- Tue Aug 4 2009 Q&A: eSolar bets on software to make solar cheaper
Bill Gross, the head of start-up incubator Idealab and CEO of eSolar, uses a background in Internet entrepreneurship and software to bring down the cost of utility-scale solar.
- Mon Oct 4 2004 Idealab chief stakes out new direction in search
Bill Gross, the driving force behind Overture, backs a localized service and is set to unveil a new search venture.
- Tue Jun 22 1999 Idealab in Net venture with Hollywood agency CAA
Internet entrepreneur Bill Gross's Idealab is teaming with Creative Artists Agency, the talent agency founded by Michael Ovitz, to start up an entertainment content venture.
- Fri May 7 1999 Idealab may buy PointCast
The push pioneer is close to completing a deal to be acquired by Internet entrepreneur Bill Gross's Idealab, and an announcement could come as soon as next week, sources say.
- Mon May 10 1999 PointCast acquired by Idealab
After nearly a year-long effort to find itself a buyer, PointCast confirms it will be acquired by Internet entrepreneur Bill Gross's Idealab.
- Thu Feb 19 1998 Pay-for-placement gets another shot
Idealab founder Bill Gross thinks his pay-for-placement search engine will change the ad paradigm for Web searches, but analysts are skeptical.
- Wed Jul 2 1997 Idealab loses star player
Bill Gross has garnered tons of ink of late for Idealab, a company he bills as an incubator for start-ups. But at least one of his ideas is not firing on all cylinders.
- Wed Jun 6 2001 Idealabs CEO clips GoTo holding
Idealabs' Bill Gross files to sell 5 million shares of the pay-for-placement search company backed by his reeling dot-com incubator.
- Wed Mar 8 2000 Idealab prepping new search engine
Bill Gross' Internet incubator is quietly taking another crack at creating a search engine, called Find.com, which will build several search engines organized by topic.
- Thu Feb 6 1997 Short Take: New financing for CitySearch
CitySearch collected more than $20 million in venture capital financing from companies including Compaq Computer, Goldman Sachs, and AT&T Ventures. CitySearch cofounder Bill Gross made an additional investment in this round of financing.




