socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

According to the two companies, the move will create a new marketplace for private growth companies, which combines NASDAQ OMX's experience in the market and resources, and SharesPost's web-based platform for trading private stock. Brogger was at CarsDirect with Scott Painter, who heads up TrueCar. SharesPost is now up in San Bruno.

CarsDirect 170

CarsDirect Marketing Incubator Truecar 170

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%. The “Three C’s” of the Internet … The infrastructure and web services phases of the Internet are built. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. But what is it we actually DO on the Internet?

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

I wrote this on my flight home from f.ounders & web summit in Dublin, Ireland late last year. My trip was scheduled around the annual Web Summit and the f.ounders conference, both of which have become the hottest must-attend event in Europe and rivaling any great conference in the US. The Origins of Web Summit / f.ounders.

Conference 392

Conference Startup Web Truecar 392

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past decade we’ve had high-profile exits at many companies that pioneered monetization techniques now used across the web including Commission Junction, Value Click, ShopZilla, Price Grabber, LowerMyBills and a newer breed including Invoca, Burstly, Shift, Rubicon Project, Gravity, Convertro, Retention Science and so forth.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As automotive web sites go, there are lots of review and information sites giving you information about new and used cars, magazines and information sites for auto enthusiasts, and discussion sites and groups for all kinds of cars. You've also got a deal with TrueCar, correct? Tara Weingarten: That's a really cool thing.

Truecar 204

Truecar Writing Edmunds Sites 204

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created TrueCar (backed by GRP Partners). In Los Angeles you have large industries in garment industry, defense, games (both physical like Mattel and virtual like Activision) and music. And of course you have Hollywood.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

If you have multiple versions of your product, how many are web vs. mobile? one of the best in industry that I've seen is how Scott Painter measures his business at TrueCar. Measuring viral adoption is obviously important. Usually you have a catch-all bucket for “direct” or similar that often came through PR or word-of-mouth.

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup SEO Customer 346

Xconomy

JUNE 16, 2016

The most important takeaway of the evening, Suster said, is that it’s only by using the Internet to dramatically increase their market reach and size (getting to scale) that Web startups can significantly cut the price of the goods or services they provide. To Suster, founding a tech startup is a lot like mounting an expedition.

Venture Capital 49

Venture Capital San Diego Truecar Web 49

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2015

Truly a sight to see, TrueCar brings L.E.D. Utilizing technological innovations spun out of the renowned MIT Media Labs and visual artistry by GMUNK , TrueCar is melding the company’s data analysis and visualization abilities with new, entertainment technology. The TrueCar L.E.D. “TrueCar L.E.D.

Santa Monica 40

Santa Monica Truecar Technology Entertainment 40

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

It’s tempting to want to stay in your offices and fund raise via email or web conferencing. Our biggest returns were outside Silicon Valley: Overture (LA), CitySearch (LA), BillMeLater (Baltimore), Ulta (Chicago), Envestnet (Chicago), HDI (Las Vegas), PF Changs (Arizona), TrueCar (LA). Press the flesh.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366