Bradley Inman | |
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 Inman in 2024 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Boston University [1] |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Brad Inman is a journalist, author and entrepreneur. [1] He is known for founding the Livelong Media, Inman Group and organizing the Inman Connect conferences in real estates. [2]
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. [3] [4] Inman later collected a number of these articles into a book, California Real Estate: the 1980s & 1990s. [5]
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. [6]
He was on the Microsoft team that launched HomeAdvisor in 1998. [7] He founded online real estate firm HomeGain.com in 1999, which was acquired by Classified Ventures in 2005. [8]
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. [9]
Inman founded Vook, an enhanced ebook company, in early 2009. [10]
Inman is co-founder of ClimateCheck, a search engine that rates climate change risk for property. [11]
He was also the first investor in Curbed and served as chairman before it was sold to Vox Media. [6]
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