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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. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? They would launch quickly and test whether or not there is any demand. We talked about patents. He had the idea that people would want city guides to tell them where to eat and what to do.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

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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). before which is second-time entrepreneurs.