socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2011

West Hollywood-based CityGrid Media , the unit of IAC which operates CitySearch, Insider Pages, and Urbanspoon, said Thursday that it has rolled out three new advertising APIs for developers.

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West Hollywood Media CitySearch Hollywood 140

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2013

According to Suster, Moonfrye ''s CEO is Kary Nortman, who formerly ran Citysearch and UrbanSpoon for IAC. Moonfrye ''s mobile product provides digital photos, stickers, and activities for parents and children (think sticker collecting, activity books). The new startup revealed today that it has raised $2.5M

Activity 178

Activity GRP Partners CitySearch Commerce 178

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2013

Wilson was previously at Sidebar, and also had served at GoTV Networks, JAMDAT Mobile, and Citysearch, where he was founding engineer. Marcus was previously SVP, Worldwide Artist Services at Warner Music Group, and also served at Ticketmaster.

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CitySearch Ticketmaster Entertainment Los Angeles 183

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

mobileStorm, which provides mobile and email marketing services, said that Pedowitz will be responsible for developmentof the firm's next generation platforms. Pedowitz also has served at Citysearch and Warner Bros.

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CitySearch Platform Resource Email 100

Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

CitySearch, now a part of IAC, established the category of local online community directories. Moving beyond the Internet, we have spawned companies with breakthrough technologies in mobile technologies, robotics, and renewable energy among others.

Idealab 70

Idealab Paid Search CitySearch Resource 70

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

People are all now using their mobile devices to find products and services. I then moved to CitySearch, IAC, and then eveentually moved to The Search Agency with David Hughes. If we can get consumers interacting online on their mobile devices with denstiry.com, they'll start paying attention to their oral care.

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Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. On each subsequent meeting I’d learn a little bit more.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

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. They decided early to only book very high quality vendors so they build a system that could pull in Yelp & CitySearch reviews and they set the standard that it had to be highly rated.

CTO Coach 359

CTO Coach Google CTO Hire GRP Partners 359

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Bill Gross and Idealab have founded or advanced development of more than 75 companies including Overture Services, eSolar, UberMedia, CitySearch, Picasa and Internet Brands.

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Idealab CitySearch Social Media Pasadena 95

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. (my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor). LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. But ultimately we’re on the Internet to communicate, buy stuff, become informed and be entertained.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

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've invested in a fantastic company called Mobiclip, which provides high throughput video with low battery consumption on mobile devices.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

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.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

In San Diego you have Qualcomm so an entire mobile industry has been spawned. Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion. In New York you have access to fashion, media, art and of course, financial services. You also have the headquarters of many of the countries largest companies.

Venture Capital 313

Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

One of the topics that came up in my post Mobile Internet Apple Facebook was around open vs. closed platforms. This issue comes up at the start of almost every new startup company in a variety of forms. I’m constantly struggling with trying to figure out the best way to pull together solutions, especially with how fast things move.

Google 292

Google Startup Yahoo Email 292

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

For example, if you’re looking to approach Kleiner Perkins it’s worth knowing that my friend Matt Murphy runs their iFund and therefore is the in-house expert on all things mobile. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc.

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Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It’s no big surprise that I spend a larger portion of my time in LA working on: disruption of television, performance-based marketing, games & mobile. We have all of the 2nd-time entrepreneurs from Overture, CitySearch, MySpace, etc. And finally, it’s clear that to really build a regional community you need time.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317