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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). It is 12,000 sq ft of indoor /outdoor space and we’re building into a community work environment. Like many modern VCs, we’re committed to investing in the community and in our portfolio companies.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee.

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Reflections on the Origin Story of EO Global Leadership Academy (GLA)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

by Erick Slabaugh, a long-standing EO member in Seattle and former director on the EO Global Board “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” The Origins David Galbenski and I served on the EO Global Board together in 2007.

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Yes Is the Answer—and Other Ways to Succeed in Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

One of those values is communication. When you communicate with each other openly and honestly, people respect that and get on board with your mission. I believe that 95 percent of all restaurant issues can be traced back to poor communication. There were a few major things that saved our company during the recession.

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Meet Tatiana Glad, our New Global Executive Director

Impact Hub

Also, it’s why I started an Impact Hub (Amsterdam, 2008), why I served on the global Board (2015-2018) and contributed through other roles, and why I want to continue to serve the network. After 10 years of leading the Impact Hub Network, Gabriela Gandel will move into a new role on our Impact Hub Association global board in 2022.

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Athletic Greens valued at $1.2B after bagging $115M to expand nutrition drink footprint

TechCrunch

In 2008, he ended up in a clinic, spending $35,000 on every kind of blood, stool, saliva or urine test there was to figure out why he continued to get sick. Image Credits: Athletic Greens. “I After shelling out all of that money, to his shock, he found out that his body wasn’t absorbing nutrients. Gainful raises $7.5M

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