socalTECH
AUGUST 22, 2014
I started my first business at eighteen, a retail cell phone business on Main Street here in Santa Monica. Having sold smartphones when smartphone were getting started, and figuring out what users want in technology was a skill set that served me very well. You have technology and strategy to maximize ROI. What''s your background?
Tech.Co
MARCH 5, 2015
Bill Gross started Idealab in 1996 to create and operate pioneering technology companies. Overture Services, which began life as GoTo.com, was the first company to introduce the concept of paid search — the business model that powers the multibillion-dollar online search market.
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. LA By The Numbers. But even this is changing.
socalTECH
AUGUST 28, 2017
PartySlate (www.partyslate.com)--which is backed by a slate of LA area investors--offers up a place to browse photos on events, find venues, and most importantly, planners who put those events on, so your next big event can be an unforgettable one. That's how I came up with the idea. I said, that's what we need for the event industry.
InfoChachkie
JULY 14, 2011
But, when it comes to tracking what ad placement or publisher was responsible for getting a consumer to pick up the phone and call, that’s pretty difficult. In my experience a big part of building a winning team is recognizing who the MVPs are from the start. Why aren’t there a half-dozen well-funded startups running up your tailpipe?
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 15, 2010
It was the first company to do “paid search&# back when Larry & Sergey were saying they would never do it. plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
ThisNext will continue as a standalone brand, and will be slightly repositioned on design products--by which I mean products that are interesting, unique, specialized, and boutique-like in nature. Tags: morrow scott ecommerce style stylehive shopping social thisnext curatemedia startup interview.
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