socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based IVT , a provider of web casting software and services, announced today that it has named Jim McGovern as its new CEO. McGovern has also served at Business.com, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, and IBM. McGovern has also served at Business.com, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, and IBM. IVT recently landed $5.5M

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CitySearch Ticketmaster IBM IBM 145

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. So he founded … wait … CitySearch. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. Shopping.com. The Wedding Channel.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%. The “Three C’s” of the Internet … The infrastructure and web services phases of the Internet are built. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. But what is it we actually DO on the Internet?

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television.

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Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

And in a world where we increasingly log in to personal web time at late hours or on our mobile phones that’s no longer good enough. They decided early to only book very high quality vendors so they build a system that could pull in Yelp & CitySearch reviews and they set the standard that it had to be highly rated.

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CTO Coach Google CTO Hire Yammer 359

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

From there, you will generally see a pop-up dialog similar to the following (this one is from CitySearch): Once you click Connect, the original site now knows that I’m Tony Karrer from Facebook and the various demographic and friend information from Facebook. If you have an account on any of those systems, you can click the relevant button.

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Google Startup Yahoo Email 292

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. Value Prop Twitter Style : ZipRecruiter enables employers to post to multiple free job boards with one submission – the fastest way to get a job online across the web.

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MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 160

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. Value Prop Twitter Style : ZipRecruiter enables employers to post to multiple free job boards with one submission – the fastest way to get a job online across the web.

MyLife 157

MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 157

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2011

We started in the comedy industry, hence the name, but basically for venues, we have a website management tool so you can fire your web programmer. Scot Richardson: In a nutshell, we're a WordPress for venues.

Ticketmaster 140

Ticketmaster CTO Hire Tech Coast Angels Social Media 140

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion. In Los Angeles you have large industries in garment industry, defense, games (both physical like Mattel and virtual like Activision) and music. And of course you have Hollywood.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

My own history, is I was here when Overture was doing great things, and Citysearch, Earthlink, and eHarmony were all here. I think our advantage then was the first wave of web-based innovation was more in the area of hard sciences, which is the domain of JPL and Caltech. Andy Wilson: Great question. We were at ground zero.

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Pasadena Santa Monica CalTech Technical Review 242

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. He was one of the first guys that I know who laid out his stall and said I want to do “big data” investments that take advantage of the explosion of data now available on the web. North of the 101].

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Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2013

Scott Morrow is an Internet and startup veteran, having run such companies as Oversee.net and ThisNext, and headed up product marketing for IAC/Citysearch. Our is unique inventory, packaged with the best web pricing.

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Pricing Sites Marketing SEM 256

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I re-connected with Andy Liu the founder & CEO of BuddyTV – the largest destination for social TV enthusiasts on the web. We have all of the 2nd-time entrepreneurs from Overture, CitySearch, MySpace, etc. They haven’t launched their next gen product – watch this space. billion.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their roster of success includes numerous pioneering tech companies, many of which continue to be industry leaders today — Overture, BillMeLater, CitySearch, and more. Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. Make sure to check out Both Sides of the Table !

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. That way, we're able to maintain our quality and consistency.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). Okay, thats AdSense. 10 years ago.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

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. Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA? Los Angeles offers a great deal, both in terms of business opportunities and lifestyle awesomeness. LowerMyBills, Inc.

Guide 42

Guide Startup Mahalo GRP Partners 42

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

It’s tempting to want to stay in your offices and fund raise via email or web conferencing. Our biggest returns were outside Silicon Valley: Overture (LA), CitySearch (LA), BillMeLater (Baltimore), Ulta (Chicago), Envestnet (Chicago), HDI (Las Vegas), PF Changs (Arizona), TrueCar (LA). Press the flesh.

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Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

Effectively, what Corey and I are trying to do, is distill the course of opinions on the web, and turn that into a consumable format. Instead, what we have tried to do, is turn the social web into a sort of representative democracy. First off, talk about SendLove.to and what is it all about? That's everything in the direct noun space.

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Startup Blogging Writing Examples 174