socalTECH

JULY 14, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising firm started by Idealab's Bill Gross, is expanding out its network of sites this morning, saying that it has added four new publishers to its roster. Tags: tweetup twitter advertising search idealab business netvibes dictionary. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Advertising Pasadena Sites 189

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Ad.ly , the Twitter advertising startup, is further looking to diversify its service from Twitter, saying this week that it has added support for Facebook. had added support for MySpace in June, shortly after Twitter said it would not allow other companies to automatically include advertising into Twitter.

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GRP Partners Advertising Idealab Social Network 191

socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Idealab-backed startup focused on monetizing Twitter messages, said today that it has inked two deals to display its search results, one with Twitter client TweetDeck , and another with popular technology blog TechCrunch. Tags: tweetup tweetdeck techcrunch search twitter advertising. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Pasadena Blogging Advertising 176

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising startup out of Idealab, said today that it has acquired Twidroid , which develops its own Twitter client for Android phones. Tags: tweetup twidroid merger acquisition idealab android phone mobile twitter. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Social Media Acquisition Pasadena 189

socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the newly renamed Twitter advertising and application provider, announced today that it has acquired Mixx. UberMedia was, until Friday, known as PostUp, and headed by Idealab's Bill Gross. Mixx operates an online site which allows users to find social content.

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Idealab Social Media Pasadena Acquisition 187

socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising firm owned by Idealab, said today that it has linked its Twitter Client, Twidroyd, to the TweetPhoto media sharing service. Tags: advertising software sharing photo client twidroid tweetphoto tweetup. TweetUp bought Twidroid in July. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Advertising Pasadena Web 189

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Rumors of an IPO filing for Internet radio service Pandora heated up last week, after the firm's appointment of Peter Chernin and Barry McCarthy to its board.

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socalTECH

MAY 15, 2013

According to Manatt, Csathy will head up a new effort called Manatt Digital Media Ventures , which will both make new digital media investments in companies, as well as provide professional services to the high tech industry. The new digital media venture from Manatt was created by Los Angeles partner T. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer. I headed up product development to build out their portal services. One of the things I heard often when doing any marketing, was that although local businesses would get customers from their advertising efforts, the didn't know when they were coming back.

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Southern California Idealab Startup Customer 245

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Treatsa also offers corporate services and can be used for client gifts, employee rewards, or to sweeten an office meeting.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. A location based service which incorporates social and gaming elements. They raised around $350 million to try and sell cars direct over the Internet. It’s awesome. Foursquare. -A

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Mingle is a networking service that uses location to discover and create relevant connections. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Treatsa also offers corporate services and can be used for client gifts, employee rewards, or to sweeten an office meeting.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

What that did, is it helped us to expand the service to help publishers do the following: identify what content to write, how to distribute that content to various mediums, and how to monetize that content. On page performance of advertising on a page is linked to the context and intent of a user. We know what people are looking for.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. It offers Internet radio targeted advertising and is growing really well. billion to Yahoo!

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

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MAY 4, 2010

They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon. They’ve had a total of 12 deals that have IPO’d. LivingSocial.

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

Panels were based at hubs including Leadership, Branding / Advertising, Social Media, Entrepreneurs, Community and more. Investors attending included: Benchmark, New World Ventures, True Ventures, Anthem Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners, IdeaLab, GRP Partners, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, and Maverick Angels.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. Yes, long before Yelp or any similar service. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? That gave Google a huge cost advantage.

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Competition Idealab Product Ideas 350

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Friday evening, August 19th, rolled around and Startup Weekend LA was underway with attendees showing up at Coloft in Santa Monica around 6:00 pm and the classic Idealab keg there to quench everyone’s thirst. If Avesta sees someone drinking Coloft coffee (organic of course), he quickly asks if they’ve sold anything.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. Bill Gross – Idealab. Since 1996, Gross has been running Idealab. Thanks to our advertisers. magazine and the LA Business Journal. by Howard Marks on September 19, 2012. Got A News Tip?

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75