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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

El Segundo-based Internet Brands , the Internet media firm headed by Bob Brisco, has been acquired by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners, in a deal worth approximately $640M. According to Internet Brands, Hellman & Friedman will pay $13.35 The price is a premium of approximately 46.5

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Internet Brands El Segundo Equity Pricing 190

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a provider of internet brand protection and analytics software, said today that it has named Ryan Erickson as Vice President of Sales. Erickson was most recently Vice President of Sales for Teva North America, a division of Deckers Brands, and also has served at Timberland, Rockport and Reebok.

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MARCH 30, 2012

The firm said it has hired Ken Potter, most recently VP and General Manager at Automotive for Internet Brands, to the new position. Potter was responsible for Internet Brands' CarsDirect.com site, and served at the firm for 11 years. Potter also has served as General Manager of two car dealerships, including CarMax.

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Truecar Internet Brands Santa Monica Sales 150

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

There''s a lot of issues there around pricing and controlling MAP for their resellers. In that area, clients are still concerned about that, but you have to explain to them, even though it sounds counter-intuitive, that if you control your own website, you can be supportive of pricing for your resellers. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2010

Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. It is the most accurate data out there that you can use to carry into a dealership and negotiate on price. This website will tell you exactly how much people have paid for the car (make, model, trim, year) in your area and nationally.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

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AUGUST 8, 2018

We've both build marketing technology platforms in emerging digital channels, and also built direct-to-consumer brands who rely heavily on performance marketing and data-driven marketing. We were working on a portfolio of consumer Internet brands. We woke up and saw the same pattern, over-and-over. more) READ MORE>>.

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CTO Hire Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Marketing 100

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MARCH 11, 2011

If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet? He said it was better than the Yellow Pages because he would provide pricing transparency. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? Cars Direct / Internet Brands. So he launched a company with exclusively paid search.

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