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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

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My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). I believe it is the new form of RSS – the place people go to find out what is happening in the latest news. I covered that topic in my Twitter is RSS post.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

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RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. Mark Suster, a partner at GRP Partners in Los Angeles, spoke with Fastcompany.com about what makes L.A.s If you look at Google in the way they operate, you have two products, one is called AdWords, one is called AdSense, okay? Be extra productive. What makes L.A.

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

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I know that I have not yet earned these kudos based on investment returns (although my partners have. GRP Partners last fund is the single best performing VC fund in the US (prequin data) for its vintage year). They became both a thought leader in the space as well as a beautifully designed product. accessibility.

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The Entrepreneur Thesis

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I’m not talk about the age old debate amongst investors whether you back entrepreneurs, markets or products (or as people like to hedge – product / market fit). In 2006, Steven Dietz, a partner at my firm, GRP Partners, had given me $500,000 in a seed in convertible debt when I started my second company, Koral.