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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

socalTECH

billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies. Because, who it takes to develops successful software-as-a-service is someone who has come through Oracle, Seybold, to some extent SAP or PeopleSoft.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Another client, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, just closed on a deal to buy ex- Yahoo. CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=FB CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=GOOG CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=I/DRG CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=I/HOM CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=I/ISV CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=I/MED CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=M/TEC CODE=DJII-DJN SYMBOL=MDA.T registerAd(newsReelAd,AdTile;iframe;?width=230;height=70;size=230x70;zone=article_email;site=interactive.wsj.com;adclass=A;meta=;category=;frequency=;cacheId=;classEnabled=true;classValue=adSu

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Be Best at Something

Frank Addante

With startups, it is difficult to commit to just one thing that you are best at because: a) You dont know if that one thing is always the right thing b) You arent confident that you truly are "best" at solving it yet c) You try to cast a wide net so you dont miss out on any opportunities Bottom line is that you have to do it.

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