Bradley Inman

Brad Inman is a journalist, author and

entrepreneur

, known for founding several media companies.

Career

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.^[1]^{[failed verification]} Inman News was sold in 2021 to Beringer Capital.^[2]

Inman was on the Microsoft team that launched HomeAdvisor in 1998.^[3]^{[failed verification]} He founded online real estate firm HomeGain.com in 1999, which was acquired by Classified Ventures in 2005.^[4]

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.^[5]

Inman founded

Vook, an enhanced ebook company, in early 2009.^[6]^{[failed verification}

]

Inman is co-founder of ClimateCheck, a search engine that rates climate change risk for property.^[7]^{[failed verification]} He was also the first investor in Curbed and served as chairman before it was sold to Vox Media.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

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

^ 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.

External links

Inman News web site

[1] Willis, Gerri (2007-05-19). "Open House (interview transcript)". CNN.com International. Retrieved 2008-11-03.

[2] "Inman acquired by private equity firm Beringer Capital". TheRealDeal.com. July 26, 2021.

[3] Hu, Jim (1998-07-13). "Real Estate the Next Big Portal Thing?". CNET. Retrieved 2020-11-19.

[4] Zito, Kelly (2005-07-31). "Industry takes slow steps toward digital transactions". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-11-03.

[5] Saunders, Jessica (2006-11-19). "Founder of Inman News wants you to TurnHere". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 2019-04-10.

[6] Stone, Brad (2009-04-05). "Is This the Future of the Digital Book?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-29.

[7] Toussaint, Kristin (2020-10-09). "World Changing Ideas". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-11-19.

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