{{Short description|American entrepreneur and author}} {{Infobox person | name = Bradley Inman | image = Bradley Inman.jpg | caption = Inman in 2024| | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | education = | alma_mater = Boston University<ref name=":1"/> | occupation = Businessman | years_active = 1980–present | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = }}
'''Brad Inman''' is a journalist, author and entrepreneur.<ref name=":1" /> He is known for founding Inman News and various other internet businesses.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dorfman |first1=Steve |title='Superhero' team of experts in health, longevity to convene at West Palm's Livelong Summit |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/healthcare/2024/03/12/inaugural-livelong-summit-brad-inman-palm-beach-county-convention-center/72701631007/ |website=The Palm Beach Post}}</ref>
==Career== 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=A return visit to Albany, El Cerrito, Richmond Annex |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/34987606/ |access-date=13 June 2024 |website= |publisher=The San Francisco Examiner |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Brechin |first1=Gray |title=Alaska Commercial Company |url=https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=ALASKA_COMMERCIAL_CORPORATION |website=FoundSF |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref> Inman later collected a number of these articles into a book, California Real Estate: the 1980s & 1990s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Inman |first1=Bradley |title=California Real Estate: the 1980s & 1990s |date=18 February 2020 |publisher=Inman Books |isbn=1947635220 |url=https://www.amazon.com/California-Real-Estate-1980s-1990s/dp/1947635220 |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref> [[File:Doug Lebda and Brad Inman in 2005.jpg|thumb|Inman (right) with Doug Lebda at a 2005 conference]] Inman founded Inman News in 1996 as an online news source for the real estate industry.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jessica |title=Founder of Inman News wants you to TurnHere |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2006/11/20/story10.html |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> Inman News was sold in 2021 to Beringer Capital.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Inman acquired by private equity firm Beringer Capital |url=https://therealdeal.com/national/2021/07/26/inman-acquired-by-private-equity-firm-beringer-capital/ |website=TheRealDeal.com |date=July 26, 2021}}</ref>
He was on the Microsoft team that launched HomeAdvisor in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Golden |first=Caron |date=1998-11-01 |title='Clicky-Loos Welcome' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-nov-01-re-38214-story.html |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> He founded online real estate firm HomeGain.com in 1999, which was acquired by Classified Ventures in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |author=Zito, Kelly |date=2005-07-31 |title=Industry takes slow steps toward digital transactions |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Industry-takes-slow-steps-toward-digital-2619342.php |access-date=2008-11-03}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |author=Saunders, Jessica |date=2006-11-19 |title=Founder of Inman News wants you to TurnHere |publisher=San Francisco Business Times |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2006/11/20/story10.html |accessdate=2019-04-10}}</ref>
Inman founded Vook, an enhanced ebook company, in early 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-22 |title=How to Stay Relevant in a Tech-Infused World |url=https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/real-estate-news/technology/how-to-stay-relevant-in-a-tech-infused-world |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=www.nar.realtor |language=en}}</ref>
Inman is co-founder of ClimateCheck, a search engine that rates climate change risk for property.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-22 |title=Making longevity science easier to understand |url=https://www.llamapodcast.com/brad-inman/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Live Long and Master Aging |language=en}}</ref>
He was also the first investor in Curbed and served as chairman before it was sold to Vox Media.<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== {{Commons category|Bradley Inman}} * [http://www.inman.com/ Inman News web site]
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