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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site--which has made its name from revealing the full pricing details behind local car purchases--said this week that it had acquired a brand, new domain-- True.com. in stock Business.com paid for its eponymous domain back in 1999 to domain entrepreneur Marc Ostrofsky. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

The next highest ranked firm was Marina Del Rey-based TeleSign , the security and authentication provider headed by serial entrepreneur Steve Jillings , which was ranked number 15 nationally at 15,558% revenue growth. Editor's note: socalTECH was a sponsor of this event.).

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Fair is the latest venture of Scott Painter, the serial entrepreneur behind TrueCar. Fair is unlike leases, in that users can turn in a car whenever they want, with no termination penalty; the company says cars start at just under $190 a month. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based Fair , the automotive startup led by serial entrepreneur Scott Painter, has raised nearly $1 billion in a strategic funding, led by BMW i Ventures, along with Penske Automotive Group, Sherpa Capital, and others. The funding also included other, un-named strategic investors.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

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. What lessons did you learn from TrueCar, which are you are applying here? What is Fair all about? READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

Fellowship Program to connect the city's many new graduates with local businesses and entrepreneurs, and new efforts to help entrepreneurs find resources like accelerators, commercial real estate, and more. What's the best way to encourage development of the technology industry in Los Angeles?

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

VentureNet, which is put on by the Technology Council of Southern California, included keynotes by Kelly Perdew of Rotohog and Zorik Gordon of ReachLocal, plus capital presentations from Cyber-Rain, FlipGloss Media, Viewdle, Social Approach, Ad.ly, Zadspace, RightSignature, Cogi, YouMail, ExpenseBay, AffordIt.com, SharesPost, and TrueCar.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Today, we share the thoughts of Kelly Perdew , the founder and Managing Director of Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com).

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

which programs are--and aren't--worth looking at has become very difficult, if not impossible, for startup entrepreneurs. Representative companies: Zag, Pricelock, TrueCar, ListSpinner, Zig, RealFinancial, SharesPost. However, with the proliferation of incubators, the difficulty in figuring out. What is an in-house incubator?

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks. Yesterday, we heard from Scott Painter of TrueCar. Today, we spoke with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Editor's note: As we head into the new year, we've been featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

You've also got a deal with TrueCar, correct? We did a bunch of research into services like TrueCar, and how they presented things, played with those services, and so on. Hopefully, this will really take off, and TrueCar will see lots of women buying cars online, so they do not get ripped off.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

Every so often--particularly in Southern California--you run into a serial entrepreneur, with multiple successes and great track record-- yet, who very few people are aware of. Locally, those are companies like LegalZoom, GameFly, TrueCar, and ShoeDazzle. Jeff Zwelling is one of those. What kind of customers are using the tool?

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JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. You know Zag, herein town, and more recently our new car investment, TrueCar.

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