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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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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. We wanted our name to reflect both the changes we’ve made and how we plan to operate for the next 20 years. But you may ask: “What else have you done other than change your name?

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

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You can’t just name your own price.” We had also just been upgrade from London to Baltimore. Tell them I’ll stay if they’ll give it to me for 120 Euros. “What? You want … what?” ” “Mark. You can’t do that! ” Me. “Of course I can. See what you can do. .”

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

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What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. 1- Brainstorming, domain name and being formal. We chose otium as the basis of our name, which is latin for ease, peace, calm and leisure.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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David Cohen deserves much credit for building TechStars into an internationally recognized brand name for innovation. 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. It is possible and he’s showing people that.

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This Week’s Keynote Presentations

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I’m hoping to speak later this year in Philly, for example, where I’ll likely be in November and/or December (also in Annapolis so maybe Washington DC and/or Baltimore?). I don’t really proactively ask often to speak at events but I’m always open to it provided it’s somewhere that I already need / want to be.

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Role Model Entrepreneur: Brad Bergersen Interview

Startup Professionals Musings

Brad: My name is Brad Bergersen, and I am the President and founder of 24K Brokers, Inc. Most recently, I was selected to be one of seven entrepreneurs for the upcoming reality TV show "Good Fellas Of Baltimore" which centers around businessmen giving back. Marty: Welcome to Startup Professionals interviews.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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Yet our firm has had some of its biggest wins historically on a national basis: Chicago (Envestnet, Ulta), Baltimore (BillMeLater), NYC (DealerTrack, UGO), Las Vegas (HealthDataInsights), Los Angeles (Overture, CitySearch, TrueCar, Maker Studios), Scottsdale (PF Changs) and even internationally (LastMinute.com, DataSift).