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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

I am super excited to announce that today is a day of lots of new things for my partners & me: A new fund, a new office and a new brand. 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. Our portfolio companies value us as sparring partners.

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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

Both Sides of the Table

It is with great pleasure that I can finally announce that we have added Greg Bettinelli as a partner at GRP Partners. This is exactly the brand that GRP Partners wants to embody. We knew he had to be an investment partner. We settled on Venture Partner as is now being reported and also picked up here.

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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- Thanks to Steve Groom, Maryland Home Buyers in Baltimore ! #6- We like to say that we create paper hugs.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

When looking for a business name, we found our inspiration in the design and style of the 50s and 60s and wanted to make a reference to that era but at the same time creating something new and modern. When I first started my web design agency in 2004, I was living on the water on Treasure Island, a beach community in Florida.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Yarina spoke about the meaning of Sisu in Finnish, the importance of building community, and what she loves about being in Baltimore. Only after we have at least two products scaling successfully in at least two emerging market regions, will we have proven the commercial model for medical device design with and for emerging markets.

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The ROI of Lead Scoring

Duct Tape Marketing

First understand what you want to measure as part of your lead scoring program, then find a partner with the technology to help you do it. Sam Ruchlewicz is the resident data expert and Senior Digital Strategist for Warschawski, a Baltimore-based Advertising, Marketing & PR Agency.

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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. “It’s a neat idea to walk around and talk to people as business partners. Bianco, 25, has been working on building solar arrays to power satellites.