socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

West Hollywood-based CityGrid Media , the unit of IAC formerly known as CitySearch, said today that it has acquired BuzzLabs , a social media monitoring and sentiment analysis software developer. CityGrid Media operates the Citysearch, Insider Pages and Urbanspoon web sites. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

CitySearch 194

CitySearch Media West Hollywood Social Media 194

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. One of his biggest accomplishments there was championing the acquisition of StubHub. He walked me through both the logic and the math.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

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. And in a world where we increasingly log in to personal web time at late hours or on our mobile phones that’s no longer good enough. Nice sweep!

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. Value Prop Twitter Style : ZipRecruiter enables employers to post to multiple free job boards with one submission – the fastest way to get a job online across the web.

MyLife 160

MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 160

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. Value Prop Twitter Style : ZipRecruiter enables employers to post to multiple free job boards with one submission – the fastest way to get a job online across the web.

MyLife 157

MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 157

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. 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?

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350