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  • 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.

    Posted by Martin LaMonica

  • 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.

    Posted by Stefanie Olsen

  • 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.

    Posted by Jim Hu

  • 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.

    Posted by Jeff Pelline and Dawn Kawamoto

  • 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.

    Posted by John Borland and Dawn Kawamoto

  • 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.

    Posted by Jeff Pelline

  • 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.

    Posted by Dawn Kawamoto

  • 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.

    Posted by Stefanie Olsen

  • 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.

    Posted by Jim Hu

  • 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.

    Posted by Paul Festa

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