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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

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In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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

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Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Foursquare. -A Competitors: Gowalla. Current round: $4. Palantir.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

Tech Zulu Event

In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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