abstract:Mark Suster is an American entrepreneur, angel investor and investment partner at GRP Partners. He is a prominent blogger in the startup venture capital world and mentor at Techstars (a mentorship-driven seed stage investment fund).
In my recent conversation with MarkSuster on This Week In VC, I discussed some of the historical reasons why the Santa Barbara startup community is so vibrant.
This is a blog post from MarkSuster, who is one of the better VC bloggers and, as you can tell from the story, part of a strong investment partnership too.
Thus, during the past decade, the more common route to seed and Series A investing has been an entrepreneurial career, personified by such investors as: Dave McClure, Chris Dixon, Brad Feld and MarkSuster.