DISQUS

Mashable - The Social Media Guide: 2008/06/09/rockyou-widgets-funding/

  • Brad Williamson - Virtual Biog · 1 year ago
    Call me naive, but 35 MILLION dollars?!?! They make web applications, not super computers! What could they possibly need all that money for? They sound seriously over-funded.

    But like I said, I'm totally naive about their business model, so whudoo I know? I'd think that if someone in the company's rich uncle would loan them 100 grand, they'd be able to rule the web application universe.
  • BloggerBen · 1 year ago
    @Brad

    I agree that it does seem a little bloated. However, I think they know that the whole widget advertising bit is really an area for a lot of potential profit and they're taking advantage of it.

    You should see this post on widget advertising:
    http://textrapolate.com/2008/06/the-widget-is-d...
  • Mehrdad · 1 year ago
    this is cheap.
    not as cheap as youtube was, but still cheap ;-)