Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 29, 2009
Facebook popularized the short-form “status update&# and this initially is called the “feed&# but over time starts to become known as the “ stream.&# Twitter then popularizes the idea of having only a stream (e.g. Advertising is also what allows you to watch Hulu for free, use Yahoo! So did the media.
socalTECH
MARCH 2, 2011
John Ellis, the CEO and co-founder of the firm, is the former COO and CMO of NextMedium, was a VP at ValueClick, and has also served at Fastclick, Yahoo/Overture, and Earthlink, among other firms. Finally, I decided it was time to remove the safety net, and had an idea of my own to pursue, so I started by own company.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 4, 2010
If this figure is accurate – it’s certainly a very large business even when you look at net revenues. We also talked a lot about whether founder liquidity is a good idea. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66 Net income was around $1.4 million, compared to a $7 million net loss in 2008.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 17, 2008
What's the idea behind Orgoo? Michael Kantor: The idea behind Orgoo is to solve what is a very large problem out there, which is that communications is fragmented into many different services. People are using email, IM, soc nets like LinkedIn and Facebook, SMS, and video chat -- all of these are really places to communicate.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
What was Bill Gross’s heretical idea as portrayed to the tech elite? But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area. You can hear many other amazing stories in this 1:1 interview ). acquired Overture for $1.63 billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer).
SoCal Delicious
MARCH 1, 2010
The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). Thats not Los Angeles.
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