Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch?

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising firm owned by Idealab, said today that it has linked its Twitter Client, Twidroyd, to the TweetPhoto media sharing service. Tags: advertising software sharing photo client twidroid tweetphoto tweetup. TweetUp bought Twidroid in July. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Advertising Pasadena Web 189

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2010

According to MediaTrust, Bardon Advisors owns more than 1200 web properties, which get a total of 20 million monthly unique visits, and 5 million paid searches per month. Bardon Advisors was founded by Keith Cohn, who was previously President and CEO of Vendare Media, which was backed by Idealab and other venture firms.

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CPC Paid Search Marketing Idealab 165

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Pasadena-based Perfect Market, the Idealab startup which is looking to monetize dormant content from publishers, said this morning that the firm's CTO, Dr. Jay Budzik, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, by the Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich. READ MORE>>

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Rustic Canyon Idealab Marketing Pasadena 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based Perfect Market, which is developing technology to help publishers monetize their archive content, said Monday that it has acquired technology from Mediariver, which can be used to match content and advertising to any web page. Perfect Market is venture backed by Idealab, Trinity Ventures and Rustic Canyon Ventures.

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Rustic Canyon Marketing Idealab Pasadena 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. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. They raised around $350 million to try and sell cars direct over the Internet. a fbFund winner. Current round: $4.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

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 ). I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising.

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

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

JULY 26, 2010

Tweetup.com - An auction-based advertising system from Internet incubator Idealab, which originally came up with the idea for search advertising in the 1990s when it launched GoTo.com. Advertisers on TweetUp can bid to have their tweets displayed when users search for keywords, giving them another way to build a following.

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Santa Monica LAVA Advertising Idealab 71

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. StratoSquare – StratoSquare is the world’s simplest web-based investment analysis platform, consolidating multiple portfolios and providing insight into investment performance, risk and behavior through proprietary investment management tools.

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 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. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

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. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 77

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. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels Startup Platform 49

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more. Photo by TechZulu). Student Pitch Fest.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67