Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2020
She took an operating role helping run Citysearch and Urbanspoon. The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested. My literal response was, “She went to Princeton undergrad and has a Stanford MBA. I’m only 52!
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 12, 2013
He co-founded a prominent accelerator in Los Angeles called MuckerLab , that has produced a number of impressive companies and he mentored more than 20 of them. Natural mentors – a desire to help. This is exactly the brand that GRP Partners wants to embody. Quantitative & analytical. Community builders.
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. They decided early to only book very high quality vendors so they build a system that could pull in Yelp & CitySearch reviews and they set the standard that it had to be highly rated. The company was called Red Beacon.
socalTECH
JULY 13, 2009
GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. 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.
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 8, 2011
We both had different types and interests in men and thought it would be great if there was a Citysearch for women based upon types. One woman’s success is another woman’s success – help, mentor, guide them, etc. We need to start mentoring more women in high school to get excited about the tech scene.
SoCal Delicious
AUGUST 23, 2010
Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. Mark founded Launchpad LA, a program designed to help mentor LA’s most promising first-time startup CEO’s. LowerMyBills, Inc. It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 8, 2014
I like to boil down the overwhelming majority of what we do on the web to just three primary activities, which I call the three C’s: Content, Commerce & Communications. It really only needs a few community leaders to kick things off and land a community on a map.
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