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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

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Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. So I began talking to him about joining the fund. He walked me through both the logic and the math. Community builders. Approachable.

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Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures

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We've made over 30 investments in Southern California, and that's just in Redpoint, and doesn't include all of the investment we made as Brentwood Venture Capital since the late 70's. We can also write checks as large as $35M out of the Omega Fund. People can come in and have a coffee.

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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

Both Sides of the Table

I had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP. I own an iPod Touch (not an iPhone – my house in Brentwood gets literally ZERO AT&T bars).

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