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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. That was our first year of sales. Not lose your cool. But we did $2.1

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Lookout – SaaS provider of security and data back-up services for smart phones.

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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. Do you have sales productivity software?

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