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GRP Partners Raises New $200M Fund, Becomes Upfront Ventures

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The 17-year old firm, which also said it will open up a brand new home at the center of Silicon Beach, signing a 10-year lease for a space on 7th Street in Santa Monica. GRP has been quite active in the local technology industry, having founded accelerator LaunchpadLA.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds. My views are pretty well known. I hate Silicon Whatever.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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A move to more urban environments (SF over SV, Cambridge over Waltham, London over Thames Valley, Santa Monica / Venice, Flatiron and so forth) as basically young people want to live where young people want to live. I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. Frankly, I wish LA had one.

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Female Founders and CEOs | Talia Goldstein of Three Day Rule

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Val and I started this single’s website/blog just for fun and on the side. It was Citysearch for women to find guys. We started out with our first event at South Bar (in Santa Monica) with about 30 people in attendance. This month we’re doing a holiday party at the 31Ten Lounge (in Santa Monica).

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

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Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. He blogs here and tweets here. a network of widely read blogs including Engadget – ranked # 1 by Technorati, Joystiq, Autoblog, and Blogging Baby. LowerMyBills, Inc.

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