Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. Offers virality optimization tools and A/B testing inside Facebook.

Zag 249

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 249

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 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. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? Great things will emerge there.

Venture Capital 234

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Southern California 234

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

-The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009 Proliferate - Aggregate - Integrate Startups Uncensored #4 - “Finding and Working with Partners” SoCal VC’s absent from Forbes Midas List Top Five Best Uses of an Entrepreneur's Legal Dollars What Data Crunchers Did for Obama An Evaluation of Web Strategy (..)

Layoffs 159

Layoffs Woodland Hills Southern California Orange County 159

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

SharesPost, headed by Greg Brogger and incubated by Brighthouse, is looking to create a Web 2.0-enabled enabled secondary marketplace for shares in private companies, and particularly venture-backed, technology firms. Brighthouse is a technology incubator headed by both Brogger and Scott Painter, who also co-founded Zag and CarsDirect.

Research 100

Research Sales CarsDirect Web 2.0 100

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

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. If you look at any other financial market in the world, no other market has been less impacted by communications technology, or the Internet.

Startup 124

Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124