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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. RedBeacon went on to sell to HomeDepot in what was considered a very successful acquisition on all sides. But Ethan had left by the time of the acquisition. What do we like about OpenTable? ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video.

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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

Both Sides of the Table

I first met Greg about 4 years ago or so. He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. So I began talking to him about joining the fund. So we talked about his joining.

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

Both Sides of the Table

So he founded … wait … CitySearch. So he founded IdeaLab with his wife Marcia Goodstein (he talks in the video about working with a spouse and also working with siblings). IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. Shopping.com.

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Catching Up With Dave Hagan, Boingo

socalTECH

The company recently moved into brand new, 50,000 square foot headquarters in Westwood, so we thought it would be great to catch up with Boingo CEO, Dave Hagan , to learn a little bit more about the company's journey from startup to publicly traded company over the past 14 years. They were really a thriving, early market.

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Interview: Ian Siegel of ZipRecruiter

InfoChachkie

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. How about reviewing the Commission Junction user agreement! )”. Think about making money from the beginning. “. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Build an elite team.

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Interview: Ian Siegel of ZipRecruiter

InfoChachkie

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. How about reviewing the Commission Junction user agreement! )”. Think about making money from the beginning. “. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Build an elite team.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

SoCal Delicious

When New Yorkers talk about Los Angeles they discuss its sprawling smog and characterize it (as Woody Allen does in “Annie Hall”) as a city “where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light.” Well, they’re all wrong, and Los Angeles is about to prove it. 1 on this list.