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This coming Monday, October 26, the Perfect Pitch 2009 Entrepreneur and Investor Conference is taking place at the Ritz Carlton. Mark Suster – Partner – GRP Partners Details The Perfect Pitch 2009 Entreprenuer and Investor Conference - Hundreds of influential entrepreneurs and investors will converge for a full day of training and dealmaking. Sir Richard Branson is known for being a successful entrepreneur. Ten minutes alone with the guy could probably change your life if you used it correctly.

This morning's interview is with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners (www.grpvc.com). GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. It Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs,. It

I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners.  But there are plenty of partners and successful entrepreneurs who don’t have MBAs.  This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons .” 8221; I

He's currently a Partner with GRP Partners . Before If you've been to Mixergy before and I've earned your trust, then don't waste your time reading anything I wrote on this post. Just listen to my interview with Mark Suster and get fired up by his stories and his lessons for entrepreneurs. Then go out for a good run so you can burn off some of the excess energy you'll get from

The first came from the CEO of iScraper telling me that they would not be able to complete the deal – their investor, Apax Partners, had decided not to proceed despite verbal assurances that they would.  But then I got a call from my lead investor (coincidentally it was GRP Partners where I now am a partner) and they told me not to lose confidence.  This is part of my new series on  what makes an entrepreneur successful .  I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs.

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly that is an “in-stream advertising” company currently focused on monetizing Twitter.  Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation This has prompted many people to question whether advertising “in stream” and on Twitter is a good thing or a bad thing. 

Mark Suster – GRP Partners, venture capital. The word went out today that Twiistup is now accepting applications for their coveted show off spots. There are a total of 10 slots available for innovative startups to showcase their products at this one of a kind tech event . The upcoming Twiistup, which takes place this July, is in its sixth year and continues to grow and evolve with the communities ever changing needs.

He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture.  That’s run the recruiting process for my VC firm, GRP Partners. This is part of my series on  what makes an entrepreneur successful .  I originally posted it on  VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs.

We brought together Peter Cowen of Groundwork Equity , Mark Suster of GRP Partners , Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures , and Richard Yen of Saban Ventures -- all of who will be on the judging panel for the Tech Coast Angel's Fast Pitch on February 24th, to give us a their hints and tips about pitching to venture capitalists. One thing I like to look for is some barrier to entry, whether that is technology, or partners, or great entrepreneurs who understand the space. For this morning's interview, we thought we'd try something different, and put together a virtual panel of venture capitalists to give us a few tips on pitching your company.