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How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

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Wonderful human being who is civically engaged, mother of 3, mentorer of younger founders, hard worker and arguer extraordinaire (so says her current Twitter bio). billion IPO), HealthDataInsights (Las Vegas, $400 million) as well as LA (Maker Studios $1 billion, TrueCar $1.3 She is a coach and mentor to team members.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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And while none has yet had the lasting power of the much bigger NorCal successes I imagine his next moves will continue to be closely watched by those in the know and the countless younger LA entrepreneurs who count Rosenblatt as a mentor may leave an even more lasting impact. As Adam Sandler would say, “ not too shabby.”

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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

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He co-founded a prominent accelerator in Los Angeles called MuckerLab , that has produced a number of impressive companies and he mentored more than 20 of them. Natural mentors – a desire to help. This is exactly the brand that GRP Partners wants to embody. Quantitative & analytical. Community builders.

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HealthDataInsights Sells for $400 Million. Big Win for GRP Partners.

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My partner & mentor Yves Sisteron ( You can get to know Yves in this YouTube video ) has been active at HDI for years (as has our CFO, Dana Kibler ). Our other big wins came from Chicago (Ulta & Envestnet), Baltimore (BillMeLater), New York (DealerTrack) & LA (TrueCar). Taking more meaningingful ownership positions.

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“Stay Lean as Long as You Can,” and Other VC Wisdom from Mark Suster

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To Suster, founding a tech startup is a lot like mounting an expedition.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. You know Zag, herein town, and more recently our new car investment, TrueCar.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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TrueCar, an LA-based company, sells more cars now than any physical dealer in the country and recently went public and has a $1 billion market cap. I’m not arguing that San Francisco or Silicon Valley will decrease in importance – merely that other great economic zones will rise in prominence.

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