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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Competition: McAfee , Symantec. Those companies are already going to be crushed by Skype’s new screen sharing capabilities. Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. If you want the easy version you can read that story here ! Founded in 2007.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

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.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

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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.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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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. Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created TrueCar (backed by GRP Partners). I live in the city of Santa Monica.