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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out.

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Mark Suster: New, $200M Fund, and GRP's New Name, Upfront Ventures

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Our 2008 fund is also performing incredibly strong. I can write about anything--Internet video, for example, and I''ll have 50 Internet video plans. If I write about online education, I''ll see 25 online education plans. What''s enabled the firm to raise this fund, at the same size of your last fund? It''s the single best.

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