Bradley Inman
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Brad Inman is a journalist, author and entrepreneur, known for founding several media companies.
Career
[edit]Early in his career, Inman was a journalist, writing a regular real estate column for the San Francisco Examiner in the 1980s.[1][2] Inman later collected a number of these articles into a book, California Real Estate: the 1980s & 1990s.[3]
Inman founded Inman News in 1996 as an online news source for the real estate industry. Inman News holds annual events where Inman has interviewed technology and media personalities.[citation needed] Inman continues to contribute as a guest columnist and speak on real estate issues.[4][failed verification] Inman News was sold in 2021 to Beringer Capital.[5]
Inman was on the Microsoft team that launched HomeAdvisor in 1998.[6][failed verification] He founded online real estate firm HomeGain.com in 1999, which was acquired by Classified Ventures in 2005.[7]
In 2005, Inman started TurnHere.com, an Internet video production and distribution platform that produced editorial and advertising content for companies such as Conde Nast, NBC, Williams Sonoma, Yelp and OpenTable.[8]
Inman founded Vook, an enhanced ebook company, in early 2009.[9][failed verification]
Inman is co-founder of ClimateCheck, a search engine that rates climate change risk for property.[10][failed verification] He was also the first investor in Curbed and served as chairman before it was sold to Vox Media.[citation needed]
Bibliography
[edit]- Livable Neighborhoods of the Bay Area (March 1992)
- Real Estate Will Never be the Same (July 2019)
- The Right Way to Do Wrong (January 2020)
- California Real Estate: the 1980s & 1990s (February 2020)
References
[edit]- ^ "Article clipped from The San Francisco Examiner". newspapers.com. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ Brechin, Gray. "Alaska Commercial Company". FoundSF. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ Inman, Bradley (18 February 2020). California Real Estate: the 1980s & 1990s. Inman Books. ISBN 1947635220. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ Willis, Gerri (2007-05-19). "Open House (interview transcript)". CNN.com International. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ^ "Inman acquired by private equity firm Beringer Capital". TheRealDeal.com. July 26, 2021.
- ^ Hu, Jim (1998-07-13). "Real Estate the Next Big Portal Thing?". CNET. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ^ Zito, Kelly (2005-07-31). "Industry takes slow steps toward digital transactions". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ^ Saunders, Jessica (2006-11-19). "Founder of Inman News wants you to TurnHere". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- ^ Stone, Brad (2009-04-05). "Is This the Future of the Digital Book?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
- ^ Toussaint, Kristin (2020-10-09). "World Changing Ideas". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-11-19.