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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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Let’s start with the fund. Second, we are announcing officially that we are moving our offices from Century City to Santa Monica. Santa Monica is the place where the highest concentration of early-stage startups are created if you consider also the contiguous geography of Venice Beach. What’s up with that?

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