Articles about Mark Britton

Madrona continues hiring spree with Trilogy veteran Katie Drucker and former Avvo CEO Mark Britton

Venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group has hired well-known Seattle entrepreneurs Katie Drucker, the former Sigby CEO and Trilogy Partners… Read More

Avvo founder Mark Britton and 4 top execs to depart as Internet Brands acquisition closes

After co-founding Avvo and helping grow the online legal directory for the past 13 years, Mark Britton is ready for… Read More

Avvo to be acquired by Internet Brands, parent of WebMD and Martindale-Hubbell, in major exit for Seattle-based legal marketplace

Seattle-based Avvo, which runs an online legal directory, marketplace and reviews site, has entered into an agreement to be acquired… Read More

Tech Moves: Ossia hires new CEO; Avvo taps Spotify exec as CTO; and more

— Ossia, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that makes wireless charging technology, has appointed Didier Le Lannic as CEO. He will take on leadership of Ossia… Read More

Avvo launches service that lets you buy full legal services for business, immigration, divorce issues

Avvo wants to make it even easier to find a lawyer online. The Seattle-based company today unveiled a new product… Read More

‘Baby Bartons’ share what they learned from Expedia and Zillow founder Rich Barton

The founding of Expedia within Microsoft was a rare moment in the tech ecosystem — one that gave rise to… Read More

Zillow and Expedia founder Rich Barton: Extreme startup lifestyles are ‘unsustainable’

LAS VEGAS — When Expedia spun out of Microsoft in the 1990’s, founder Rich Barton and his team made a conscious… Read More

Avvo bites off new business, launches Q&A site for dentists

Avvo, the online question and answer service for lawyers and doctors, is expanding its lineup of products with the addition… Read More

Doctors and lawyers get gamified on Avvo, but will they play along?

It’s the hottest thing on Foursquare and FarmVille. Now, Avvo — the online Q&A site for medical and legal advice… Read More

Looking to take on Quora, Avvo rebrands as a Q&A site

When former Expedia executive Mark Britton founded Avvo in 2007, the goal was to create an online directory and ranking… Read More

Avvo CEO Mark Britton named to the board of Orbitz

It’s been a little while since Avvo co-founder Mark Britton worked in the travel business. But he’ll be dusting off… Read More