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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. He's currently a Partner with GRP Partners . Before 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 listening to this interview.

and FutureWorks PR, Andrew Warner of Mixergy, and Mark Suster , a VC at GRP Partners. ...Tags: Most of the technology community in Los Angeles is familiar with the Twiistup events, which mixes startups, entrepreneurs, investors, and others in what has been a fashionable and casual environment — last time, in a private hangar in Santa Monica in “Blade Runner” style decor. Francisco Dao, the new producer of the event, tells me that applications are still open to apply for the next event, and that they’re looking for interesting and innovative

At the Mixergy Funding Forum , Mark Suster of GRP Partners said that best way to get to an investor is through the entrepreneurs he funded. I recently interviewed Michael Jones, founder of Tsavos . Since he’s also a top startup adviser and angel investor, in addition to asking him about Tsavo, I asked him how about how and why he advises companies.

Previously, he was a partner with JPMorgan Partners (JPMP), the private-equity arm of JPMorgan Chase. He joined JPMP from Flatiron Partners, which he launched1996 with partner, Fred Wilson. Prior to founding Flatiron, Jerry was a founding partner at CMG@Ventures L.P. (”@Ventures”). This interview is full of stories of successful entrepreneurs because Jerry Colonna has invested in or worked with some of the best of them. As I listened to Jerry tell stories of the people he worked with, I kept noticing that the founders who made it big were building companies