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

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Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Company plans to use the capital to build out sales and marketing and r&d. -a Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. a fbFund winner. Current round: $4.

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How OneStop Internet Is Powering Ecommerce For Brands

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How did you end up going from Senior Associate at a venture capital company to CEO at a fashion related business? John Tomich: Actually, prior to working for the VC firm, I spent a couple of years out of college working on eCommerce and Digital strategy at a consulting agency. You''ve got a very interesting background.

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

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Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch?

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Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures

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Redpoint Ventures is one of the venture capital firms which has straddled both Northern California and Southern California, with offices in both locations. I think we've done some of the really exciting companies in LA, including most recently Clicker, Machinima, BUZZmedia, and SVnetwork.

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