article thumbnail

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

Both Sides of the Table

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]. a fbFund winner. Competitors: Omniture , Webtrends.

Zag 248
article thumbnail

Getting Started with a Two-Sided Market Business

SoCal CTO

Sean Ellis in Bringing a Network Effect Business to Market positions this via the following two pictures: In the case of a normal startup, you can launch an MVP and keep optimizing from there to achieve scale. In fact, if you do both, it’s called a Zig-Zag strategy. Let’s take a particular example: eHarmony of jobs.

eHarmony 204
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Getting Started with a Two-Sided Market Business

SoCal CTO

Sean Ellis in Bringing a Network Effect Business to Market positions this via the following two pictures: In the case of a normal startup, you can launch an MVP and keep optimizing from there to achieve scale. In fact, if you do both, it’s called a Zig-Zag strategy. Let’s take a particular example: eHarmony of jobs.

eHarmony 196
article thumbnail

Internet Brands Brisco: Deal Will Allow More Focus On Long Term Growth

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

article thumbnail

Interview with Alex Nocifera, Field Day

socalTECH

How do you reinvent your startup-focused on in-person, grass roots marketing-in the face of a global pandemic? Alex Nocifera: We help the enterprise, large brands, working with brands like US Cellular, Panera Bread, Square, Uber, and help them generate demand for their products and services in a local, acute manner. What is Field Day?

Marketing 113
article thumbnail

Super Successful People Do These Uncommon Things

Jason Nazar

Sometimes you have to know when to zig where others zag. TIP: more of my thoughts on marketing and publicity ). Underestimate Demand – for your products and services. You’re always going to get the same results, doing what everyone else does. Pick Fights – to test others’ resolve in their own beliefs.

Tips 41