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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. The consumer product they’ve created is called TrueCar. Money to be used for hiring and additional product development. And it carries no inventory. Competitors: Gowalla.

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Interview with Jose daVeiga, KlickSports

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Los Angeles-based KlickSports (www.klicksports.com) recently rolled out the firm's live sports prediction web site and game, looking to harness the enthusiasm of sports fans for their favorite sports and teams. I started as a tester, but in six months, I had risen to assistant project manager at CarsDirect. in architectural technology.

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

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That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. While nobody has yet “cracked the code&# on production quality video over the Internet (YouTube won UGC video), there is a lot of innovation happening in LA from places like Eqal, Deca.TV, ThisWeekIn, Machinima & Maker Studios. Brett Brewer has AdKnowledge.