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 ). Who would have guessed 5 years ago that Netbooks would have had such a big impact on the PC market?

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Mobile Management Southern California Application Development 282

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. What does the market look like for IPO’s and is this likely to improve? A bank can help you balance fund raising with running your company.

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IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Releasing without making sure others are integrated and working would be in poor taste (but obviously legal). We talked about Facebook.

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Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

VC Adventure

AUGUST 10, 2010

In it, he describes our philosophy around seed investing and differentiates it from what others (but not everyone) in the market is doing. This mapped with some of the ideas Niel was thinking about as well and over a series of months we tossed around a number of different ideas in search marketing.

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Syndicate Syndication Due Diligence SEM 74