Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They were started in affiliation with IdeaLab and were the first-round lead in PayPal. Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. They’ve had a total of 12 deals that have IPO’d. AppDynamics.

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Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Howard is now CEO of Gamzee, a new social game company building games for the new Facebook mobile platform. Community Sponsors.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Leveraging mobile application and online platform. GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. Geodelic develops free mobile applications to easily browse your surroundings (restaurants, banks, businesses, etc).

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

A long-time entrepreneur, Mike founded his first successful Internet company in college and since then, has founded, built and sold numerous online and mobile businesses. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. is a web hosting and virtualization service provider headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. Howard is now CEO of Gamzee, a new social game company building games for the new Facebook mobile platform. Community Sponsors.

Idealab 49

Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

IPPLEX researches and develops pioneering cross-platform applications and services focused on interactive communication – between people and the information, contacts and places they need to access through their mobile phone, PC, and other devices. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

At at time where nearly all advertising was purchased on a CPM (cost per thousand) basis and not very measurable this was a huge innovation that should be credited to Bill Gross, the founder of IdeaLab. Search will remain big but stream is an increasing method of discovering information and therefore driving web traffic.

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Advertising Invest RSS CPC 284

socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

At Idealab, we saw many shots on goal with companies who were consumer focused, and we have found the quality of entrepreneurs going to consumer Internet companies has changed dramatically, which represents a real opportunity. I spent the morning at Cross Campus, and saw some amazing things in the augmented reality area.

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Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

The 1st place winner was SnazzyRoom, an online styling tool for mixing and matching items on the web ( SnazzyRoom.com ). 2nd place went to MarkedUp that helps mobile developers collect and organize visual feedback from their beta testers and users ( markedup.mobi ).

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Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Bill Gross is the man responsible for the overwhelming amount of monetization on the web. He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). $TBD Because GoTo.com was his idea. Overture sold for $1.6 billion to Yahoo! billion pre-money.

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Friday evening, August 19th, rolled around and Startup Weekend LA was underway with attendees showing up at Coloft in Santa Monica around 6:00 pm and the classic Idealab keg there to quench everyone’s thirst.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

There are five prominent ones in town, Launchpad, Amplify, MuckerLab, StartEngine, and IdeaLab. Play In Motion – Play In Motion is developing a social mobile location-based platform for casual gaming. In many cases, the next logical step for one of these young companies will be to join another, later-stage accelerator.

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47