socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2013

and Citysearch, who had been targeted by Humankind, to help those companies determine if they need to take action to protect their own consumers. Edmunds.com said it is also working with fifteen other review sites, including Google+, Yelp, Foursquare, Yahoo!

Edmunds 140

Edmunds CitySearch Santa Monica Yahoo 140

socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2011

Moriarty is the former President and CEO of Ticketmaster, and is currently an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Mayfield Fund, and was also an executive at Citysearch, and board member at Points.com and iLike. Goldstar is headed by Jim McCarthy. READ MORE>>.

CitySearch 170

CitySearch Ticketmaster Pricing Demand 170

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman).

Venture Capital 408

Venture Capital Startup Outsource Development CitySearch 408

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2013

GRP Partners--which has invested in such successes as Overture, CitySearch, BillMeLater, DealerTrack, and others, and is currently an investor in Maker Studios, TrueCar, Burstly, and others--said it decided to change its branding as venture capital has changed.

GRP Partners 164

GRP Partners Funding CitySearch Truecar 164

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. MyTime aims to be the first industry-wide platform to help create consistency across the SKUs in services businesses. The company was called Red Beacon.

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire GRP Partners 359

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It has been challenging, but we both have autonomy and even just the physical separation to help, since we're 2500 miles away from corporate. I then moved to CitySearch, IAC, and then eveentually moved to The Search Agency with David Hughes. We are working with a team in Montevideo, Uruguay. So, that's my story.

Startup 113

Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

The feedback was always universal, “that was the most helpful marketing meeting I’ve every had.” Natural mentors – a desire to help. I always tried to be respectful of his time because he had a day job but he was always happy to attend dinner sessions, take a quick call from a startup or grab a coffee.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2013

Scott Morrow is an Internet and startup veteran, having run such companies as Oversee.net and ThisNext, and headed up product marketing for IAC/Citysearch. How have those changes helped grow the firm? Scott Morrow: At the core, we''re a marketplace, and we serve both consumers and help hoteliers.

Pricing 256

Pricing Sites Marketing Oversee.net 256

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

That includes events and activities helping to connect inventors, scientists, and reachers, and encourage them to look more horizontally, and less vertically. They can tell us what it is, what the business plan is, what the audience is, and the benefit of that event and we''ll help them get started. Andy Wilson: Great question.

Pasadena 242

Pasadena CalTech Santa Monica Technical Review 242

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management.

Ticketmaster 140

Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Home of JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), which helps put rockets into space. ReachLocal, founded by Zorik Gordon, publicly traded company helping small businesses across America use the Internet for marketing [Woodland Hills. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena].

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Santa Monica 304

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2015

We deploy both Wi-Fi and distributed antenna systems, which provide cellular provider and extension of the network in very large venues, where we get the wireless rights to that venue, to help provide cellular coverage where it is weakest. We're completely invisible to that carrier's customers.

Startup 100

Startup Networking CitySearch Ticketmaster 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

It's also a great way to build out your own YouTube channel, which we also help them do. To the extent that a business is not familiar with embedding, we also help them with that process, with claiming their Google Places page, and link that video. We've also found that online video really helps with search engine optimization.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Startup Product 150

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. I think what makes companies successful is not killer ideas (don’t get me wrong – they help), but killer execution at whatever model it is they have chosen to do.

MyLife 160

MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 160

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. I think what makes companies successful is not killer ideas (don’t get me wrong – they help), but killer execution at whatever model it is they have chosen to do.

MyLife 157

MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 157

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their roster of success includes numerous pioneering tech companies, many of which continue to be industry leaders today — Overture, BillMeLater, CitySearch, and more. Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. Make sure to check out Both Sides of the Table !

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Social Media Venice 111

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We were also an investor in the early local listing company, CitySearch – an LA company. We have started to build initiatives like Launchpad LA to help bring this community together and make it easier for first time entrepreneurs. (my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor). Summary – there is a lot of talent here.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Who with her Co-Founder Valerie Brennan , left a high profile position to help make a difference in peoples lives. It was Citysearch for women to find guys. So we wanted to help other women on the best places to go and find particular guys based on type. Talia, tell me a little about yourself. I absolutly love it.

Santa Monica 74

Santa Monica Startup Beverly Hills Orange County 74

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

Places are rated pretty well--you've got Yelp taking care of that, CitySearch, and other sites doing that really well. We're hoping to create a content rediscovery tool, which helps readers discovery yesterday's content and drive more advertising to publishers as a result of people finding that older, forgotten content.

Startup 174

Startup Blogging Writing Examples 174

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I’m glad I choose to become a lawyer as the skills proved very useful later on and have helped tremendously with the business itself. We both had different types and interests in men and thought it would be great if there was a Citysearch for women based upon types. I feel I came full circle in the business light.

Startup 75

Startup Technical Review Blogging Demand 75

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. The CitizenNet platform helps you measure, analyze, and automate social media marketing and engagement. LowerMyBills, Inc. It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

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). before which is second-time entrepreneurs.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

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. The objective is to provide more mentoring for startups, and actually getting in and helping them. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

His impact has even helped a small country gain admission to the United Nations. So he founded … wait … CitySearch. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? So the most important thing is to surround yourself with people who can help you succeed. Shopping.com. Insider Pages.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product Ideas 350

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

When he was 23 years old in 1993, Sky heard about the Internet and realized that it was the future, not the next wave, not a “passing trend” Following Earthlink’s incredible success, Sky founded eCompanies, an accelerator that helped spawn LowerMyBills.com, JAMDAT Mobile, and business.com. Comment help. 13 comments.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

Startup 390

Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

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MAY 5, 2011

Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? But he has helped put Boulder on the consciousness of so many young, aspiring entrepreneurs in search of somewhere other than the San Francisco Bay Area to work & live. Are you going to do all of this?

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

most Seed or A round deals will be done by an investor in your region so that should help you to focus. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. Other investors have national practices. Not so much.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We have started to build initiatives like Launchpad LA to help bring this community together and make it easier for first time entrepreneurs. Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion. My point is – great companies are being built here like they are in in New York, Boston and elsewhere.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313