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Citysearch Launches Food Site

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West Hollywood-based Citysearch said this morning that it has launched a new, online blog site called 3BuckBites , focused on "cheap eats" costing less than $3.99. The new blog site is part of an expansion of the firm into stand-alone, vertical sites, all of which push users to Citysearch information and search pages.

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GRP Partners Raises New $200M Fund, Becomes Upfront Ventures

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GRP Partners--which has invested in such successes as Overture, CitySearch, BillMeLater, DealerTrack, and others, and is currently an investor in Maker Studios, TrueCar, Burstly, and others--said it decided to change its branding as venture capital has changed.

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Interview with Chris Lyman and Corey Brundage, SendLove.to

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Since then, the two left to start a brand new startup, SendLove.to (www.sendlove.to), which launched Tuesday, focused on allowing users to rate public figures in news stories, blogs, and elsewhere. As you know, the comments at the foot of every blog out there that is really kind of a big waste of time. Who do you see using this most?

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. So his Twitter handle is @infoarbitrage and his excellent (must read) blog is Information Arbitrage. My views are pretty well known. I hate Silicon Whatever.

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The Best Restaurants in Los Angeles

Jason Nazar

I’ll spend time on Citysearch and Yelp trying to find good new spots to try, but my preference is still to get great recommendation from friends.

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Do you Suffer from the Urgency Addiction? It’s More Common Than you Think

Both Sides of the Table

I know that would be surprising to many readers since keeping a blog somehow convinces people that I’m a time management or productivity ninja. Yet in LA we have hugely successful entrepreneurs who have built big companies like Overture, CitySearch, MySpace, TicketMaster.com, LowerMyBills, Commission Junction, eHarmony and on and on.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

Tech Zulu Event

Their roster of success includes numerous pioneering tech companies, many of which continue to be industry leaders today — Overture, BillMeLater, CitySearch, and more. Fun Fact: One of the most prominent figures from their firm, Mark Suster t, runs a blog startups follow religiously. Social Enterprise: Hub LA.

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