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What Mattered In 2010: Scott Painter, TrueCar

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Last week, we announced our end-of-the-year project, which was to collect and share the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. Today, we share the thoughts of Scott Painter the CEO and founder of TrueCar , as well as a number of other successful firms and startups in Southern California.

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Phyn Names Bizdev Head

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Torrance-based Phyn , a startup which is bringing a high tech, whole home water usage and monitoring system to market, is announcing today that it has named Mariel Devesa as Global Head of Business Development. Uponor is also a major investor in Phyn, which was originally spun out of Belkin.

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Reflections on 2020: Kelly Perdew, Moonshots Capital

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Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? It's been a tough year for many due to the pandemic; how have you or your company adapted to the business environment?

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What Mattered In 2010: Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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For the next couple of weeks, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. Yesterday, we heard from Scott Painter of TrueCar. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? The obvious one is the iPad.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

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The Magic of the Irish – Dublin’s Resurgence on the Global Tech Scene

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Between 1995-2002 I visited often – especially since I founded my first company there. Ireland gains not only through the obvious growth in high-paying, high-tech jobs of multinationals.