Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. So he founded … wait … CitySearch. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? 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.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies. We'll even write a half a million check. My competition is not Rustic Canyon, it's not Clearstone, or the other venture firms in town.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

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.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

That’s convenience when your VC is hoping to write the next $20 million check. It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. In our regions? Fuggetaboutit – show me the money ! It’s fucking hard hiring right now.&#.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313