socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2019

I first joined the Xprize Foundation, and later got together with Bill Gross at Idealab, where I ended up working as CEO for a number of companies in energy storage, with Energy Cache, to Edison Microgrids, and also was involved in a variety of other things Idealab was doing at the time. You then caught things like Web 2.0,

Invest 113

Invest Capital Venture Capital Idealab 113

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mobile Web America, Inc. Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The next company up was Storitz , operating as an online reservation system for storage units (think Orbitz), the company helps consumers not only search for available listings, but also make reservations with real time feedback on availability and customer reviews. Looking for twitter trends on #TZSpotlight?

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2012

We have a very visual marketplace, that for the mobile and web, lets people show their closets, garages, homes, and stores. We do the same thing on the web, making selling really easy. Over time, we are going to start customizing the marketplace for you. What is HipSwap? It's a good group. Rob Kramer: Absolutely.

Mobile 157

Mobile Los Angeles Web Southern California 157

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Idealab 77

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

They are dedicated to providing high-availability systems, beautiful user interfaces, furious developer support and unparalleled customer care. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. Custom ad deals and partnerships. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. They are dedicated to providing high-availability systems, beautiful user interfaces, furious developer support and unparalleled customer care.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Their team is a small group of technology-minded innovators who are committed to doing things differently — from automotive design, manufacturing and distribution, to service needs and the entire customer experience. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). Because GoTo.com was his idea. Overture sold for $1.6 billion to Yahoo! Time will tell.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. They’ve had a total of 12 deals that have IPO’d. AppDynamics.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

The 1st place winner was SnazzyRoom, an online styling tool for mixing and matching items on the web ( SnazzyRoom.com ). All attendees really did such an amazing job building out their products, talking to customers and putting on a great show of presentations. What a SWLA.

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. He wanted to build direct customer relationships to get product feedback but only 2% of customers would ever return their registration cards. So when he saw the browser it instantly dawned on him that this would be the greatest customer development tool ever.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

At at time where nearly all advertising was purchased on a CPM (cost per thousand) basis and not very measurable this was a huge innovation that should be credited to Bill Gross, the founder of IdeaLab. Search will remain big but stream is an increasing method of discovering information and therefore driving web traffic.

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Advertising Invest RSS CPC 284

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

There are five prominent ones in town, Launchpad, Amplify, MuckerLab, StartEngine, and IdeaLab. Check out the inaugural Startup UCLA companies, as self-described, below: Accelsor – Accelsor simplifies custom website creation into a single step by eliminating the prototyping and coding stages.

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47