socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Santa Monica-based SharesPost , which has created on online marketplace for sellers and buyers of private company stock, reported to its users late Friday that the firm now has sales of LinkedIn, Linden Lab, Tesla Motors, and SugarCRM going into escrow. READ MORE>>.

Research 100

Research Sales CarsDirect Web 2.0 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. 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 a fbFund winner.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Look beyond California and you have group purchasing (GroupOn in Chicago, LivingSocial in Washington DC), private sales (Gilt Groupe in NY, HauteLook in LA), artisan marketplaces (Etsy in NY), eCommerce (Amazon in Seattle) and on and on. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. Hit some bumps in the road?

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

We co-founded Zag together, and I was the COO of CarsDirect. The way sales are handled is as old as the 1930's securities laws. Given the advances in communications technology, and the Web 2.0 There are three most prevalent transfer restrictions--the Right of First Refusal, co-sale, and investors rights agreements.

Startup 124

Startup Zag Venture Capital Equity 124