socalTECH
JULY 13, 2009
This morning's interview is with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners (www.grpvc.com). 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. So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 29, 2010
Competitiveness - One attribute that I believe most VCs look for in entrepreneurs is competitiveness. If you stumble on to a really good idea believe me it will get competitive really quickly. It amazes me how quickly a modest success story gets replicated and any initial product / market advantages get narrowed.
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InfoChachkie
JULY 14, 2011
Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”. In today’s market, so much focus is placed on transacting business online. Who do you view as your biggest competition? You’re right.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
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). And we wanted a head of global marketing. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. Nice sweep!
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
They have seen one side of a market where many of us have seen the ebb and flow multiple times. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. I spoke about a lot of things during the keynote.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. What accelerated this was the collapse of the public stock markets.
socalTECH
JUNE 20, 2012
We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. We've created a heads down environment, where companies are not competitive with each other, but you've got serious, smart people in a productive working environment. For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about? Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica.
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