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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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If you’ve been following the press about VC funds you’ll know this is no small feat. Second, we are announcing officially that we are moving our offices from Century City to Santa Monica. Well, the venture capital industry has changed a lot in the past 20 years … and we have too.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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not near the beach): Factual, founded by Gil Elbaz who built AdSense [Century City]. Think about venture capital. Those that were around 30+ years ago never had to think about branding – there were hardly any other VCs. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC.

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The Right Way to Cancel a Meeting

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A few days before the meeting the CEO asked me to change the meeting to 11:45 because “he was going to be wrapping up a meeting in Pasadena at 11am&# and it would take 45 minutes to get to Century City where my offices are. &# No problem,&# I replied. We usually try to re-slot them in quickly.

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Dreamscape Immersive Raises $30M

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The funding included investments from Nickelodeon, Majid Al Futtaim, VRSense Solutions Limited, and Image Nation Abu Dhabi along with Bold Capital Partners, 21st Century Fox, and Warner Bros. The company said it is hoping top open up its first location at the Westfield Century City Mall sometime next year. READ MORE>>.

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Here’s How to Cancel a Meeting the Right Way

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A few days before the meeting the CEO asked me to change the meeting to 11:45 because “he was going to be wrapping up a meeting in Pasadena at 11am” and it would take 45 minutes to get to Century City where my offices are. “No problem,” I replied.

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Gil Elbaz On Factual's New Warchest

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In a couple of weeks, we're moving to a larger office on the west side, in Century City, which will give us space for more people. Gil Elbaz: We're aggressively hiring top engineering talent in scalable data processing, people with backgrounds in machine learning and natural language technologies. Thanks for the time!

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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But we have a great city for building technology companies. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. My commute, for example, from Santa Monica to Century City is less than 15 minutes each way and I never have to take the freeway.

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