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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

I’m super excited to announce that GRP Partners led the investment in Ethan Anderson’s new company MyTime (link has LA-based merchants but will give you a good feel for the product). We will stay in LA and then Southern California before branching out into our 2nd & 3rd markets. Let me not bury the lede.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

This included health insurance and making them domestic partners. Joe Coulombe had an idea after running a small chain of convenience stores in southern California. When Koum was young, his poor family emigrated to California from Ukraine. Koum read more about computers in California. 10- Elon Musk. 24- Jan Koum.

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The Future of Government: Hayward & the Lean Startup

Startup Lessons Learned

Kelly McAdoo is the City Manager & CEO of the City of Hayward in Alameda County, California. I attended the training with the initial team and hosted monthly lunches to support them in their efforts to work differently. It’s similar with private sector or non-profit partners.

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There Is Only ONE Silicon Valley

Gust

It hosts an environment which many other communities have attempted to emulate, although they haven’t and won’t. Boston, New York City, Seattle and Southern California spawn many exciting startups…but do not exceed the Valley in any measure of entrepreneurial achievement. The Valley has been a unique place for over half a century.

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CEO Behind Multi-Million Dollar Escape Room Business

Hearpreneur

It only seemed logical for Akos and his partners to bring this concept to the US. He opened the first of many PanIQ Escape Rooms in Hollywood, California, and today, they have locations in San Jose, Phoenix, Miami, NYC, Dallas, Nashville, Chicago and many more. In 3 years, they predict more than 50 operating units.

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Startup firms partnering with government? Really?

Austin Startup

Others are working with small, emerging firms through an innovation office and a few have created physical space to host events where startups are invited to collaborate with government officials. selected five startup companies to partner with for a 12-week program. Startup firms partnering with government? Kansas City, Mo.,

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

Not just because meeting Clayton was influential in shaping my thinking about markets but also because Derek Andersen (who founded Startup Grind) is such an awesome host and runs a very informative events. I grew up in Northern California. Should we put it in Amazon or should we have hosting here? 00:00:52] MARK: Sure.

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