socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2018

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , which provides online services to help connect people looking for cars with auto dealers, said on Thursday that it has linked up with a charity, DAV , which helps disabled veterans gain access to vehicles, as part of its own program for injured veterans, DrivenToDrive. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the new car pricing data startup headed by Scott Painter, said Monday that it has inked a deal with automotive publisher High Gear Media , where High Gear will include TrueCar's data on its network of web sites. Tags: truecar publishing auto automotive pricing. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

TrueCar , the auto pricing and automotive buying technology provider based in Santa Monica, said today that it has been selected by the U.S. News & World Report to provide used car pricing and valuation to the publisher. TrueCar said that U.S. publishing usnews clearbook used pricing buying auto truecar'

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2016

Santa Monica-based TrueCar is continuing to bolster its links to automotive dealers, as it looks to improve its relationship with the auto dealer industry, saying this morning that it has named Paul Edmonds as Senior Vice President of Dealer Marketing and Opeartions. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing startup run by Scott Painter, is launching a new site today focused on used car pricing. The new site ClearBook.com , offers us a used car vehicle index, aggregating used car marketplace sales to provide pricing guidance for consumers and dealers. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site headed by Scott Painter, has scored a new, equity investment and partnership with direct marketing firm Guthy-Renker , the firm announced today. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2012

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online automotive purchasing program and technology developer, has just topped 500,000 cars sold on its platform, the firm reported this morning. The numbers reflect some momentum to the firm's services, which took five years to sell the first 100,000 vehicles.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the car pricing and information site, said Monday that it has updated its ClearBook used car valuation site. TrueCar said the updated, ClearBook 2.0 TrueCar said the updated, ClearBook 2.0 TrueCar is headed by Scott Painter. ClearBook was originally launched in February. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the publisher of real-time automotive pricing information headed by Scott Painter, said yesterday afternoon that it has appointed Todd Daum as Chief Marketing Officer. Daum joins TrueCar from Automoti.com, where he was Chief Operating Officer. Automoti.com was sold to Hertz in 2009. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing startup headed by Scott Painter, said yesterday that it has rolled out a new, monthly consumer price report. TrueCar is a spinout of Zag Automotive, and gathers its data from actual sales information from local dealerships. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar announced Monday that it has added two more, AAA clubs to its list of customers using its services. TrueCar said that it will power the online car buying programs for AAA Oklahoma/South Dakota and AAA Hoosier, the 21st and 22nd AAA organizations using TrueCar's services.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2012

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car purchasing firm headed by Scott Painter, is further ramping up its outreach to dealers, saying this morning that it has formed a new "National Dealer Council" which will work with experienced dealers to recommend and improve collaboration between the company and auto dealers. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , which provides real-life pricing data on new cars, based on actual dealer sales, said Tuesday that the firm has begun showing guaranteed upfront pricing from local dealers. The partnership brings TrueCar--which is a spinout of Zag and also run by Zag CEO Scott Paitner--full circle.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online publisher of new and used vehicle pricing that is headed by Scott Painter, said Tuesday that it has acquired ALG, Inc. , Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, however, TrueCar said that DealerTrack will receive an equity interest in TrueCar as part of the deal.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online provider of new car pricing reports, announced today that it has added Mike Maroone, President and Chief Operating Officer of AutoNation , to the firm's board of directors. TrueCar said that AutoNation is the country's largest automotive retailer. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2012

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online auto buying site led by Scott Painter, said Monday that it is addressing compliance issues and concerns with its service with a change to its billing model. TrueCar said Virginia has been okay with flat fee billing since January of 2001. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2012

Santa Monica-based TrueCar said Friday that it has hired a new Vice President, Dealer Development, to bolster its efforts to retain and grow its network of dealer partners. TrueCar said Potter will also manage field sales and inside account management teams for the company.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar is the un-named firm which settled with Edmunds.com yesterday over a trademark lawsuit, according to court documents obtained by socalTECH.com. According to the documents, Edmunds.com had sued TrueCar on December 15, 2009, in the California Central District Court, alleging trademark infringement by TrueCar.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing spinout of Zag Automotive, disclosed Wednesday that the firm has inked distribution deals with five automotive websites. According to TrueCar, it will provide its price reports on Pricequotes.com , Carbuyingtips.com , Carzen.com , Carpricesecrets.com , and Cardevotion.com.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing spinout of Zag Automotive, annoucned today that it has hired the Chief Evangelist from Edmunds. Tags: truecar executive edmunds automotive pricing. Toprak spent nine years at Edmunds, in addition to earlier experience at automotive franchises. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 1, 2014

TrueCar is the first ever Internet service that tells you exactly how much other people in your area paid for the car you want to buy. You enter your make, model, trim & year and out pops a price curve of purchases in your area and in most states you will then be offered a fixed price to purchase that car.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2010

According to TrueCar and Zag, the three-year agreement includes a deal for Motor Trend Radio to broadcast and record its coverage from the TrueCar.com suite. TrueCar operates an online site which provides pricing data on cars, based on the actual sales prices from local dealers.

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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]. The consumer product they’ve created is called TrueCar.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Painter, who was previously CEO and founder of TrueCar, and has a long history in the automotive purchasing and financing industry, sat down with us to discuss Fair, what he learned at TrueCar, and how he hopes Fair will transform the auto industry. What lessons did you learn from TrueCar, which are you are applying here?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site run by Scott Painter, said today that it has named Stephen Hansen as the firm's new President and COO. Tags: truecar executive president automobile pricing. Hansen has also been at Universal Studios and KPMG. READ MORE>>.

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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. Startup Week San Diego Crowd at Mark Suster Talk.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

They came on, because right now, their sales go entirely to me, even though they know there are women who have money, who are eager to seek out adrenaline sports, and why shouldn't they also drive fast cars? You've also got a deal with TrueCar, correct? But what was surprising to me, were my other sponsors, Ferrari and Lamborghini.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. I instantly hit it off with Greg because we was a fountain of knowledge. On each subsequent meeting I’d learn a little bit more.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. . Three rules in sales: Why buy anything? Remember again that the three major steps to a sale are: Why buy anything?

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