socalTECH

JULY 1, 2009

TrueCar said that Damon Cleckler has joined the firm in the position, after serving as executive director of product management at Edmunds.com, where he helped develops Edmunds "True Market Value" and "New Car Finder" products. The company said Cleckler will work on aiding in development of car pricing tools on the site.

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Truecar Edmunds Zag Anthem 100

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2009

SharesPost was founded by Greg Brogger; the firm is one of the companies incubated by Scott Painter and his BrightHouse incubator; Painter is the former CEO of CarsDirect, currently founder at Zag, and has been quietly helping to fundraise and incubate a number of local startups through BrightHouse. READ MORE>>.

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Equity CarsDirect Zag Incubator 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

In recent months, a dozen accelerators and incubators have emerged in the Southern California area, looking to help take the new generation of technology startups to funding and beyond. Representative companies: Zag, Pricelock, TrueCar, ListSpinner, Zig, RealFinancial, SharesPost. Both incubates its own. Brighthouse. Funding: Yes.

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Southern California Incubator Guide Truecar 145

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2021

Alex Nocifera: We help the enterprise, large brands, working with brands like US Cellular, Panera Bread, Square, Uber, and help them generate demand for their products and services in a local, acute manner. So we have these two levers that we can use to help brands tell their story, wherever they are. What is Field Day?

Marketing 113

Marketing Los Angeles Zag Startup 113

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

ii) Be a contrarian, when everyone is zigging, zag. Understand that there is no such thing as “unimportant people” and show respect and give recognition to everyone in a position to help your venture. No matter what you sell, if you deliver fair value and provide a more expansive value proposition than your competitors, you will win.

Education 100

Education Zag Entertainment Sales 100

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

We caught up with Greg Brogger , the firm's CEO, to understand the service and how it might help private investors. We co-founded Zag together, and I was the COO of CarsDirect. Towards early 2007, Scott and I had taken Zag to a level of some measure of stability, and we were thinking about the next thing.

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Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124

Jason Nazar

MARCH 2, 2016

Sometimes you have to know when to zig where others zag. Expect Nothing – in return for helping your peers. You’re always going to get the same results, doing what everyone else does. These are some of the counterintuitive lessons I’ve learned and applied from the most successful folks I’ve met. .

Tips 41

Tips Zag Startup Demand 41

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created two new generation LA startups (Zag and TrueCar, both backed by GRP Partners). We have started to build initiatives like Launchpad LA to help bring this community together and make it easier for first time entrepreneurs. Summary – there is a lot of talent here.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

You know Zag, herein town, and more recently our new car investment, TrueCar. The objective is to provide more mentoring for startups, and actually getting in and helping them. If you look at one of the subsectors of retail, the auto industry, we've been making bets into revolutionizing the auto industry.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157