Peoplelink Inc

PeopleLink Inc., the first spinoff from the Pasadena-based Internet business incubator known as Idealab, launched its flagship "interactive messaging" service last week. The service, also called PeopleLink, combines the best attributes of e-mail and online chat to allow users to communicate with family, friends and colleagues, said Steve Glenn, chief executive of the year-old Santa Monica company.

PeopleLink Inc., the first spinoff from the Pasadena-based Internet business incubator known as Idealab, launched its flagship "interactive messaging" service last week. The service, also called PeopleLink, combines the best attributes of e-mail and online chat to allow users to communicate with family, friends and colleagues, said Steve Glenn, chief executive of the year-old Santa Monica company.

It's easy to see what excites people about Idealab, Bill Gross' Internet start-up factory. Known and respected as an idea machine, crackerjack technologist and marketing marvel, Gross is the quintessential computer industry entrepreneur. The Caltech grad and Pasadena resident sold his first software company to Lotus and went on to found Knowledge Adventure, the children's software publisher that CUC International snapped up in March for $100 million.