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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

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I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). Naturally I’m excited about this investment or I wouldn’t have done it.

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Twiistup 6 Highlights

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In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). As should Eric Sikola and ExpenseBay who won the “Showoff&# judges competition ( Photos featured here taken by (cc) Kenneth Yeung – [link] ).

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. I don’t want to lose next time.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. I don’t want to lose next time.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Competition: McAfee , Symantec. Jelli - I went on record saying that I wanted to invest and that I think this company will create a big success. Those companies are already going to be crushed by Skype’s new screen sharing capabilities. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Founded in 2007. Employees: 27. File sharing?

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). friend of mine asked me to chat with a startup he’d invested in. At best I think business plan competitions are a waste of time. Here’s why. I know I do.

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Embrace Losing

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I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. They decided to re-open the competition for 3-4 more weeks. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen.

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