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5 Articles match "Los Angeles","Zag"
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Los Angeles-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site run by Scott Painter, said today that it has launched a mobile version of its site. TrueCar is a spinout of Zag Automotive, which is also run by Painter. According to the company, the new site runs on Apple iPhone, BlackBerry, and other web-enabled mobile devices. TrueCar said the site is accessible either by going to its main url, or to its mobile site at mobile.truecar.com .
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Monday, July 13, 2009
GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. You know Zag, herein town, and more recently our new car investment, TrueCar. Matt Coffin, who is one of the prominent angel investors here, and who founded LowerMyBills, has told this story publicly. This morning's interview is with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners (www.grpvc.com). Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs,.
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Monday, June 1, 2009
Los Angeles, which has one of the largest Jewish populations in the world, is known for many links to the country of Israel. Israeli high tech executives heading to the Israel Conference in Los Angeles this Thursday told us that there was a strong link, in general, between Israeli high tech firms and California in general--usually as an entree into the North American market--but do not differentiate much between Southern or Northern California as a base for operations.
"I However, how much of a link do Israeli technology companies see with Southern California's technology industry?
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The Best from the Southern California Tech Central Community
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office Citrix Cuts 10 Percent; Santa Barbara Hit And it's also interesting to see what geographies are being associated with "Layoffs" more often than others: Layoffs Woodland Hills Layoffs San Diego Layoffs Santa Monica Layoffs Los Angeles I guess this is a sign
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Thursday, February 5, 2009
Los Angeles-based Zag , the online car buying software firm headed by former CarsDirect CEO Scott Painter, has scored an investment from financial services firm USAA , USAA disclosed Thursday. According to USAA, it is taking an equity position in Zag, which is also providing the firm with its car buying services. Zag develops technology which allows members USAA did not provide financial details behind the investment. USAA has been offering Zag's services to its members since 2007.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Los Angeles-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site run by Scott Painter, said today that it has launched a mobile version of its site. TrueCar is a spinout of Zag Automotive, which is also run by Painter. According to the company, the new site runs on Apple iPhone, BlackBerry, and other web-enabled mobile devices. TrueCar said the site is accessible either by going to its main url, or to its mobile site at mobile.truecar.com .
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Monday, June 1, 2009
Los Angeles, which has one of the largest Jewish populations in the world, is known for many links to the country of Israel. Israeli high tech executives heading to the Israel Conference in Los Angeles this Thursday told us that there was a strong link, in general, between Israeli high tech firms and California in general--usually as an entree into the North American market--but do not differentiate much between Southern or Northern California as a base for operations.
"I However, how much of a link do Israeli technology companies see with Southern California's technology industry?
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Monday, July 13, 2009
GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. You know Zag, herein town, and more recently our new car investment, TrueCar. Matt Coffin, who is one of the prominent angel investors here, and who founded LowerMyBills, has told this story publicly. This morning's interview is with Mark Suster , a venture capitalist at GRP Partners (www.grpvc.com). Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs,.
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