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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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Do You Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur?

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The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) of New Jersey conducted an informal survey of their 90 members to discover common traits entrepreneurs tend to have. Kurt Olender, managing partner at OlenderFeldman LLP, believes an entrepreneur must be flexible and adept at problem solving.

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[Interview] RIM Eyes Southeast Asia’s Developer Scene

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During the recent launch of Blackberry 7 OS in Singapore, Research In Motion (RIM) executives had shared that Southeast Asia was a potential hotbed of application developers with whom they were keen to work with. RIM has actively established and supported BlackBerry Developer Groups across Asia.

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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 ). Enter Burstly. I like that. Burstly aslo has iPad video ad support.

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What To Know Prior To Building An App

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Whatever the goals you decided on for your app, these will inform how you research to make those visions turn into a reality. Not only will this research shed light on useful ideas for your app, it may show you creative opportunities the competition has yet to recognize. Research may also identify the platforms your app should prioritize.

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Taming The Apps Explosion With Data Center Convergence

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Outlining the perils of mass application adoption. The concept of working on-the-go in Asia has resulted in application developers experiencing a sudden increase in companies commissioning the creation of enterprise applications for the mobile workplace over the past 18 months. Why convergence matters.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly First, I have chosen who to follow on Twitter so the information in my stream is self selected. A healthy eco-system of application developers is required for any software or Internet company to be massively successful. Just ask MySpace.