CloudAve (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Startup-CEO-turned-VC Mark Suster is no stranger to our readers: his series on Entrepreneurship, Startups, the VC Business, and sometimes Twitter is a most popular read @ CloudAve. And Jason Calacanis needs no introduction, either.. he is well.. @Jason . :-) Today at 1pm PST they will talk on live video, courtesy of This Week in Startups. Watch the streaming video here: Live Streaming...
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital-media companies. Blogger: Mark Suster Position: Partner, GRP Partners Blog name: Both Sides Of The Table, which features startup advice Backstory: No one knows what percentage of Tweeters (if any) would drop the service if ads started showing up...
Francine Hardaway's Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Because I'm tangentially a part of the Bay Area echo chamber, I have a chance to sign up and test a lot of new software. I also advise companies, and I try their products, too. Listening to TWIST with guest Mark Suster made me think about my own reactions to the sites I try early. [...]
Instigator Blog (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
... often do this – focusing on SMBs (small / medium-sized businesses) or Enterprise customers. Mark Suster has a great post where he says that startups should be deer hunters . But even within each of those “target markets” there can be incredible variance. There are lots of ways to segment a market and focus on specific verticals. What’s important to remember is this: It’s better to...
VatorNews (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Should there be a difference between seed investment and "Series A investment?" Mark Suster, a partner at GRP Partners, has an outstanding post up this morning titled VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding. Mark started blogging recently and has quickly turned into my second favorite VC blogger (after Fred Wilson) – if you don’t subscribe to his...
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
... including Dr. Drew and Kim Kardashian, use the ad network, often to raise money for charity. Mark Suster, a partner at GRP, wrote about the funding on his blog earlier this week ( via TechCrunch ); Suster tells socalTECH that so far the startup has “performed very well.” That could be because Twitter users are more likely to engage with brands than users of other social network...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
... and celebrities keep signing up. But investors are hopeful, at least. Yesterday, GRP Partners’ Mark Suster wrote an interesting blog post on the topic of VC seed funding. In the post, Suster reveals that GRP Partners, where he is a General Partner, has just closed a $500,000 seed round for Ad.ly and that he’d be interested in leading or joining follow-up VC financing rounds...
Babbling VC (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
... I hope he keeps up the pace and quality of writing which I've seen the past couple of months. Mark Suster - Both Sides of the Tab l e Mark is also a recent addition to my reading list. I can't remember where I found the link to him but I'm glad I did. I've recently met him when out in L.A. and in addition to writing an awesome blog, he's a good guy. A former entrepreneur (two...
Feld Thoughts (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Mark Suster, a partner at GRP Partners , has an outstanding post up this morning titled VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding . Mark started blogging recently and has quickly turned into my second favorite VC blogger (after Fred Wilson ) – if you don’t subscribe to his feed, you should. Mark just did his first seed deal, a $500k investment in a company called Ad.ly , and his...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
-- Jeff Cohn - venture consultant to MHS Capital focused on: online marketing services, mobile and software infrastructure. -- Rick Smith - co-founder of Crosscut Ventures, a Los Angeles-based seed stage venture capital firm. -- Jim Andelman - co-founder and general partner at Rincon Venture Partners -- Mark Suster - GRP Partners, venture capital. Former VP Product Mgmt Salesforce.com...
CloudAve (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
This is so obvious, yet little known - and although Mark Suster warned us all right here at CloudAve, I keep on falling in the trap. Just today as I wanted to announce yet another great post by Mark, I tweeted this: @ msuster discusses how the Ice Age is thawing for Venture Capital Big mistake. Had I written “great discussion by @msuster”, a lot more people would have...
Voices (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
By Mark Suster, Entrepreneur, Blogger. www.bothsidesofthetable.com When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. I would argue that the shut-down of September 2008 was...
Silicon Moon (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
HatTip to Patrick P. Didn't know that Benjamin Joffe, who co-organizes the Open Web Asia Conference with me, put up these slides. Pretty cool, Benjamin. Lessons from Asia for Tech Sector - Mark Suster, who blogs at Both Sides of the Table , has his take aways here : 1. Wacky, weird and low cost: Before diving into what I learned in the deck I want to share something crazy. Motorola gave...
