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The One Word That Shouldn’t Exist in an Entrepreneur’s Vocabulary

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We had also just been upgrade from London to Baltimore. .” But move them she did. And she decided it wasn’t really important to make me pay since the seats were unoccupied. 2 times in a row – unreal. My wife was a bit incredulous (but grateful).

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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Some of our most successful deals have been in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Baltimore and London. Yet we know big businesses can be built in many places by talented entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds.

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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Given where most deals are this has historically meant NYC and San Francisco but over the years we’ve had big successes in Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas and London so we’re open to just finding the best deals. Was it hard to raise the fund? It’s always hard raising money.

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HealthDataInsights Sells for $400 Million. Big Win for GRP Partners.

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Our other big wins came from Chicago (Ulta & Envestnet), Baltimore (BillMeLater), New York (DealerTrack) & LA (TrueCar). These are industries in which our partners have focused for the past 15-20 years. And we’re not restricted to territories. HDI is based in Las Vegas.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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But as I look at the GRP Partners returns we’ve made a lot of money investing in companies in New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Arizona and Seattle. I’d bet if one is disciplined about investing here you’d see significantly better pricing than chasing deals in the overly competitive Bay Area corridors.

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The Tech Mentorship Gap: How Code2040 Is Solving. What You Can Do. And How LinkedIn Can Help

Hunter Walker

2013 Class 18 Fellows - CMU, Stanford, MIT, University of Maryland- Baltimore County, Virginia Tech, University of Pittsburg, Harvey Mudd College, UCLA, USC, Berkeley, University of Huston, CSU Channel Islands, Notre Dame de Namur. Recommend a student: bit.ly/2040REF. Code2040 Stats To Date. 38 Mentors in 2013 and 10 in 2012'

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 17: Tiffani Bell and Clay Hebert

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Tiffani Bell is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Detroit Water Project , a platform that connects donors to people in Detroit and Baltimore in need of assistance paying their water bills. For example, in Detroit and Baltimore you can lose your kids over not having water in your house. Clips from their interviews are below.

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