VC Discusses His Many Hits, Plus One Miss – with Steven Dietz

Steven Dietz, GRP Partners, Failure, Funding

Back when Starbucks was just a startup, Steven Dietz’s firm invested in it and helped it grow. It also backed Costco, PetSmart, Office Depot, Zany Brainy, Egghead, a number of other well-known brands. In this interview you’ll hear how he co-founded his firm, GRP Partners, and some of the stories behind hit investments like DealerTrack and Zag.

You’ll also hear an open discussion about what went wrong at one of Steven’s misses, iMotors.

Steven Dietz

GRP Partners

Steven Dietz is a Partner and co-founder of GRP Partners, the venture capital firm whose portfolio has included Bill Me Later (acquired by eBay NASDAQ: EBAY), DealerTrack Holdings (NASDAQ: TRAK), Koral (acquired by Salesforce.com (NASDAQ: CRM).

 

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