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]. It’s awesome. The deals we quickly went through are: 1.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2009

Santa Monica-based Zag.com , the online automotive buying firm headed by Scott Painter, announced Thursday that the company has reached an agreement with Mercedes-Benz USA to offer an additional $5000 off pricing of new Mercedes-Benz cars to members of USAA, one of the affinity groups using Zag's auto pricing and purchasing services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Zigging and zagging amongst the obstacles is the fun part of being an entrepreneur, and it’s what sets you apart from the average worker who knows exactly what he or she has to do every day to get paid. After the initial zigs and zags to get profitable, it is time to formalize and document the processes that worked.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2009

Santa Monica-based Zag.com , the online automobile buying service headed by Scott Painter, is reporting today that it had what is calls its "strongest sales so far this year" in June. The firm did not say what drove the growth, and did not provide any financial details on its sales or profitability.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2010

The new auto buying services come as part of a partnership with Zag, which operates online car buying programs. The partnership brings TrueCar--which is a spinout of Zag and also run by Zag CEO Scott Paitner--full circle. READ MORE>>.

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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 said that the new service will help dealers to "optimize" their vehicle pricing. Pricing on the new dealer-centric offering was not disclosed.

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socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2009

The firm--which is a spinout of automotive configuration software firm Zag--said it will provide consumers with a "Price Report" showing the full distribution of prices paid by other people, for the exact same vehicle, in a consumer's local area. The new service is free, and is based on automotive transactions within the last four weeks.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

TrueCar said that High Gear will include its search and pricing services through sites like TheCarConnection.com , MotorAuthority.com and GreenCarReports.com , part of High Gear's network of web sites. TrueCar provides new car pricing data derived from actual automobile dealership sales information, and is a spinout of Zag Automotive.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Zigging and zagging amongst the obstacles is the fun part of being an entrepreneur, and it’s what sets you apart from the average worker who knows exactly what he or she has to do every day to get paid. After the initial zigs and zags to get profitable, it is time to formalize and document the processes that worked.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 15, 2010

Best Exit Internet Technology, Networks In Motion; Best Funding in New Media/Internet: Rubicon Project, The, HauteLook.com, Zag; Best Funding in Software/Services: OpenX Technologies, Inc. Master of Ceremonies: Ken Rutkowski, METal International. 2010 LAVA Hall of Fame Inductee: Jake Winebaum; Best Exit Life Sciences: Corevalve, Inc.;

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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. Toprak spent nine years at Edmunds, in addition to earlier experience at automotive franchises. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2009

Wagner said his firm--which provides services for telecom service providers--is looking at Southern California as a possible location for an additional office, but has its North American operations in Silicon Valley.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2021

Alex Nocifera: We help the enterprise, large brands, working with brands like US Cellular, Panera Bread, Square, Uber, and help them generate demand for their products and services in a local, acute manner. So, the old school approach, zig to the zag, is a well timed strategy for marketers. It's a really crowded, saturated area.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

His casinos where well lit, clean, utilized female dealers and offered child care services. ii) Be a contrarian, when everyone is zigging, zag. Some of Pappy’s commonsense growth hacks included: Target – Pappy served an overlooked market: women. Education – When he opened his first casino, gambling was not mainstream.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2009

Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. Explain how your service works? Wilson Sonsini, in fact, represents us.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

I tell everyone that the only constant around here is change” (David Becker, Virtual Financial Services). What I mean by execution is the ability to do what you’re setting out to do and then being able to zig when the market zags” (Dick Costolo, FeedBurner). You can be a leader without being the best at everything. You can play a role.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

As I discussed in Matching Algorithm , I end up talking to a lot of startups who want to become the eHarmony of careers, eHarmony of clothes, eHarmony of jobs, eHarmony of tutoring, eHarmony of services, eHarmony of investments, etc. In fact, if you do both, it’s called a Zig-Zag strategy. to source potential candidates.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

As I discussed in Matching Algorithm , I end up talking to a lot of startups who want to become the eHarmony of careers, eHarmony of clothes, eHarmony of jobs, eHarmony of tutoring, eHarmony of services, eHarmony of investments, etc. In fact, if you do both, it’s called a Zig-Zag strategy. to source potential candidates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2011

I tell everyone that the only constant around here is change” (David Becker, Virtual Financial Services). What I mean by execution is the ability to do what you’re setting out to do and then being able to zig when the market zags” (Dick Costolo, FeedBurner). You can be a leader without being the best at everything. You can play a role.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 2, 2016

Sometimes you have to know when to zig where others zag. Underestimate Demand – for your products and services. You’re always going to get the same results, doing what everyone else does. These are some of the counterintuitive lessons I’ve learned and applied from the most successful folks I’ve met. .

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. So we're focused on technology, and financial services. That was quite a prominent exit for us.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

It’s really hard to zig when the whole world seems to be zagging. I am really bullish on data-as-a-service. One of my favorite quotes I learned in high school was: “Nonconformity is the Highest Form of Social Attainment&#. It was written as the yearbook quote of the smartest seniors as I was finishing my freshman year.

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