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

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Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. a fbFund winner. Current round: $4.

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Interview with Dave Fink and Jonathan Neddenriep, Postie

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We've both build marketing technology platforms in emerging digital channels, and also built direct-to-consumer brands who rely heavily on performance marketing and data-driven marketing. We were working on a portfolio of consumer Internet brands. I understand both of you came out of Science Inc, the startup studio/incubator?

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? Cars Direct / Internet Brands. Don’t think about starting an incubator until you have real operating experience otherwise you don’t really have anything to offer startups. Shopping.com. The Wedding Channel. Commission Junction.