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What You Missed On Your Holiday Vacation, SoCal Technology Edition

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In our features section: Interview with Blair Harrison of Frequency. LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Broadcom Powering New Mac Wireless. Surf Air Gets First Aircraft. Surf Air ($2.6M, Los Angeles, subscription aircraft service). Acquisition of note: Nexsan Acquired For $120M, by Imation. TapIt Media acquired for $23M by Phunware.

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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. June 19: TechZulu Penthouse at ROC: TechZulu will livestream interviews and provide a place to network. Silicon Beach Fest takes place June 19-22, 2013 in Santa Monica.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor).

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Understanding a VC’s Seed Funding Policy is Critical

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Many (Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, True Ventures, GRP Partners, Mike Hirshland at Polaris Ventures) do it the right way – we treat it as a normal investment and we don’t have a “options&# strategy with our investment. and (Is There Really a Signaling Problem with VC Seed Funding?). More on this later.

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Mark Suster: New, $200M Fund, and GRP's New Name, Upfront Ventures

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However, one, longtime local fund-- GRP Partners --appears to have found the right formula for venture success, and has just raised a brand new, $200 million fund. Those are all categories we know well. mark suster grpvc upfront ventures interview venture capital fund launchpadla startup angeles' READ MORE>>.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories. It will be tough for there to be many huge winners in this category.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. My Obsession With The Product - Feld Thoughts , May 3, 2010 For some reason I’ve been doing a lot of interviews lately.

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