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Why Every Entrepreneur Needs to Blog

This is going to be BIG.

and I can't argue strenously enough for investing the time into a blog this year if you've started a company. Being able to innovate requires both intuition and creativity--combining a good sense of direction with enough spontaneity to be willing to lose your way long enough to move in a direction others haven't travelled before.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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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. Well, the venture capital industry has changed a lot in the past 20 years … and we have too. What’s up with that? Our portfolio companies value us as sparring partners.

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On Launching a Brand – Upfront Ventures Four Months In

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Nearly four months ago we rebranded at Upfront Ventures. Simply – we believe it’s hypocritical to sit with tech startups every day and talk about the need to innovate while ourselves making no major changes. Be open & transparent (mimicking the greater social order changes that have come with blogs & social media).

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

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Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Investors: Foundation Capital (lead), with existing investors: Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners. Investors: True Ventures, Social Leverage (Howard Lindzon). Blogging has gone through many iterations. 14.7mm in Series D.

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Excited that Brooklyn Bridge Ventures is an Investor in Editorially

This is going to be BIG.

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures became the largest investor in Editorially last fall and I couldn’t be more excited to finally be able to tell you about it. The round includes Lerer Ventures, who participated with the same level of support, Betaworks and a host of experienced angel investors from the design and creative community.

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Careers in Tech Startups & Innovation: What will I learn?

This is going to be BIG.

I've had the privilege of working not only for investors like Josh Kopelman and Fred Wilson, but for an institutional LP that had been invested in venture capital since 1980. There are three ways to learn while working: 1) Work for people who are great at what they do.

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6 Innovation Secrets We Learned in London

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How Innovation Will Survive and Thrive Last week’s GCV Symposium was a fantastic event that brought the venture capital ecosystem together. This article shares 6 innovation secrets we learned in London. This article shares 6 innovation secrets we learned in London. Innovation […].