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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

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Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo. Events Silicon Beach Fest Digital LA Galan Entertainment GRP Partners LA Tech Mark Suster Nely Galan ROC SBF TechZulu TZ Penthouse'

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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Several funds and firms are participating in this investment including Rincon Ventures , Idealab ( Bill Gross built the original incubator and there will be active support from Allen Morgan ), Baroda Ventures , GRP Partners , David Cohen (founder of TechStars ), David Tisch (founder of TechStars NY ), DLA Piper and Stubbs Alderton.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. Let me not bury the lede. The company was called Red Beacon.

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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

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My personal favorite and best fit for GRP Partners was Thumbtack. ThereNow has build a platform (physical camera + software platform) to help remote coaches help improve teachers. The classroom activities are recorded and the video is appended with comments from a remote coach. Ambitious goals.

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Interview: Venture Capitalists On Pitching

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We brought together Peter Cowen of Groundwork Equity , Mark Suster of GRP Partners , Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures , and Richard Yen of Saban Ventures -- all of who will be on the judging panel for the Tech Coast Angel's Fast Pitch on February 24th, to give us a their hints and tips about pitching to venture capitalists.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

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Mark Suster, a partner at GRP Partners in Los Angeles, spoke with Fastcompany.com about what makes L.A.s startup scene so hot. What makes L.A. a great place for startups? Lets start with the basics.

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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

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I would put my firm, GRP Partners in with the group working with teams in different ways. This in turn has fueled incubation programs like YCombinator, TechStars, 500 Startups & many more to help early-stage teams launch businesses led by most technical founders who are getting coaching from seasoned management teams.