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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

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It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion. Community builders. Open & transparent. Approachable. And Greg was a perfect match for all of these. So I began talking to him about joining the fund. How can you do a job half time? Pretty well as it turns out.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report. North of the 101].

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

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The top five tournaments for “StarCraft 2″ in the month of June 2012 had combined prize-pools of over $150,000. If you said 6 million (as of April 2012), you’d be close, because JustFab is growing by nearly to 500,000 members a month. In 2012, ShoeDazzle jumped from 3 to 13 million members. Brandon Beck – Riot Games.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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Cincinnati has had the accelerator The Brandery for several years, which caters to the great strengths of design and brand management that are dominant in this city. In 2012 Upfront Ventures raised its 4th venture capital fund – this one was $200 million.

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