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LA tech industry mourns Kobe Bryant

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The pair made a mix of early- and late-stage investments in Los Angeles-based companies like LegalZoom, Scopely, Art of Sport, The Honest Company, RingDNA, FocusMotion, DyshApp and Represent. Last year, the investment firm expanded with a $1.7 My heart goes out to the Bryant family during this incredibly difficult time.”

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. I was standing with him when he won the TechCrunch 50 award.

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LawKick: A Modern Way To Find Legal Help

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We''re talking about an industry which is very competitive, first, and two, one that people overwhelmingly try to avoid. That''s why people turn to Legalzoom and Docstoc, and use those free documents because they just don''t want to deal with lawyers. If you think about finding legal help, it''s not like you''re buying a t-shirt.

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The Silent Killer – The Company Your Community Never Created

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I’m reminded of LegalZoom who was founded in LA but moved it’s headquarters to Glendale and much of its operations to Austin, Texas. No – I’m not worried about the competition. But talent with no capital is another word for migration. And then there is public policy. But we still need more funds.

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

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When you’re one fund and have $600 million to invest it’s easier to take that kind of risk. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of ‘swing-for-the-fences’ investment at early stages – and neither does your town. There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles.