Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. a fbFund winner. Competitors: Omniture , Webtrends.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

Sean Ellis in Bringing a Network Effect Business to Market positions this via the following two pictures: In the case of a normal startup, you can launch an MVP and keep optimizing from there to achieve scale. In fact, if you do both, it’s called a Zig-Zag strategy. Let’s take a particular example: eHarmony of jobs.

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eHarmony Marketing Startup Zag 204

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

Sean Ellis in Bringing a Network Effect Business to Market positions this via the following two pictures: In the case of a normal startup, you can launch an MVP and keep optimizing from there to achieve scale. In fact, if you do both, it’s called a Zig-Zag strategy. Let’s take a particular example: eHarmony of jobs.

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eHarmony Marketing Startup Zag 196