CitySearch Competition Demand Web 
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MARCH 11, 2011
To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. 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. Summary notes, as always, provide below. Shopping.com.
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FEBRUARY 7, 2013
In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. 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. I was standing with him when he won the TechCrunch 50 award. Nice sweep! But Ethan had left by the time of the acquisition.
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MAY 5, 2011
He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. When you account for competition for talent, the difficulty of retention, the cost of living and the difficulty of rising above the noise – there are many advantages of staying put.
SoCal Delicious
MARCH 1, 2010
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). Okay, thats AdSense. 10 years ago.
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JANUARY 16, 2012
It’s tempting to want to stay in your offices and fund raise via email or web conferencing. GroupOn, Living Social, AdMeld, Gilt Group, Demand Media, ShoeDazzle, Tumblr, FourSquare, etc. The only way to get VCs to move is to make sure subtly that they feel a deal is or may become competitive. Press the flesh.
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