Just as idealab is planning to go public, investors have turned bearish 
about the prospects for its publicly traded companies. Here's how its seven 
companies are doing:

                                                      RECENT
COMPANY NAME       DESCRIPTION                        PRICE

GoTo.com           Search engine where big            17 7/8
                   advertisers get top billing

eMachines          Maker of low-cost PCs              6 5/8

eToys              Net retailer of toys               6 1/2

NetZero            Free Internet service provider     8 7/16

Ticketmaster       Web site for event information     17 1/2
Online-CitySearch  and tickets

Tickets.com        Sports, music, and travel tickets  3 7/8

Centra Software    Web-conferencing software          7 3/16


                   DROP         IDEALAB             VALUE OF
COMPANY NAME       FROM HIGH    OWNERSHIP           IDEALAB STAKE

GoTo.com           84%          27%                 $236 million

eMachines          30%          10%                 $97 million

eToys              93%          12%                 $96 million

NetZero            80%          5%                  $45 million

Ticketmaster       63%          1%                  $15 million
Online-CitySearch

Tickets.com        88%          5%                  $11 million

Centra Software    82%          less than 1%        $1.7 million*

TOTAL                                               $502 MILLION


*ESTIMATE

DATA: Business Week AND COMPANY DATA