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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. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Company reports 250,000 users in 49 countries with 1mm+ application downloads. a fbFund winner.

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Interview with Greg Brogger, SharesPost

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Companies we've selected are those that are the most exciting, and high profile, that people will want to invest in. We co-founded Zag together, and I was the COO of CarsDirect. The way sales are handled is as old as the 1930's securities laws. Are you transacting sales through the site yet?

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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There is no region in the country that comes close to having the sheer number of angels & VCs that Silicon Valley has as well as the dollars that flow into the region (40% of all dollars, PwC Moneytree report ). When you’re one fund and have $600 million to invest it’s easier to take that kind of risk.