Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

Many (Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, True Ventures, GRP Partners, Mike Hirshland at Polaris Ventures) do it the right way – we treat it as a normal investment and we don’t have a “options&# strategy with our investment. and (Is There Really a Signaling Problem with VC Seed Funding?). Ask their strategy.

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Seed Funding Funding Venture Capital GRP Partners 298

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then.

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I had one of the biggest mental breakthroughs about what I want to do differently at GRP Partners in 2013. Three years ago during Thanksgiving I told Nivi I would write down what I look for in an entrepreneur for a series of posts for VentureHacks. I was at the Lobby Conference a few weeks ago in Mexico.

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Venture Capital Conference Ideas Entrepreneur 400

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

But when I’m looking to write my check I need to look in the eyes of the captain — the maestro who brings the whole orchestra together. I run the recruiting process for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I joined GRP Partners in 2007 before they raised their current fund (we closed a $200 million fund in March 2009).

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital CTO Hire 293

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this series because if you better understand how VC firms work you can better target which firms make sense for you to speak with. I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Funding Invest GRP Partners 269

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 25, 2011

He joined GRP Partners in 2007 as a General Partner after selling his company to Salesforce.com. Mark is a UCSD graduate and writes one of the best startup blogs on the Internet. Thursday, March 31, 2011 -- startupSD: Mark Suster from Both Sides of the Table. He focuses on early-stage technology companies.

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GRP Partners UCSD SoCal Southern California 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

I’m very excited to be finally be able to announce that this week we’ve added Sam Rosen to our ranks at GRP Partners in the role of entrepreneurs-in-residence – EIR. So what is an EIR and why Sam?

Startup 372

Startup Course Ideas Invest 372

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

I still like spending time with our teams – at GRP Partners we have a great team – but I don’t have large numbers of people to be responsible for. I’ll write about that in a couple of weeks. Writing this bl0g – This blog is a huge creative outlet for me.

Venture Capital 312

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Entrepreneur 312

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

However, one, longtime local fund-- GRP Partners --appears to have found the right formula for venture success, and has just raised a brand new, $200 million fund. I can write about anything--Internet video, for example, and I''ll have 50 Internet video plans. How has your broad social media presence affected your dealflow?

Funding 196

Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles Social Media 196

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

You join teams that got good write-ups on TechCrunch, have great VCs, have star CEO’s, whatever. Writing a book will be fun. I started working with David when I was an entrepreneur and he was an associate with a VC firmed called … wait for it … GRP Partners (now Upfront Ventures)! You REALLY know.

CTO Hire 320

CTO Hire Startup CTO Coach Venture Capital 320

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have a piece from GRP Partners' Mark Suster , who--after watching and judging pitches at last week's Twiistup event--gives some hints and tips about how not to suck at presentations. So I thought I'd write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation.

Twiistup 124

Twiistup GRP Partners Tips UCLA 124

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. I prefer not to do any angel investments because I focus on my VC funds but it was gratifying to write some small checks to support local teams. I’d LOVE to see it become more of a national vehicle. How do we make that happen? It’s important.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created TrueCar (backed by GRP Partners). Many of the Valley tech firms saw advertising as “beneath them&# and many VCs in the first boom encouraged people to focus on eyeballs rather than dollars.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly And if they can monetize their follower base then they have an incentive to grow their base, Tweet more, engage more and write better quality Tweets. Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. Everybody gains. I used to.

Ideas 286

Ideas Advertising Google Technical Review 286

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I will write more about this in the next 2 weeks. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now. I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. I believe that.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

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 ). I’ll explain in detail below.

Mobile 282

Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams. Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners ). How has your history with Jason Spievak , Colin Kelley and the rest of the former CallWave team shaped and benefited the company?

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

I would put my firm, GRP Partners in with the group working with teams in different ways. Many LPs want to write checks of $10 million or $25 million because they themselves have billions of dollars to manage. And the more “small checks&# they write, the more VC managers they have to manage. There are also others.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Capital Software Startup 296

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

If u see an article or write a blog post, email us or leave a comment below with a link to your story and we’ll add it in. Investors attending included: Benchmark, New World Ventures, True Ventures, Anthem Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners, IdeaLab, GRP Partners, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, and Maverick Angels.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Most wont write stuff publicly because they fear retribution. I can’t put it in writing but I won’t stop it.”

Platform 307

Platform News Startup Invest 307

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2010

In 2006, Steven Dietz, a partner at my firm, GRP Partners, had given me $500,000 in a seed in convertible debt when I started my second company, Koral. GRP Partners had also funded my first company. GRP Partners has created more than a dozen of these so as a firm we know something about creating big companies.

Entrepreneur 321

Entrepreneur GRP Partners Venture Capital Invest 321