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NextCar, Led By Scott Painter, Gears Up For Launch With Exec Team

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Santa Monica-based NextCar, the newest automotive-focused startup led by startup veteran Scott Painter, is gearing up for the launch of the company, saying this week that it has named a senior management team.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. If we extend a bit North up the coast line we have many affiliate marketing innovators including ValueClick, Commission Junction and FastClick. Zorik Gordon is tearing it up at ReachLocal.

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

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In my LA I often see computer screens open with entrepreneurs talking about digital media. I don’t see this changing much like I don’t see you building blockbuster movies outside LA or shift the media buying center of gravity out of NY. I’ve talked with many great NYC startups facing the same problem.

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

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In fact, he’s personally started 34 businesses and run 17 of them. He started a car washing business as a way to be able to drive other people’s fancy cars. So while it started more about finding solutions to get him driving cars more or logging airline miles he also focuses on big, industry-changing ideas.

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