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TrueCar Adds Two More AAA Clubs

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Santa Monica-based TrueCar announced Monday that it has added two more, AAA clubs to its list of customers using its services. TrueCar said that it will power the online car buying programs for AAA Oklahoma/South Dakota and AAA Hoosier, the 21st and 22nd AAA organizations using TrueCar's services. READ MORE>>.

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

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He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. It’s part of what makes him so likable.

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How Fair, Scott Painter's New Startup, Is Creating A New Model For Car Ownership

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Fair (www.fair.com), the latest startup by serial entrepreneur Scott Painter , does just that, letting users shop for a car, get approved, and pay for a car through a month-to-month payment--with no long term committment. All of the cars in the Fair app are pre-owned, but you can shop for any car for sale at any dealership.

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“Stay Lean as Long as You Can,” and Other VC Wisdom from Mark Suster

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Put a half-dozen entry-level tech entrepreneurs together anywhere outside of the Bay Area, and it won’t take long before they start listing the local market deficiencies. But too many Web entrepreneurs squander that advantage by jumping into the same market as other Web startups, and offering similar goods and services.

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Interview with Tara Weingarten, VroomGirls

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They came on, because right now, their sales go entirely to me, even though they know there are women who have money, who are eager to seek out adrenaline sports, and why shouldn't they also drive fast cars? You've also got a deal with TrueCar, correct? But what was surprising to me, were my other sponsors, Ferrari and Lamborghini.

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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

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He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. I instantly hit it off with Greg because we was a fountain of knowledge. On each subsequent meeting I’d learn a little bit more.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. .

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