Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

Bill Gross started Idealab in 1996 to create and operate pioneering technology companies. The structure of Idealab has allowed us to test many ideas at once and turn the best of them into companies, attracting the human and financial capital necessary to bring them to market.

Idealab 70

Idealab Paid Search CitySearch Resource 70

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. On the first point – think of Steven Blank’s customer development but for physical products.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

So he launched a company with exclusively paid search. Users would know exactly how much was paid for each click. So when he saw the browser it instantly dawned on him that this would be the greatest customer development tool ever. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch?

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350