark Suster lead GRP's investment in the firm, and Jim Andelman led Rincon's investment. For us, it was really more a matter of bringing on the right partners and making the decision of who we wanted around us.

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JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. What accelerated this was the collapse of the public stock markets.

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JUNE 21, 2014

Here’s just one example post featuring the wisdom I learned from Stuart about negotiations. I started working with David when I was an entrepreneur and he was an associate with a VC firmed called … wait for it … GRP Partners (now Upfront Ventures)! David is also frequently an inspiration for a story on my blog.

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JUNE 20, 2012

We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. They may or may not have a full time marketing person, or a mobile development person, as the case may be. For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about? Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica. At this stage, too, companies re small.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

We spoke with Christopher Webb, the firm's CEO, to hear about how ChowNow's goal is to make mobile, social orders something any restaurant can afford and implement--and how a new $3M funding round from GRP Partners, Double M Capital, Daher Capital, Karlin Ventures, and Velos Partners is helping it to deliver on its mission.

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MAY 19, 2010

An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Time will tell.

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MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). It’s also a great example of why transparency is so important.

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JUNE 9, 2010

"Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. Bending over: How to sell to large companies - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 24, 2010 This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups. Stay Tuned.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

What are some examples of successful companies that were started here? The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement. Mark Suster – GRP Partners Mark joined GRP Partners in 2007 after having worked with GRP for nearly 8 years as a two-time entrepreneur.

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APRIL 3, 2010

Let me give you an example. Let me give you another example. And then there is GRP Partners. Because angels will have their money in real estate, the stock market, etc. A very well known early stage fund used to have a rule that they didn’t do follow ons. True was my top pick in Silicon Valley.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2009

We brought together Peter Cowen of Groundwork Equity , Mark Suster of GRP Partners , Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures , and Richard Yen of Saban Ventures -- all of who will be on the judging panel for the Tech Coast Angel's Fast Pitch on February 24th, to give us a their hints and tips about pitching to venture capitalists.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

For example, YouTube took off rapidly because they timed some changes of Flash perfectly that allowed you to be able to watch video on the Internet with limited hassle. And where GRP Partners , the VC firm in which I’m a partner, is based. And I find that exciting. Where I call home. I’m Old Skool.

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MARCH 1, 2010

Mark Suster, a partner at GRP Partners in Los Angeles, spoke with Fastcompany.com about what makes L.A.s is the second largest designated market area (DMA) in the country, so youre starting with a natural talent pool of very interesting people, and also, a market from which to sell your goods and services into.

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MARCH 27, 2011

If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. I chose for my blog to be independent of my firm, GRP Partners. accessibility.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Let me use LA as an example. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access. The LA / Southern California market has many people who are now on their second and third companies. Los Angeles.

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MARCH 1, 2010

I’m not talk about the age old debate amongst investors whether you back entrepreneurs, markets or products (or as people like to hedge – product / market fit). I’m on the record as saying I’m 70% management, 30% market. GRP Partners had also funded my first company. But let me give you an example.

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JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. as an example of why I shouldn’t be investing in the Twitter ecosystem any longer. So with DataSift I’m doubling down.

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