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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. We wanted our name to reflect both the changes we’ve made and how we plan to operate for the next 20 years. What’s up with that? So what changed? And there’s much more of this to come.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

After doing some market research, I realized that there was a market for the handcrafted greeting cards that I make, and in September 2019, MsCraftprincess Designs was formed. Coone, MsCraftprincess Designs LLC ! #2- No more 60 hour weeks at a job where the owners apparently were unable to run a successful operation. No hassles.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

The two businesses that operate within our corporation are Best in Class Education and Middle School Dances, a business I started with my son to provide social activities for the kids in our local area when we noticed a gap in the market. I provided branding and web design for little fish who wanted to compete in the big sea.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

She is the primary inventor of a modular centrifuge that operates with or without electricity. Yarina spoke about the meaning of Sisu in Finnish, the importance of building community, and what she loves about being in Baltimore. Tell us your favorite thing about being based in Baltimore. and Indian companies.

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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

Both Sides of the Table

GRP’s biggest winners over the years have not only come from LA (Overture, CitySearch, TrueCar) but from Chicago (Envestnet, Ulta), Las Vegas (HDI), Baltimore (BillMeLater), New York (DealerTrack), London (LastMinute.com) and other locations. This is exactly the brand that GRP Partners wants to embody. Quantitative & analytical.

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Will Millennials Change Manufacturing?

Duct Tape Marketing

As a manufacturing engineer, Bianco takes design specifications, puts them into work instructions and then works to ensure that satellite hardware is built correctly. ” Still, large companies such as 3M are hoping that the range of their operations will entice millennials to consider a long-term connection to the company.

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Why you can('t) recruit a technical cofounder

blog.launchbit.com

This ranged from unrealistic assumptions about what the technical person will do ("Some non-technical people want a software engineer to not only code, but also be the PM, graphic designer, online ad expert, etc. Your role needs to be operational. They dont know design, programming or marketing. You are not an idea-guy/girl.