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On Funding?—?Shots on Goal

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We try to balance deals across (amongst other things): cyber-security, FinTech, computer vision, marketplaces, video games & gaming infrastructure, marketing automation, applied biology & healthcare systems, sustainability and eCommerce. Early-stage venture capital is about extreme winners. We do other things, too.

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Should Entrepreneurs Attend Business School?

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During the early stages of the process, they launched a catering business and were able to cater several business school events, all the while refining their menu and getting firsthand experience test driving their concept. Another couple of classmates spent their two years at Wharton launching an eCommerce handbag brand.

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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

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Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. On each subsequent meeting I’d learn a little bit more. And largely synergistic with what we do – which is awesome.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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It’s true that the carrier then gets their huge slice for being the billing and payment engine but the idea is that you as a website more than make up for this in terms of customer conversion. Boy, there has been a lot of innovation in the eCommerce space in the past few years with GroupOn, HauteLook, Gilt Groupe and others.

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

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They cover funding for small businesses from the initial funding stage to later stages of growth, and other areas in between. That’s why,” or “Wow my conversion rate is not what I thought it would be by now. It encompasses conversions, and it encompasses growth and where we’re headed.