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GRP Excited to add Sam Rosen to Its Ranks. How Did He Get the Role? Hustle. Here’s the Story.

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I’m very excited to be finally be able to announce that this week we’ve added Sam Rosen to our ranks at GRP Partners in the role of entrepreneurs-in-residence – EIR. We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

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Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, And there’s conferences. Web Summit.

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7 Entrepreneur Traits That Let You Soar With Angels

Startup Professionals Musings

As a startup mentor, I’m always amazed that some entrepreneurs seem to be an immediate hit with investors, while others struggle to get any attention at all. Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation.

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Right Entrepreneurs In The Right Place Get Funded

Startup Professionals Musings

According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists. entrepreneur funding venture capital' The good news is that both of these are looking up these days. Marty Zwilling.

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The Magic of the Irish – Dublin’s Resurgence on the Global Tech Scene

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Paddy Cosgrave was a young entrepreneur in Dublin and a couple of years after the crash was talking with a mate of his who had a brand new hotel opening but had no clue how he was going to attract visitors. It will not. It was then that I learned why Paddy is so good at his job. I am fairly public about my dislike for attending conferences.

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Interview with Scott Cannon, CEO of BigRentz

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In 2014, we raised quite a bit of money from St. The company has grown about 200 percent since 2014, in terms of revenue. They invested in 2014, and asked me to meet with Dallas Imbimbo, the CEO and Founder. Cloud, and really went full force. How we made it easy, is a system we call Quickrentz. One of my partners was St.

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How the myth of the ‘girlboss’ harms emerging women in tech

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After all, Glossier’s founder and CEO Emily Weiss is very, very far from the first entrepreneur to profit off of our desire to look good. Nasty Gal CEO Sophia Amoruso is credited with coining the term in the title of her 2014 memoir, “#Girlboss,” which chronicled her rags-to-riches success and was adapted into a Netflix show.

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