Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

Crowd Seats gets you in the crowd for your favorite games with ticket prices 50-90% off face value! Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Price: $25 (Early Bird). Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. to 10:00 p.m.

CalTech 91

CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2011

For those who would like to be in attendance we have a limited amount TZ Hookup / Choose Your Price tickets available. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. New models for improving the search experience are at the core of several companies currently growing inside of Idealab.

CalTech 79

CalTech Idealab Tech Coast Angels Enterprise Forum 79

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2015

We spoke with CEO Steve Schell on how Idealab believes its past experience with starting up a 3D printing company--and some new ideas on how to create a marketplace of 3D designs--are the key to making the leap from hobbyist to the mass market. Steve Schell: I glad you brought that up, Idealab and Desktop Factory.

Idealab 100

Idealab Design Product Ideas 100

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. It is the most accurate data out there that you can use to carry into a dealership and negotiate on price. A location based service which incorporates social and gaming elements.

Zag 248

Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 10, 2012

” Park found it particularly interesting that he can follow a teacher or even a VP of a financial service but never really know it. A lot of competitors also stole their ideas and started offering the same services. They took everyone’s response and averaged the price, which came to about $5. Marketing Your Product.

Startup 98

Startup Customer Custom Pricing 98

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.

Southern California 113

Southern California Capital Funding Invest 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He said it was better than the Yellow Pages because he would provide pricing transparency. Yes, long before Yelp or any similar service. So he founded IdeaLab with his wife Marcia Goodstein (he talks in the video about working with a spouse and also working with siblings). So he launched a company with exclusively paid search.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). Stitcher - San Francisco-based service that lets users customize talk radio programming on their mobile devices. Overture sold for $1.6 billion to Yahoo! But bill is a BIG idea guy.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271