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JUNE 10, 2013

However, Silicon Beach Fest , the upcoming conference which combines both the local high tech community as well as the entertainment industry, seems to be emblematic of the spirit and energy which has become apparent recently in the local startup scene. Last year''s event attracted more than 2,000 attendees. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based Topspin Media , which develops tools to help musicians market themselves online, has released a new set of analytics tools today, called Topspin Sharealytics. is a San Francisco startup whose backers include Los Angeles-based GRP Partners, among others. Topspin is headed by Ian Rogers. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. It is to out friend.

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APRIL 15, 2010

for the quarter, up from both Q4 of last year as well as the comparable Q1 quarter in 2009, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the NVCA. in Q1, up from $588.033M tallied by the report in Q4 of 2009, and up significantly from the $320.2M Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M

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MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. Never say never – GRP Partners is actually looking very closely at a company in its A round that is raising a large sum of money. my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor).

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

Thursday, December 9, 2010 -- If the Venture Model is Broken, Whos Funding All These Startups? Dealmaker Media LA. What is the new business of investing  startups are getting funded at rapid speeds, if venture is broken, whos doing the investing? See [link] (more)

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JUNE 8, 2010

Get your product/market fit working before you ramp up your costs (or raise too much money). Let me start by saying two things: Events like this are invaluable to startups because the significant value comes from building the network across portfolio companies and the discussion one can have with your peer group.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Snowball Factory , the startup behind awe.sm , the url shortener and analytics service, tweetpo.st , which updates Facebook from Twitter, and other tools, has raised $500,000 more, according to a recent regulatory filing by the firm. It's unclear if Suster's involvement is a personal investment or an investment of GRP.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Today’s startup innovators come from about six hours south of Silicon Valley. Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. Fun Fact: One of the most prominent figures from their firm, Mark Suster t, runs a blog startups follow religiously. Social Media: Snapchat.

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MARCH 1, 2012

Well, Los Angeles-based Dog Vacay , a new person-to-person marketplace startup, is looking to help connect pet owners with other dog owners and pet sitters, who are willing to watch their pets when their owners are on vacation. The new startup is backed by Science, Inc., READ MORE>>.

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JULY 24, 2012

I wrote a blog post on how to work with lawyers at a startup nearly two-and-a-half years ago. If you don’t have much experience in working with law firms at a startup it’s a good primer. In that post I talked about how to select a law-firm for a startup. Startup-focused. It was very widely read.

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JULY 8, 2013

We caught up with Michael to learn more about what Gradient X is doing, and why the three have teamed up at the company. Gradient X is backed by Rincon Venture Partners, GRP Partners (now Upfront Ventures), CrossCut Ventures, Founder Collective, Siemer Ventures, Baroda Ventures, and Double M Partners.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. TapIt Media acquired for $23M by Phunware. How to find a startup mentor. Broadcom Powering New Mac Wireless. Surf Air Gets First Aircraft. In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). Comment below!

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

GRP Partners is looking to hire two analysts (maybe even three) to join our practice in Los Angeles. At the highest level we’re looking for somebody really intelligent, digitally native, financially numerate and interested in startups. Or if you did something really interesting / innovative in a startup company.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Mark is a Partner at GRP Partners and authors one of the most widely read startup blogs, BothSidesOfTheTable. Start – It’s The Only Way You Will Know. Mark reinforced this message by telling the students, “I didn’t start young enough. I started at 31. Start Lean. ” 4.

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JANUARY 19, 2012

The amount is up from $528.0M raised in Q4 of 2010, and up from the $652M invested in the region last quarter. Orange County--boosted in a large part by a funding for Fisker Automotive--racked up $242.45M in funding. The category of perennial interest in Southern California, Media and Entertainment, only saw $55.3M

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JUNE 27, 2013

Despite the increase in startup activity in Southern California, local venture capital funds are still few and far between, and a large chunk of the funding here is still from Sand Hill Road. How has your broad social media presence affected your dealflow? Tell us about the new fund? Mark Suster: It''s a $200M fund. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. 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.

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JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA? Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? Here’s how to do it.

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MARCH 5, 2010

Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. I suppose I should keep it to myself but I guess Jason will be helping to hype up all the companies anyways. My personal favorite and best fit for GRP Partners was Thumbtack. Watch this space. Team Pip.io

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over amazing content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Mark Suster , GRP Partners. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Startups Apply to Demo. What: A Startup Demo event.

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JULY 1, 2010

In fact, he’s personally started 34 businesses and run 17 of them. He started a car washing business as a way to be able to drive other people’s fancy cars. So while it started more about finding solutions to get him driving cars more or logging airline miles he also focuses on big, industry-changing ideas.

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JUNE 14, 2008

A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. Start-up on top of pen computing - Go Corp - pen point. Will it survive as long as you need?

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JULY 14, 2011

But, when it comes to tracking what ad placement or publisher was responsible for getting a consumer to pick up the phone and call, that’s pretty difficult. In my experience a big part of building a winning team is recognizing who the MVPs are from the start. Why aren’t there a half-dozen well-funded startups running up your tailpipe?

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MARCH 27, 2011

We all read them to get a sense of what is going on in the world, peeling back layers of the old world in which media was too scripted. But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? People often ask me why I started blogging. It really started simply enough.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. So we ended up with “real-time streams&# in Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Blip.FM, etc. I remember in the mid-90’s when banner advertising started. was the 2-way web.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We will be bringing you some of the hottest startups around to give you a quick rundown about their companies and get to know the entrepreneur behind those companies. For those of you who may not know about StartupDemo, it is an event that TechZulu and Schmoozd have partnered up to bring you some of the hottest startups around.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. For those who ever said there is no startup community in Los Angeles I most certainly beg to differ. For those who ever said there is no startup community in Los Angeles I most certainly beg to differ.

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MARCH 1, 2010

RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. startup scene so hot. a great place for startups?

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). Early evidence is good. Enter RingRevenue.

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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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MAY 5, 2011

I’m inspired by the enthusiasm of the young, emerging startup ecosystem that is here. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. I don’t see this changing much like I don’t see you building blockbuster movies outside LA or shift the media buying center of gravity out of NY. I’ve talked with many great NYC startups facing the same problem.

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

It all started in 2010 with Klout. I had always liked and respected CEO Joe Fernandez but could never get my head around the fact that the Klout was putting up charts showing who influenced me and it didn’t map to the reality I knew in my head. Every startup needs accounting and it’s often a huge distraction and non core.

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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. Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly The Importance of Twitter.

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