Comments on: Sequoia invests $1.5 in slideshow start-up RockYou.. & other valley news http://venturebeat.com/2006/06/19/sequoia-invests-15-in-slideshow-start-up-rockyou-other-valley-news/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Big widget company RockYou raises a mere $1M, to tide it over » VentureBeat http://venturebeat.com/2006/06/19/sequoia-invests-15-in-slideshow-start-up-rockyou-other-valley-news/comment-page-1/#comment-814624 Big widget company RockYou raises a mere $1M, to tide it over » VentureBeat Sat, 24 May 2008 19:18:42 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/?p=1441#comment-814624 [...] last year, at the same valuation of Slide did a bit before — around $50 million. Before that, RockYou raised $1.5 million from Sequoia. It has now raised a total of $13.5 [...] [...] last year, at the same valuation of Slide did a bit before — around $50 million. Before that, RockYou raised $1.5 million from Sequoia. It has now raised a total of $13.5 [...]

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]]> By: Zenrob http://venturebeat.com/2006/06/19/sequoia-invests-15-in-slideshow-start-up-rockyou-other-valley-news/comment-page-1/#comment-4512 Zenrob Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:23:52 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/?p=1441#comment-4512 RockYou is a great service, even though the revenue model hasn't been flushed out yet. How long do you think it will be before they place contextual ads that are relevant to the tags or captions of the photos in the slideshow? We talk about revenue sharing models all the time for ads, given the popularity of Google Adsense, but this is clearly an opportunity where the service model could probably easily place ads WITHOUT sharing any revenue with the person who deploys the widgets. People love to share pictures of their vacation all the time, and slideshow service providers like RockYou clearly provide something of value (cool animations, widgets, captioning, etc.) so that people obviously are deploying these widgets without the expectation of monetary compensation. I'm a fan! RockYou is a great service, even though the revenue model hasn’t been flushed out yet. How long do you think it will be before they place contextual ads that are relevant to the tags or captions of the photos in the slideshow?

We talk about revenue sharing models all the time for ads, given the popularity of Google Adsense, but this is clearly an opportunity where the service model could probably easily place ads WITHOUT sharing any revenue with the person who deploys the widgets. People love to share pictures of their vacation all the time, and slideshow service providers like RockYou clearly provide something of value (cool animations, widgets, captioning, etc.) so that people obviously are deploying these widgets without the expectation of monetary compensation. I’m a fan!

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