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]. a fbFund winner. Competitors: Omniture , Webtrends.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

Sean Ellis in Bringing a Network Effect Business to Market positions this via the following two pictures: In the case of a normal startup, you can launch an MVP and keep optimizing from there to achieve scale. Well chances are there are some partners or sites where you can get information on jobs today. to source potential candidates.

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eHarmony Marketing Startup Zag 204

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site headed by Scott Painter, reports this morning that it has now sold more than 200,000 cars through its online car buying and pricing platform. TrueCar said the sales came via its more than 40 partner-branded Web Siets, which use the car pricing and sales engine powered by Zag.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

Sean Ellis in Bringing a Network Effect Business to Market positions this via the following two pictures: In the case of a normal startup, you can launch an MVP and keep optimizing from there to achieve scale. Well chances are there are some partners or sites where you can get information on jobs today. to source potential candidates.

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eHarmony Marketing Startup Zag 196

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2009

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing spinout of Zag, said today that it is targeting dealers with a new web site, to help dealerships price vehicles based on market data. TrueCar also said that it is in a distribution deal with Zag, to serve Zag's dealers with better upfront pricing details.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2009

According to the firm, it will allow buyers and sellers of privately held companies to sell and buy shares in privately held firms, through secondary market transactions. Among the private shares that sellers are looking to unload on the site are shares in Facebook, LinkedIn, SolarCity, Tesla Motors, and eHarmony, the firm said.

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