Idealab Reloaded - Bill Gross

Idealab Reloaded - September 5, 2005: "Gross, with his superkinetic inventiveness and geeky charisma, seemed to embody the promise of the web. Some of Idealab's brainchildren were lasting successes--like GoTo.com, which pioneered the idea of paid search, paving the way for Google (GoTo sold to Yahoo in 2003 for $1.6 billion); or Picasa, which Google bought for an undisclosed sum last July. But most of Idealab's dot-coms imploded with the boom. So did Gross's reputation, and so did Idealab, nearly."