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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

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By definition, you read blogs. This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. People often ask me why I started blogging. I know that I have not yet earned these kudos based on investment returns (although my partners have. Who are your customers, partners or suppliers?

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Why Aren’t There More Female Entrepreneurs?

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I’m often asked the question about why there aren’t more women who are entrepreneurs. On my blog I’ve been hesitant to take the topic head on. But last week I noticed a blog post by a woman, Tara Tiger Brown, that asked the question, “ Why Aren’t More Women Commenting on VC Blog Posts?

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The Entrepreneur Thesis

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I call it the entrepreneur thesis. I’m not talk about the age old debate amongst investors whether you back entrepreneurs, markets or products (or as people like to hedge – product / market fit). It’s entrepreneurs I back. It’s what I call the “entrepreneur thesis.” So what is the “entrepreneur thesis?”

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GRP Adds Sam Rosen As EIR

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Los Angeles-based venture firm GRP Partners announced Wednesday that it has hired a new, entrepreneur-in-residence for the company, Sam Rosen, who was formerly the founder of SpeakerGram in New York City, was involved in 500Startups in San Francisco, and also has been involved with ScoreBig. READ MORE>>.

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Why You Should Give Before You Get

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And sometimes I feel happy to help somebody even when we’re just getting to know each other. Brunson’s short and to-the-point blog post, “ It’s Called Networking, Not Using.” It feels much better to be helpful than to be indebted. It’s why I wrote the blog post on 50 Coffee Meetings. .”

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. Wouldn’t we be a bit hypocritical if we talked with entrepreneurs about innovation and change but we weren’t willing to take it on ourselves? What’s up with that?

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Insights and Opinions: Avoid Monoculture

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For today's Insights and Opinions piece, we turn again to prolific blogger and local venture capitalist Mark Suster of GRP Partners , for his insights into how a wider experience--beyond the confines of the startup world--can help you as an entrepreneur. It was an enterprise 2.0

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