Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 11, 2011
So he founded … wait … CitySearch. IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? Yes, long before Yelp or any similar service. Shopping.com.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. 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. RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company. Nice sweep!
socalTECH
JUNE 1, 2015
A convergence is happening, and it's thoroughly complementary rather than being competitive. It happened that as part of that acquisition, we bought a nice, distributed antenna systems business as well. Wi-Fi is now a lot more like cellular network technology, rather than a separate network. They were really a thriving, early market.
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