Both Sides of the Table
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.
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. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. Shopping.com. The Wedding Channel.
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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.
Both Sides of the Table
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.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion. It’s fucking hard hiring right now.&#. And of course you have Hollywood.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 16, 2012
It’s tempting to want to stay in your offices and fund raise via email or web conferencing. Our biggest returns were outside Silicon Valley: Overture (LA), CitySearch (LA), BillMeLater (Baltimore), Ulta (Chicago), Envestnet (Chicago), HDI (Las Vegas), PF Changs (Arizona), TrueCar (LA). You need to create a sense of competition.
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