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Internet Brands Acquired For $640M

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El Segundo-based Internet Brands , the Internet media firm headed by Bob Brisco, has been acquired by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners, in a deal worth approximately $640M. According to Internet Brands, Hellman & Friedman will pay $13.35 The price is a premium of approximately 46.5

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. It is the most accurate data out there that you can use to carry into a dealership and negotiate on price. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. a fbFund winner. Competitors: Omniture , Webtrends.

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How OneStop Internet Is Powering Ecommerce For Brands

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There''s a lot of issues there around pricing and controlling MAP for their resellers. In that area, clients are still concerned about that, but you have to explain to them, even though it sounds counter-intuitive, that if you control your own website, you can be supportive of pricing for your resellers. READ MORE>>.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet? He said it was better than the Yellow Pages because he would provide pricing transparency.