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.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 11, 2011
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.
SoCal Delicious
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Picasa, CitySearch and ESolar have all gone through Bill Gross and without his steady hands, the companies, and Los Angeles, wouldn’t be the same. It also won a number of key patents bit.ly/RiJCFI Close to 100 companies have come and gone through Gross’ doors, 35 of which have gone public. Elon Musk – SpaceX, Tesla Motors, PayPal.
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