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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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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. My own background, is I built and sold two software-as-a-service companies.

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Meet Launchpad LA’s Graduating Startups

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million led by GRP Partners, with participation from Baroda Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Daher Capital, Double M Capital, Karlin Ventures, Clark Landry, Andy Rankin, and Launchpad LA. The product integrates with Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk and many other popular SaaS products.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Lookout – SaaS provider of security and data back-up services for smart phones. Competition: McAfee , Symantec. Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. Total Raised: $9.64mm. Read more: TechCrunch , ReadWriteWeb , TheNextWeb. Employees: 27.

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

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I know that I have not yet earned these kudos based on investment returns (although my partners have. GRP Partners last fund is the single best performing VC fund in the US (prequin data) for its vintage year). They are an open-source & SaaS provider of eCommerce solutions. accessibility. authenticity. Think Magento.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (4/11) – Resiliency

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You’ve got to put the competition into perspective. But then I got a call from my lead investor (coincidentally it was GRP Partners where I now am a partner) and they told me not to lose confidence. You’ve got to hear all of the doubters, and the world is FILLED with doubters, and still not give up.