socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2016

The startup said it will "do what CarsDirect and TrueCar have done for the car industry" to the solar power industry, by letting users calculate their solar savings, create a customized solar setup, and get the "best possible price" on their solar power system.

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Tool CarsDirect Truecar Pricing 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Santa Monica-based Zag, which is developing software for auto buying programs, has signed on another AAA group as a customer. Zag is headed by former CarsDirect CEO Scott Painter, and is venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Capital One Auto Finance, GRP Partners, Arcturus Capital, Callaway Cars and the Skoll Fund. READ MORE>>

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Zag CarsDirect Arcturus GRP Partners 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Join us as we kick off the holiday season in grand style and bestow the Digital Family Outstanding Achievement Honor on Scott Painter, Founder of CarsDirect and Entrepreneur. It will change the way you thinkand the way you connect with your customers." - Chris Cunningham, CEO / Co-Founder, Appssavvy. Win a ticket to digiday:APPS.

Fandango 124

Fandango CarsDirect Case Study Santa Monica 124

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

I started as a tester, but in six months, I had risen to assistant project manager at CarsDirect. We're working very hard on streamlining that, so it's a finite product and not everything is totally custom. I was doing project management at CarsDirect.com, and we met there while Kent was in Business Development.

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Patents CarsDirect Sites Ideas 179

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

If you hit a groove on funding and customer growth it does become a challenge to ramp quickly. Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created TrueCar (backed by GRP Partners). Hit some bumps in the road? Outside the Valley we have struggles, too. In LA you can attract a great team to build out your first 30-50 employees.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313