Mindspark Interactive Network Timeline

Idea for IWon.com conceived

Jan 20, 1999

Idea for iWon.com conceived over lunch by two co-founders

First meeting with CBS

Mar 3, 1999

CBS funds "Project Bulldog"

Apr 6, 1999

LOI reached with CBS for $100mm in funding for Project Bulldog

Sapient retained to build iWon

May 10, 1999

Core team hired. Irvington office opened.

Sep 7, 1999

Our senior leadership core team is brought together, including John Park, and our Irvington, NY office opens.

Launch of iWon.com

Oct 5, 1999

iWon.com launches and company name changed from "CTC Bulldog, Inc." to "iWon.com, Inc.". Press event held at CBS headquarters.

$70mm television ad campaign launched

Oct 11, 1999

Additional funding received

Feb 1, 2000

Second round of funding ($100mm) raised, led by Bain Capital

First iWon winner

Apr 15, 2000

First $10mm award winner, during half-hour prime-time show on CBS on Tax Day

Launch of Sales team, offices opened NY, LA, SF, Chicago

Oct 1, 2000

iWon achieves profitability

Oct 1, 2000

Purchase of Excite

Nov 18, 2001

Purchase of Excite assets out of bankruptcy (in conjuction with InfoSpace)

Launch of Excite.com

Dec 1, 2001

New Excite.com launches, company changes its name to The Excite Network.

Launch of MyWay.com

Oct 1, 2002

Launch of first distributed toolbar (MySearch)

Jan 1, 2003

Purchase of MaxOnline

Mar 1, 2003

Renamed Focus Interactive

Jun 16, 2003

Company changes its name to Focus Interactive

Launch of Smiley Central

Jul 1, 2003

Launch of Cursor Mania

Sep 1, 2003

Launch of Popular Screen Savers

Oct 1, 2003

Sale to Ask Jeeves

May 6, 2004

Sale of company to Ask Jeeves, momentary company name change to Interactive Search Holdings, Inc.

MyWay partners with Dell

Sep 1, 2004

MyWay begins shipping as the homepage of all Dell Computers

Launch of My Fun Cards

Jan 1, 2005

Ask purchased by IAC, Inc.

Jul 19, 2005

Jeeves is put into retirement

Feb 27, 2006

Launch of Zwinky

Jun 17, 2006

Vimeo aquired by IAC

Aug 1, 2006

Launch of Webfetti

Apr 1, 2007

Vimeo becomes part of CAP

Mar 20, 2008

Aquires Girlsense

Apr 1, 2008

Article

Launch of Kazulah

Aug 1, 2008

Launch of Zwinky Cuties

Sep 16, 2008

Press event in Times Square Studios

Company becomes Mindspark

Jan 1, 2009

IAC Consumer Applications & Portals becomes Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.

Launch of Cardboiled

Feb 1, 2009

Creation of CAP

Apr 22, 2009

Company is spun off of Ask.com and becomes IAC Consumer Applications and Portals

Life123 joins the CAP team

Apr 22, 2009

CAP assumes management of IAC emerging business, Life123