socalTECH
MAY 23, 2016
Santa Monica-based TrueCar is continuing to bolster its links to automotive dealers, as it looks to improve its relationship with the auto dealer industry, saying this morning that it has named Paul Edmonds as Senior Vice President of Dealer Marketing and Opeartions. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
APRIL 1, 2016
Santa Monica-based TrueCar has named a new executive to head up dealer sales, saying on Thursday that it has named Jim Menard as its new Senir Vice President of Dealer Sales. TrueCar said Menard will head up efforts to strengthen dealer relationships across its network. Menard was previously President and GM of the U.S.
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
Competitive (Athlete: skier & rowed at Princeton, hates losing at everything she does). billion IPO), HealthDataInsights (Las Vegas, $400 million) as well as LA (Maker Studios $1 billion, TrueCar $1.3 As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already. Thus began my marketing campaign.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 23, 2019
Due to this, seed rounds have become more competitive, with more expensive valuations and more oversubscribed rounds. The biggest lesson learned this year has been how hot the LA tech ecosystem has become. Seed activity last quarter continued to trend upward, with 28 companies raising $68M of funding. Since 2010, $6.3B
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 4, 2011
He told me in some combinations of device / OS / network they are crashing 4 times per 100. All applications crash and this is especially true in the nascent mobile world where dealing with device types, OS’s & networks adds one hell of a configuration management problem. In our next meeting I asked them how often it crashed.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. Great companies like BeachMint that are growing at a rapid clip have to dig deep into their networks to meet hiring needs. Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created TrueCar (backed by GRP Partners).
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 16, 2012
He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. Fred Wilson likes, “large networks of socially connected people” while Foundry lists its 5 key themes on its website. Do your homework.
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