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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Today, we share the thoughts of Kelly Perdew , the founder and Managing Director of Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com).

Capital 100

Capital Technical Review Truecar Venture Capital 100

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

which programs are--and aren't--worth looking at has become very difficult, if not impossible, for startup entrepreneurs. Notes: Traditionally has incubated its own companies (from ideas from Bill Gross), but recently, through its New Ventures group, has been funding new startups which were developed externally. Office Space: Yes.

Southern California 145

Southern California Incubator Guide Truecar 145

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

For those who may be unfamiliar Techweek hosts a 7-day series of events with a 2-day technology conference and expo to bring together a mixture of entrepreneurs, visionaries, and thought leaders. SCOTT PAINTERCEO, TrueCar. You’ll need a Summit Pass to see these speakers! JANE POYNTERCEO, World View Enterprises. UPGRADE NOW.

Santa Monica 92

Santa Monica Commerce Conference Truecar 92

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MARCH 17, 2010

We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. I like to repeat the mantra, “necessity is the mother of all invention,&# meaning that because investors have this expectation you find entrepreneurs that focus on nearer term monetization.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The roster of speakers was vast and just off of the of my head it included the founders of DropBox, Box, WordPress, EverNote, TrueCar, HootSuite, Charity Water, DataSift, Indiegogo, Huddle, oDesk (and many others) plus the usual cast of characters such as Robert Scoble, Gary Vaynerchuk, Dave McClure, Ben Huh, Shak, Shervin and many others.

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Conference Startup Web Truecar 392

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JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. So they develop short-hand ways to qualify things better. You’ll never make a great entrepreneur. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

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AUGUST 4, 2011

Every so often--particularly in Southern California--you run into a serial entrepreneur, with multiple successes and great track record-- yet, who very few people are aware of. Locally, those are companies like LegalZoom, GameFly, TrueCar, and ShoeDazzle. Jeff Zwelling is one of those. What kind of customers are using the tool?

Startup 210

Startup Marketing Customer Custom 210

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APRIL 4, 2011

And given your stage of development you sure better at least know what your goal is. For example, if you have developers, content people or SEO folks working on SEO programs you’ll need to allocate their time / costs to this effort. one of the best in industry that I've seen is how Scott Painter measures his business at TrueCar.

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more. & #celebrity to pull off anything! To start: Hackathon.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

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JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. You know Zag, herein town, and more recently our new car investment, TrueCar. Why do I say that?

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313