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TrueCar Starts Ranking Pre-Owned Vehicles In Annual Award

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Santa Monica-based TrueCar has begun ranking vehicles, based on how well their values hold up in the pre-owned vehicle market, through an annual "TrueCare Pre-Owned Value Awards" program, the company said over the weekend.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

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One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. Having a set of metrics that you watch & that you feel are the key drivers of your success helps keep clarity. And the more public you can make your goals for these key metrics the better.

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Startups Selected For Siemer WaveMaker Awards

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Five startups have been named winners at the Siemer Summit , the tech confab which has been being held in Santa Monica for the past couple of days by local investment banking company and investor Siemer Ventures, highlighting some of the top startups in the region. TrueCar''s Scott Painter was also honored as part of the awards.

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

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He calls it his “Tom Sawyer&# company. Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. And it carries no inventory. a fbFund winner.

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Interview with Tara Weingarten, VroomGirls

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Tara Weingarten: We had no metrics when we started, and even now, we had a big week with 1900 uniques on one day. But, I think it's because I have known all of these car companies for seventeen years. We basically got venture capital money, without having to give away any of the company. How did you manage that?

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Siemer Summit: Connecting Global Digital Media & Technology Leaders

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The two-day Summit encompassed 70 company presentations from successful founders, 30 featured speakers, 40 early stage award nominees, 50 renowned judges, a series of roundtable discussions, and networking and relationship-building opportunities. Ninja Metrics. Hitesh Chawla, CEO. Silver Push. Impact Zone Award – Data & Analytics.

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