Bradley Inman
Encyclopedia
Bradley Inman is an Internet entrepreneur
and founder of several online and offline companies, including Inman News, HomeGain.com
, TurnHere.com and Vook, an enhanced ebook publishing company. Inman's knowledge of the real estate
industry dates back to his days as a syndicated real estate columnist with the San Francisco Examiner. Inman is also the author of Livable Neighborhoods of the Bay Area.
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and founder of several online and offline companies, including Inman News, HomeGain.com
Classified Ventures
Classified Ventures, LLC, is a Delaware limited liability company, based in Chicago, owned by a strategic joint-venture of five large media companies -- A. H. Belo, Gannett Company, Inc., The McClatchy Company, Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company -- to capitalize on the revenue growth...
, TurnHere.com and Vook, an enhanced ebook publishing company. Inman's knowledge of the real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
industry dates back to his days as a syndicated real estate columnist with the San Francisco Examiner. Inman is also the author of Livable Neighborhoods of the Bay Area.
Companies
- Inman previously published Western Exposure, a real estate newspaperNewspaperA newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
that folded in 1989 amidst legal liabilityLegal liabilityLegal liability is the legal bound obligation to pay debts.* In law a person is said to be legally liable when they are financially and legally responsible for something. Legal liability concerns both civil law and criminal law. See Strict liability. Under English law, with the passing of the Theft...
concerns, despite being profitable. - "Inman News" was founded in 1996 as an online news source for the real estate industry. Brad Inman continues to contribute as a guest columnist and speak on real estate issues.
- Inman founded a lead generationLead generationLead generation, or lead gen is a marketing tool used, particularly in internet marketing, to generate consumer interest or inquiry into products or services of a business. Leads can be generated for a variety of purposes - list building, e-newsletter list acquisition or for winning customers....
firm, HomeGain, in 1999, selling it to Classified VenturesClassified VenturesClassified Ventures, LLC, is a Delaware limited liability company, based in Chicago, owned by a strategic joint-venture of five large media companies -- A. H. Belo, Gannett Company, Inc., The McClatchy Company, Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company -- to capitalize on the revenue growth...
for an undisclosed sum in 2005. - In 2006, Inman raised $7.5M in venture fundingVenture capitalVenture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
to start TurnHere.com, an Internet video production and distribution platform that produces online advertising for corporate clients. - Inman founded VookVookVook is a New York-based company that publishes digital books that combine text, video, links to the internet and social media into singular applications available both online and as mobile applications...
, an enhanced ebook company, in early 2009. Vook has created a technology platform that produces rich media experiences for the handheld tablet market. Vook works with a range of content partners including NBC, Simon & Schuster, ABC and Hay House and most major distribution channels including Apple, Amazon, Google and Barnes & Noble.