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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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The first two years of the program focused on education & mentorship. There were regular events where experts talked about: fund raising, term sheets, constructing a team, product development, establishing biz dev partners, M&A, dealing with the press, etc. This education will continue. So we went ahead.

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

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Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo. Panels: Developer, Arts/Education; Green, Good and Government. Media Partners. To inquire about being a media partner, please contact nicole (at) radixcollective.com.

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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

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I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum in Los Angeles back in January and wrote about it here. My personal favorite and best fit for GRP Partners was Thumbtack. I wrote about how to give demos in a previous post. Udemy is an online education platform similar to EduFire and others. Pretty cool.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. What about strategy? I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Employees: 20. Go Boulder!

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

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One recession later and the US advertising market is about $245 billion – but still only 10-12% is online and measurable. My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). This form of advertising is know at CPA (cost per action).

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RingRevenue Creates A New Performance Marketing Revenue Channel

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This is especially true for companies with expensive and complex products or services that are more consultative in nature, like insurance, financial services, home services, education and travel, etc. 9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams. Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners ).

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