PowerReviews aims to become the AdSense of product reviews
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In early August, PowerReviews, a company that, yes, powers product review functionality for e-commerce sites, will launch a self-service platform that will enable e-merchants of any size to add reviews to their sites with a few lines of code.
Up until now, the company’s offering has required a somewhat sophisticated integration that was beyond the technical and financial reach of small and medium-sized merchants — the $500K+ in revenue, Yahoo Stores and their ilk. Now, with… Continue Reading
Roundup: Bombs, don’t do Delaware, MySQL IPO & more
The latest Silicon Valley round-up:
Correlation between bomb building and entrepreneurship? — Former PayPal chief executive Peter Thiel reportedly says four of six founders of the online payment service built bombs while in high school. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson designs rockets.
MyYearbook.com, a social networking site for teens, raises $4.1M – The site looks like a Facebook knock-off. It raised the first round of finance from U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) and First Round Capital. The… Continue Reading