Entries by Syed Muhammad Anees

Washington Post

Greg McLemore, 30 . . . scuttled plans to attend graduate school in order to create the electronic retailer Toys.com, which he sold last spring to No.1 rival eToys.com Inc.

The Star Ledger

[Mark] Woodsmall . . . works as Pet Lawyer for Pets.com, one of several Web sites created by WebMagic. . . . Visit Pets.com this month and the legal center features topics such as ‘dogs trespassing,’ ‘breeder responsibilities,’ ‘pet visitation rights,’ and ‘the barking dog.’

Inc. Technology

Winter 1999 Special Issue Greg McLemore is president and CEO of WebMagic Inc., an incubator based in Pasadena, Calif., that dreams up — and finds funding for — Internet ventures. McLemore was the force behind Toys.com (which was acquired by eToys in 1998) and Pets.com, the online category leader for pet products, information and services. […]

The Industry Standard

Pets.com, created by the same Pasadena, Calif., Web developer [WebMagic, Inc.] that conceived of Toys.com and Cooking.com, opened Nov. 4 with a 10,000 item store and message forums on everything from why cats play with their food to how to keep fish tanks clean.

Yahoo! News

This week marks the launch of Pets.com, one of the most ambitious online commercial pet sites to date. . . . Pets.com is the latest brainchild of WebMagic, a Pasadena, Calif., Web developer run by Greg McLemore.

Inter@ctive Week

Several (toy) companies have launched on the Web in the past year, from Internet-only resellers such as eToys Inc. and WebMagic’s Toys.com to well-known retailers such as FAO Schwarz.

Playthings

A subsidiary of WebMagic, an Altadena, Calif.-based Web design firm, www.toys.com was launched in December 1996. Since then, toy-curious Web surfers from over 108 nations have stopped by to take a look around.