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MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). I don’t intend either, Burstly has respectable and strong competition.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

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MAY 19, 2010

Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers. Competition: McAfee , Symantec. Those companies are already going to be crushed by Skype’s new screen sharing capabilities.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). No One Wins In Business Plan Competitions - Steve Blank , May 17, 2010 Last week one of the schools I teach at invited me to judge a business plan contest.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. In San Diego you have Qualcomm so an entire mobile industry has been spawned. I live in the city of Santa Monica.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313