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TrueCar's Scott Painter On Entrepreneurship And IPOs

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One of Southern California''s big success stories -- from startup, to venture funding, and a recent IPO--is Los Angeles-based TrueCar , which had its IPO in May. You''ve create success companies now quite a few times, how did this time go for you, and what kind of advice might you give entrepreneurs thinking about the public path?

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. I think there is also no denying the role that Richard Rosenblatt has played in building the LA tech ecosystem and spawning great entrepreneurs who followed in his footsteps. “There’s something going on in LA.”

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How Fair, Scott Painter's New Startup, Is Creating A New Model For Car Ownership

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Fair (www.fair.com), the latest startup by serial entrepreneur Scott Painter , does just that, letting users shop for a car, get approved, and pay for a car through a month-to-month payment--with no long term committment. If you've played with the app, it has a very elegant user interface, and it's designed to be very easy to navigate.

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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

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We both wanted to build a practice that would make Los Angeles proud but where we would travel tirelessly to other locations to make investments in the best entrepreneurs wherever they were. One of his biggest accomplishments there was championing the acquisition of StubHub. I made some reference calls. They were effusive.

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Interview with Jeff Zwelling, Convertro

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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?

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