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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 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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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.

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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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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

event socaltech50 awards entrepreneur entrepreneurship feature dfr2013' There are also many movers and shakers here in the industry -- Jason Nazar at.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Our other big wins came from Chicago (Ulta & Envestnet), Baltimore (BillMeLater), New York (DealerTrack) & LA (TrueCar). Women Entrepreneurs. And we’re not restricted to territories. HDI is based in Las Vegas. We have two big winners in France, one in the UK and a couple in San Francisco.

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

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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JUNE 8, 2014

TrueCar, an LA-based company, sells more cars now than any physical dealer in the country and recently went public and has a $1 billion market cap. As you have more exits in your startup community and more second-time entrepreneurs the growth of a local startup community becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Venture Capital.

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MARCH 17, 2010

We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. I like to repeat the mantra, “necessity is the mother of all invention,&# meaning that because investors have this expectation you find entrepreneurs that focus on nearer term monetization.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

First off, on our original article, we identified a number of people in the industry we specifically said did not qualify for the list -- because they had successfully exited companies in the past and who are proven entrepreneurs. Interested in sponsoring the awards?

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socalTECH

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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MARCH 12, 2013

We both wanted to build a practice that would make Los Angeles proud but where we would travel tirelessly to other locations to make investments in the best entrepreneurs wherever they were.

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

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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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The roster of speakers was vast and just off of the of my head it included the founders of DropBox, Box, WordPress, EverNote, TrueCar, HootSuite, Charity Water, DataSift, Indiegogo, Huddle, oDesk (and many others) plus the usual cast of characters such as Robert Scoble, Gary Vaynerchuk, Dave McClure, Ben Huh, Shak, Shervin and many others.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

For those who may be unfamiliar Techweek hosts a 7-day series of events with a 2-day technology conference and expo to bring together a mixture of entrepreneurs, visionaries, and thought leaders. SCOTT PAINTERCEO, TrueCar. TechZulu is stoked to be partnering with TechWeek LA from November 17 – 23! CHRIS DEWOLFECEO, SGN.

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APRIL 4, 2011

Most people under estimate the challenge of winning “share of mind” the least understood concept with tech entrepreneurs. one of the best in industry that I've seen is how Scott Painter measures his business at TrueCar. This is especially true in the mobile space where apps are either free or cheap. At 99 cents they’re disposable.

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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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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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JUNE 16, 2016

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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LATechDigest

JANUARY 26, 2020

Blankspaces is a coworking community of freelancers & entrepreneurs, and has flexible office spaces and meeting rooms which can be rented by the month, by the day, even by the hour. Theres a lot of like-minded entrepreneurs here who by sharing the space they can share ideas, collaborate, and hire each other, or simply get coffee together.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2014

One of Southern California''s big success stories -- from startup, to venture funding, and a recent IPO--is Los Angeles-based TrueCar , which had its IPO in May. You''ve create success companies now quite a few times, how did this time go for you, and what kind of advice might you give entrepreneurs thinking about the public path?

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DECEMBER 16, 2014

As I like to say when asked, “For entrepreneurs you generally need to go to 2-3 cities max and probably pitch 5-15 investors. In recent years we’ve had big wins across all of our long term partners (Yves: Envestnet), (Steven: TrueCar), (Me: Maker Studios). Was it hard to raise the fund? It’s always hard raising money.

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JUNE 28, 2012

Panels were based at hubs including Leadership, Branding / Advertising, Social Media, Entrepreneurs, Community and more. RT @OEInnovation #SBF why I live in #LA: intersection of #beach #tech #entrepreneur #entertainment. & Thanks to all of my old & new friends for making it so rich with optimism, expertise, & wisdom.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I never suggest that entrepreneurs just randomly pitch VCs. You’ll never make a great entrepreneur. So your journey to fund raising begins by strengthening your relationships with other entrepreneurs.

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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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