Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
I first met Ethan in 2005. For Ethan it came down to two companies – BuildOnline or Google. ” I proclaimed to Ethan, “Google is at $400 / share. ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2011
These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. Every startup I knew in 2005 (when I started my second company) was using this. Not Google. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure. Amazon changed our industry. Not Microsoft.
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Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 24, 2013
Prior to founding 1 st Street Partners, Robin was the Executive Vice President of Publishing and the executive leading the global games business at ActivisionBlizzard where she oversaw all studio/product development and marketing/business operations, doubled revenue and delivered record profit from 2005 through 2008. Partner with us!
socalTECH
MARCH 29, 2010
I bought both search and display, email, and frankly every other kind of online media--and I felt that there must be a better way to make that work, more along the model of a financial market. I left that environment with that mindset, to create first AdExchange, and then AdECN around 2004-2005.
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 14, 2009
You can post TechZulu content directly to Facebook, Twitter, email or IM. If you look to the bottom of your browser you will see to the far right the ability to connect to Facebook, AIM, Google Talk and other chat networks. Trending topics are all the rage, Twitter, Google. Also, with the meebo bar comes meebo chat.
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). Google acquired that and incorporated it.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 8, 2008
After that, Rob and I took a year or so to gain traction, and in 2005 we committed full time to the business. We received an unexpected email from him that said -- "Please come talk with me." So, he called our office, then called me and sent us an email. Since then, it's grown into a big study community.
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