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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? We talked about patents. I brought up the fact that I find many larger companies abusing the patent system to slow down smaller competitors which is actually anti competitive. Shopping.com.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

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). startup scene so hot. What makes L.A.