Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. But we have a great city for building technology companies. You can find very talented technology executives. But we do have great technology developers. You don’t.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

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JULY 1, 2010

Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Total Raised: $21.4mm. See: TechCrunch. Kontagent. -A

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2009

We've set out to enable that across any platform, live, during games. The underpinning of the technology is much more complex than that, of course, and we've been building this for awhile. I started as a tester, but in six months, I had risen to assistant project manager at CarsDirect. in architectural technology.

Patents 179

Patents CarsDirect Sites Pomona 179

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I’m just not sure you can build a great technology firm outside of Bay Area.&#. In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds who have a history of giving $20 million to early-stage technology companies hoping to swing for the fences and become the next Google, Facebook or Twitter. You just don’t. Get over it.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313