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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. We'll even write a half a million check. That as unhealthy.

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Let Me Introduce Myself

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The short answer is that by knowing the key members of the management team the VC firm can quickly identify strengths on your time and know whether you have some competitive advantage in your chose field relative to other people with whom you will compete. I know it’s incredibly important to me in my investment decisions.

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What’s it Like Being a VC?

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I get to do a deep dive on their business model, product roadmap and competitive positioning. I still like spending time with our teams – at GRP Partners we have a great team – but I don’t have large numbers of people to be responsible for. I’ll write about that in a couple of weeks.

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RingRevenue Creates A New Performance Marketing Revenue Channel

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9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams. Who do you view as your biggest competition? Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners ). How has your history with Jason Spievak , Colin Kelley and the rest of the former CallWave team shaped and benefited the company?

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

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But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. I know that I have not yet earned these kudos based on investment returns (although my partners have. By definition, you read blogs.

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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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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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I will write more about this in the next 2 weeks. When your competition does irrational things to grow fueled by low-cost capital it makes it harder for you to compete by playing by the conventional rules. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now. I believe that. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs.

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