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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. In a world where we have blogs, social media, sites like TheFunded, and a variety of other sources where entrepreneurs can figure out what other people think about VCs, being open and transparent matters. How has your broad social media presence affected your dealflow?

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How TaskUs Is Powering LA's Technology Startup Boom

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We''ll do things like retouch photos for sites like HauteLook, which is now owned by Nordstrom, and Gilt Groupe. We''ll also fill in product descriptions, filling in the copy you see associated with products on those sites. We''d gone to high school together in Santa Monica, and we were both very entrepreneurial in high school.

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Recycled Bride Wants You To Save On Your Big Day | Wed Without Tears

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Recycled Bride was founded in 2009 in Santa Monica, CA. Sellers list their items on the site, using a simple 60-second listing process. Buyers can then contact the seller through Recycled Bride’s internal messaging system if they have questions, and they can purchase the item directly on-site. Business Model?

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

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There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. with her husband, Douglas, a former Google chief information officer, in late 2008. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these.