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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

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I first met Andrew Stalbow , the founder & CEO of Seriously in August of 2013. On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros). Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures'

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Rebranding Should Be Driven By Growth, Not Desperation

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In contrast, companies that are rapidly growing often rebrand in order to more accurately reflect the expanded scope of their target market and product set. Unfortunately, the market was as excited by the new devices as they were about the company''s revised name. percent of the domestic market in 2006 but watched that slip to 8.4

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Remember The Phone Company? It’s Back And It’s Called Facebook

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Attention Marketers - The Medium Has Changed, So Should The Message. As Facebook''s mobile ad revenue attests, marketers are stepping up their "phone based" spending. In order for them to take full advantage of Facebook the phone company, they will have to abandon traditional online marketing conventions. But Why Now?

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GRP Excited to add Sam Rosen to Its Ranks. How Did He Get the Role? Hustle. Here’s the Story.

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And it’s the latest in a series of investments we’ve made in building out our practice as the LA technology market continues to grow robustly and attract entrepreneurs and investors. He found creative ways to politely stay on my radar screen. Jordan Hudson. Kevin Zhang. I thought that was the end of it. A year or so passed.

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Please Help Me Congratulate Jordan Hudson as @UpfrontVC’s Newest Investment Principal

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Deal screening. He jumped into some portfolio company exercises to help with pricing strategies, budget templates, M&A support, marketing function reviews, etc and started to show us how valuable he was to entrepreneurs. In 2013 we launched many firsts to reinvent our firm. Portfolio company support & analysis.

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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

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Many “tech companies” now have green screens. I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. Our lease runs out in 2013. And make-up artists.

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

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It makes it easier to persuade others to join you, it alerts other angels & VCs that you’re a company to be on their radar screen, it helps potential customers know that you may be worth doing business with and it builds you up to announce other milestones down the line. But in 2013 it can also simply be, “Company X raises $2.2

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