Business.com

Business.com

Business.com is a business search engine and web directory and pay per click advertising network. It includes Work.com, a business-to-business community publishing platform where experts share advice on common business topics in the form of how-to guides. Business.com, Inc. was founded in 1999 by Jake Winebaum, previously chairman of the Walt Disney Internet Group; and Sky Dayton, founder of Earthlink, Boingo Wireless, and Helio, among others. Around that time, the Business.com domain name was purchased from Marc Ostrofsky by Winebaum's eCompanies Ventures for a then record $7.5 million. This...
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Founded:1999
Founders:Sky Dayton, Jake Winebaum
Headquarters:Santa Monica, California

Business.com founders

Sky Dayton
Sky Dayton
Age:40 (Born: August 8, 1971)
Education:Delphian School
Other companies founded:EarthLink, Boingo Wireless, ECompanies, Dayton Walker Design, Helio, Boingo Wireless

Sky Dylan Dayton is an American entrepreneur. Dayton is the founder of EarthLink, co-founder of eCompanies, founder and chairman of Boingo. Dayton's father was a sculptor and his mother a dancer and poet. Shortly after his birth in New York City, the family moved to Los Angeles. He lived for a...
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Jake Winebaum
Jake Winebaum
Other companies founded:ECompanies, U.S. News Productions

Jake Winebaum is President of RHD Interactive and was the Founder and Chief Executive of Business.com. Jake is also Co-Founder of eCompanies which, in addition to Business.com, founded Jamdat , Boingo, USBX Advisory Services, LLC and was the lead investor in Lower My Bills . Prior to Business.com...
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Headquarters of Business.com

Santa Monica
Santa Monica
Population:89,736

Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...
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Current Business.com board members

Bill Gurley
Bill Gurley

Bill Gurley is a General Partner with Benchmark Capital.He joined Benchmark Capital in 1999 after spending two years as a partner with Hummer Winblad...
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Jake Winebaum
Jake Winebaum

Jake Winebaum is President of RHD Interactive and was the Founder and Chief Executive of Business.com. Jake is also Co-Founder of eCompanies which,...
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Matt Coffin
Matt Coffin

Matt Coffin is a Los Angeles-based internet entrepreneur and investor. He was the President and Founder of LowerMyBills.com, which was sold to...
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Chuck Davis
Chuck Davis

Chuck Davis is the Chairman & CEO of Fandango, Inc., the nation's largest online, phone and mobile movie ticketing service. Davis officially...
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Parent company of Business.com

R.H. Donnelley
R.H. Donnelley
Headquarters:Cary, Purchase, Purchase
Founded:1886

Dex One Corporation provides online, mobile and print search marketing via their DexKnows.com website, print yellow pages directories and pay-per-click ad networks in the U.S. Dex One Corporation was formed in February 2010. It was previously the R. H. Donnelley Company, which was founded in 1886 by Reuben H. Donnelley, son of RR Donnelley founder Richard R. Donnelley, as The Chicago Directory Company. Donnelley primarily contracted with The...
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Other companies in the same city as Business.com

Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard
Revenue: $3,026,000,000
Activision
Activision
Revenue: $1,513,000,000
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Lions Gate Entertainment
Revenue: $1,466,370,000
Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas Aircraft Company
Revenue: $883,900,000
Stamps.com
Stamps.com
Revenue: $84,910,000
Medivation, Inc.
Medivation, Inc.
Revenue: $12,580,000
Cadiz, Inc.
Cadiz, Inc.
Revenue: $990,000

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    Which firms invested in Business.com?
  • A:
    Business.com raised capital from Benchmark Capital.
  • Q:
    Which market sectors does Business.com compete?
  • A:
    The company competes in Internet.
  • Q:
    Who founded Business.com?
  • A:
    Sky Dayton and Jake Winebaum started the business.
  • Q:
    Who are the Board of Directors at Business.com?
  • A:
    Some Members of the Board include:
    - Bill Gurley, Board Member
    - Jake Winebaum, Board Member
    - Matt Coffin, Board Member
    - Chuck Davis, Board Member
    - Sky Dayton, Board Member
    - Stephen J. Harrick, Board Member
    - William H. Harris, Board Member
  • Q:
    Where is Business.com's corporate headquarters?
  • A:
    The company's headquarters is located in Santa Monica, California.
  • Q:
    When was Business.com founded?
  • A:
    The company was founded in 1999.
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