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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. It’s awesome.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.

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TechZulu Recaps: The Annual Startup Forecast

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Richard Wolpert – Managing Director of Amplify.LA, startup incubator and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners. The company hopes to prepare advertisers for varying screen sizes. He mentions double and triple bottom-lined companies and tells us investors are starting to require metrics to see measurable social and global value. .

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. For those patient enough to source great companies at reasonable prices and prepared to weather the next inevitable downturn, I believe firmly there will be economic rewards for discipline and patience. They compete on features, price and execution.