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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. Current round: $4.

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Ted Dhanik | Engage:BDR, LA Tech & the Marketing Scene

Tech Zulu Event

I left MySpace in 2008 to help MySpace to monetize its inventory better. I started a business with two others and we started buying and reselling ad inventory from wholesale prices to retail. As the demands and supplies grew for advertising, we built a stable capital to create Engage:BDR.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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Wildfire was one of the darlings of the fbFund incubator program. Zara is a Spanish senstation retailer that does “fast follow&# knock off popular clothing at affordable prices. Marketing and lead automation software for businesses; claim to have largest market share in sector since March 2008. Wildfire Interactive.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these. Prices have gone up dramatically on this beachfront strip. Venices median home price in the first eight months of 2012 broke the $1 million barrier, rising to $1,012,000 from $899,000 in the first eight months of 2011. Derek Wooden.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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The prices of angel deals have recently crept up, VCs have also gotten their checkbooks out again, frothy deals are happening and people are feeling bullish. The spending contraction is inevitable in a period of declining real prices of housing, high unemployment and tightening credit. We took $2.3