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Bradley Inman

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Inman in March 2005

Brad Inman is a journalist, author and entrepreneur.[1]

Career

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His career began in journalism, writing a sports column in high school and later covering urban housing issues in San Francisco, which led to a 16-year column for the San Francisco Examiner.[2][3] Inman later collected a number of these articles into a book, California Real Estate: the 1980s & 1990s.[4]

Inman founded Inman News in 1996 as an online news source for the real estate industry.[1] Inman News was sold in 2021 to Beringer Capital.[5]

He was on the Microsoft team that launched HomeAdvisor in 1998.[6] 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]

Inman is co-founder of ClimateCheck, a search engine that rates climate change risk for property.[10]

He was also the first investor in Curbed and served as chairman before it was sold to Vox Media.[5]

Bibliography

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b Saunders, Jessica. "Founder of Inman News wants you to TurnHere". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  2. ^ "Article clipped from The San Francisco Examiner". newspapers.com. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ Brechin, Gray. "Alaska Commercial Company". FoundSF. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ Inman, Bradley (18 February 2020). California Real Estate: the 1980s & 1990s. Inman Books. ISBN 1947635220. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Inman acquired by private equity firm Beringer Capital". TheRealDeal.com. July 26, 2021.
  6. ^ Golden, Caron (1998-11-01). "'Clicky-Loos Welcome'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  7. ^ Zito, Kelly (2005-07-31). "Industry takes slow steps toward digital transactions". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  8. ^ Saunders, Jessica (2006-11-19). "Founder of Inman News wants you to TurnHere". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  9. ^ "How to Stay Relevant in a Tech-Infused World". www.nar.realtor. 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  10. ^ "Making longevity science easier to understand". Live Long and Master Aging. 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
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