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

Mark Suster – Partner – GRP Partners Frank Addante – Founder / CEO – Rubicon Project Cal Cap Partners Rustic Canyon Partners 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.

Burnham, Partner, Strategic Law Partners Frank Addante, CEO, Rubicon Project Jason Nazar, CEO, DocStoc John Babcock, Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners John Suh, CEO, Legal Zoom Kent Goldman, Principal, First Round Capital Jeff Tinsley, CEO, Mylife Mark Suster, Partner, GRP Partners Richard Wolpert, Partner, The Mailroom Fund Seth Sternberg, CEO, meebo William Quigley, Partner, Clearstone Ventures. Tuesday, October 6, 2009 -- The Workshop: Get Funded in One Day (Dealmaker LA). Brought to you by the team who produces Startonomics

Never say never – GRP Partners is actually looking very closely at a company in its A round that is raising a large sum of money.  I’m my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor).  LA Frank Addante has created Rubicon Project.  Douglas Los Angeles.  People People either love it our hate it.  All

Frank Addante, CEO, Rubicon Project Mark Suster, Partner, GRP Partners William Quigley, Partner, Clearstone Ventures Dealmaker Media continues to offer entrepreneurs in Southern California some of the best events around. Now they’re bringing together a great line up of investors and CEO’s to offer a unique hands on workshop .

Now Dealmaker has brought this conference to UCLA, and the SoCal Tech Group is proud to be their marketing partner for this event. The A-Team: The Dynamics of Olympic Startups, Frank Addante, Rubicon Project Fly on the Wall: Understanding the Metrics of Early Stage Funding, Mark Suster, GRP Partners , David Travers, Rustic Canon Ventures , Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures ...Tags: Build it and they will come, right? Everybody is going to love this, won’t they?

Before you jump in, you need to understand the strategies and tactics of negotiating a funding round and it starts with the first date. · Room 1 (VC Perspective): Mark Suster, Partner, GRP Partners · Room 2 (Founder and Legal Perspective): Charles Halloran, KPPB & Seth Sternberg, CEO, meebo This session will help you determine how much financing you actually need, explore alternative financing options every entrepreneur should consider, understand the investor’s math, and protect your (ass)ets along the

Confirmed event attendees represent such upper-echelon firms and companies as Google, Square 1 Bank, the Rubicon Project, Endgame Entertainment, SONY, Idealab, IBM, Skyline Music Publishing, and hundreds more, such as investors GRP Partners, Redpoint, Stone Canyon and Leonard Green Partners, to name just a few. Weekly updates! Please let me know if know of other items to add, or if you have any feedback on events. There's a promising new weekly morning networking event unlike any I've seen.