Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

A move to more urban environments (SF over SV, Cambridge over Waltham, London over Thames Valley, Santa Monica / Venice, Flatiron and so forth) as basically young people want to live where young people want to live. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. I wish every city could have an 1871.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds. Still, I kind like the name, well, um, … Santa Monica. North of the 101]. Also East of the 405?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

I live in the city of Santa Monica. So can you really build a great tech firm outside of Silicon Valley? Sure, but it will be different than the Bay Area ones. Let me use LA as an example. Los Angeles. My daily coffee meetings are not surrounded by the Hollywood elite with discussions of scripts, scenes and casting.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

I then moved to CitySearch, IAC, and then eveentually moved to The Search Agency with David Hughes. I have been in Santa Monica, in technology, since 199, and over all those years, I've developed some great relationships. So, that's my story. That said, I'm a veteran technology guy here in SoCal.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2011

It was Citysearch for women to find guys. We started out with our first event at South Bar (in Santa Monica) with about 30 people in attendance. Since out first event we’ve done large parties at high profiled locations such as, The London, SLS (in Beverly Hills), and The Viceroy (in Santa Monica).

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Santa Monica Startup Beverly Hills Orange County 74

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. Named as one of the 20 most innovative startups in the country, based in Santa Monica. LowerMyBills, Inc. It was acquired by Experian in 2005 for $330M. Want to sponsor?

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Google quickly bought AdSense in 2003 and Elbaz’s AS team became Google Santa Monica. Picasa, CitySearch and ESolar have all gone through Bill Gross and without his steady hands, the companies, and Los Angeles, wouldn’t be the same. Elbaz’ AdSense accounted for 28 percent of Google’s total revenue, or more than $2 billion.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75