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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

Both Sides of the Table

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 ). The way we use “computers&# is dramatically shifting. Good luck, guys.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. But it’s a real phenomenon.

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Three Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

YoungUpstarts

Going all the way back to Yahoo or Microsoft, the initial products (a directory for a nascent tech called the World Wide Web, and Microsoft BASIC,) didn’t look like billion dollar products at all. Strategic investors might be willing to give you a higher or lower valuation than VCs because they have different priorities, etc.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. Investors: Google Ventures. billion. . AppDynamics.

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How to Stay in Control of Your Meetings

Both Sides of the Table

When I run important meetings like my annual investor meetings I have my partner Stuart Lander watch the clock. Sometimes it’s because you have strategic investors. There are always times where one member needs to be on a web conference or telephone call due to travel conflicts. Here’s the reality.

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Meet the bold 20-year-old behind Spanish Firefox OS smartphone maker Geeksphone [Video]

The Next Web

After making and trying to sell Android smartphones for a few years, Geeksphone shifted to Firefox OS not long after hearing about Mozilla’s plans to throw its hat into the smartphone ring from partner TelĂ©fonica’s R&D division. Betting on Mozilla’s new mobile OS.

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Box launches Box Accelerator as its COO reflects on working with young entrepreneurs

The Next Web

The service supports file uploads to the Box web application today and will extend to other features of Box in the future. Venture Partners, and strategic investors salesforce.com and SAP. One of his older partners said, “What if the US government allowed the Internet to be commercialised?”

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