socalTECH

JULY 23, 2014

Los Angeles-based financial software developer BlackLine Systems said today that it has hired a new, Chief Technology Officer. He also has served at such companies at Stamps.com, Citysearch/Ticketmaster, and TCI/AND Interactive and Packard Bell. According to the enterprise software company, it has named Alain Avakian as its CTO.

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CTO Hire Chief Technology Officer CitySearch Ticketmaster 138

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2013

Among executives at the firm are Kenn Stearns (eRealty), who joins as Chief Product Officer; Saro Vasudevan (Capital One), Chief Customer and Credit Officer; David Subar (BreakMedia, Interthinx), as Interim Chief Technology Officer; and Michael Barton (Startup Exchange, TicketMaster-CitySearch), who joins the firm as Chief Operating Officer.

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Chief Technology Officer CitySearch Ticketmaster Santa Monica 215

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2012

In the latest cuts among Silicon Beach's high tech community, CityGrid , which runs Citysearch, Insider Pages, and Urbanspoon--has laid off a chunk of its staff, including a significant number of Los Angeles employees. READ MORE>>.

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CitySearch Layoffs SoCalTech High Tech 217

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2013

According to ScoreBig, it has named David Marcus as Senior Vice President, Partnerships, and Eric Wilson as Vice President, Technology and Product. Wilson was previously at Sidebar, and also had served at GoTV Networks, JAMDAT Mobile, and Citysearch, where he was founding engineer.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. But we have a great city for building technology companies. We were also an investor in the early local listing company, CitySearch – an LA company. You don’t. Get over it.

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Company Companies Technology Startup 290

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.

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GRP Partners Funding CitySearch Venture Capital 164

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

She took an operating role helping run Citysearch and Urbanspoon. Instead he championed our investment themes into sustainability and food technologies having invested in companies like Apeel Sciences and Ynsect. My literal response was, “She went to Princeton undergrad and has a Stanford MBA.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest CitySearch 361

Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

Bill Gross started Idealab in 1996 to create and operate pioneering technology companies. CitySearch, now a part of IAC, established the category of local online community directories. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers.

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Idealab Paid Search CitySearch Resource 70

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

We're owned by Sirona, a large multinational, which provides almost anything a dentist needs to practice medicine and dentistry, from large scale technology to devices, to digital scanners, to really mundane things like glue and gauze. I then moved to CitySearch, IAC, and then eveentually moved to The Search Agency with David Hughes.

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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. Bill Gross will be on site to give a special welcome, and executives from Idealab’s companies will pitch their businesses to attendees.

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Idealab CitySearch Social Media Pasadena 95

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

Their fees are too high to put on a $15 ticket, and you don't need to pay for the technology to handle 30,000 people simultaneously trying to get assigned seats. Because of that, we saw problems in the industry, because the technology was not there to succeed. How did you get into the technology business?

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Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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Pasadena Santa Monica CalTech Technical Review 242

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

After that you could tell that Greg was really “all in” on the LA technology community. In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller. Like any firm we of course invest in the San Francisco Bay Area where 33% of my personal boards are.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2015

Wi-Fi is now a lot more like cellular network technology, rather than a separate network. technology could really do what we thought it could do. It was really both a big technology and business opportunity. It's seamless to the customer, and the customer doesn't have to do anything to connect.

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Startup Networking CitySearch Ticketmaster 100

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. An ad:tech Innovation Award-winning company, SteelHouse is the technology industry’s real-time marketing solution for online retailers.

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Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

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. Messenger: Ian Siegel, Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter, Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage.

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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. Messenger: Ian Siegel, Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter, Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage.

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MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 157

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

An innovator in technology, especially monetization. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. We need to be different & unique. Not derivative. North of the 101].

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2009

I came out of Boston Consulting, doing technology and new media consulting, then I went to Citysearch, where I was one of the early executives running bizdev and international. We've got some very, very strong companies across different industry sectors, including defense, technology, hardware development, consumer goods, and retail.

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Venture Capital Startup Idealab Technical Review 165

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I wrote out 3 pages of bullet point notes on paper and delivered a 20-minute speech to a crowd of entrepreneurs (which included the Minister of Technology for China). I has been asked to do the keynote speech at a dinner that night but of course hadn’t written a speech in advance. I couldn’t. I hear it all the time.

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Slides Email Entrepreneur Startup 374

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 new fund is focused entirely on technology companies. So we're focused on technology, and financial services.

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GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

Chris Lyman: The way the technology manifests itself, is we have a database of two million names. Places are rated pretty well--you've got Yelp taking care of that, CitySearch, and other sites doing that really well. Instead, what we have tried to do, is turn the social web into a sort of representative democracy.

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Startup Blogging Writing Examples 174

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). Well, that technology came from an L.A.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

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. LowerMyBills, Inc. provides online service to compile and compare plans and rates across multiple monthly services. It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M. 1B+ Revenue.

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Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2011

It was Citysearch for women to find guys. We got stuck early on with technology and we had to learn from the past to make the process much smoother now. I ran things for about a year until Val was able to join on full time. We started definitely for women only. The toughest thing for me was the understanding of tech.

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Santa Monica Startup Beverly Hills Orange County 74

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. So he founded … wait … CitySearch. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? Shopping.com. The Wedding Channel.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I’m just not sure you can build a great technology firm outside of Bay Area.&#. In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds who have a history of giving $20 million to early-stage technology companies hoping to swing for the fences and become the next Google, Facebook or Twitter. You just don’t. Get over it.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. In Los Angeles we don’t have “patron technology companies&# that are big enough to matter – we’re still hoping to see them emerge. LA and Seattle are in the second (or third) major wave of technology innovation.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317