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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). 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. Let’s start with the fund. This month we closed our 4th fund of $200 million.

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

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We worked together at Andersen Consulting between 1996-99 when the markets were booming. Accenture opened massive operations in India & China and continued its industry dominance. He always was. But his favorite line was, “can you please slow down and explain this again? I’m only a 386 processor.&#.

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[Asia] Getting Cloud Computing Right The First Time

YoungUpstarts

Many participants at the Forum only had a hazy idea of how the Cloud operated and were slow to understand how it actually can be observed in our daily life, with few realizing that a common email tool, Gmail, operates on the Cloud. It is able to operate in any IaaS, PaaS or SaaS usage environment.

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The Rise Of Cloud Computing

YoungUpstarts

This migration to the cloud helps to meet their operational needs, as well as to reduce costs and increase agility and efficiency. Yi Ning Lim is a marketing specialist at GMO GlobalSign , one of the first Certification Authorities, providing Digital Certificate and credentialing services since 1996.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. In 1996 got connected up with Softbank which was investing very aggressively in the U.S. Oblong, Minority Report, and the rise of Spatial Operating Systems. So I was on the front line of this very aggressive rollup and I got involved in helping with the technical due diligence…”. “As

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

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According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. The percent of entrepreneurs who are Baby Boomer starting a business since 1996 has grown from 14.3 Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. percent to 23.4

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

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Howard Morgan earned a PhD in Operations Research/Computer Science in 1968. Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. I feel like I know him better personally since he's always in the chat room during the show asking questions). Through his research he helped bring ARPANET to Philadelphia in 1973.