article thumbnail

Interview with Dave Fink and Jonathan Neddenriep, Postie

socalTECH

We've both build marketing technology platforms in emerging digital channels, and also built direct-to-consumer brands who rely heavily on performance marketing and data-driven marketing. We were working on a portfolio of consumer Internet brands. I understand both of you came out of Science Inc, the startup studio/incubator?

CTO Hire 100
article thumbnail

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

Both Sides of the Table

Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. But more importantly we talked in the video about fund raising and how Scott has become so efficient at it. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Used by hedge funds, the intelligence community and multiple government agencies.

Zag 248
article thumbnail

Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

Both Sides of the Table

And when I say this I don’t mean they funded billion dollar companies – they literally created them. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? Cars Direct / Internet Brands. Shopping.com. The Wedding Channel. Commission Junction. Insider Pages. They are very hands on.