Comments on: How-To Video Site MindBites Raises $1 Million First Round http://paidcontent.org/2008/03/21/419-howto-video-mindbites-raises-1-million-first-round-seeking-to-be-ebay-o/ The economics of digital content Wed, 22 May 2013 03:46:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Henry Wong http://paidcontent.org/2008/03/21/419-howto-video-mindbites-raises-1-million-first-round-seeking-to-be-ebay-o/#comment-58783 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:07:46 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/03/21/419-howto-video-mindbites-raises-1-million-first-round-seeking-to-be-ebay-o/#comment-58783 Good to see others agree that not every business should be based on an advertising model. While Zipidee is much, much, much more than instructional content, we do have the largest pay for library in the area, so it's interesting we always get lumped in to other folks in this space. Zipidee (spelled with only one "p" – btw) serves health and fitness, action sports, anime, and all special interest pay for content. good luck to mindbites.

check out http://www.zipidee.com to experience our digital marketplace

Henry Wong, CEO Zipidee.com

]]> By: William http://paidcontent.org/2008/03/21/419-howto-video-mindbites-raises-1-million-first-round-seeking-to-be-ebay-o/#comment-58782 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:47:21 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/03/21/419-howto-video-mindbites-raises-1-million-first-round-seeking-to-be-ebay-o/#comment-58782 Perused the site, and I can't get past the similarities to http://www.clipgarden.com. They've been around for some time – have you signed up and participated on with their beta?

]]> By: Jason Reneau http://paidcontent.org/2008/03/21/419-howto-video-mindbites-raises-1-million-first-round-seeking-to-be-ebay-o/#comment-58781 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:15:25 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/03/21/419-howto-video-mindbites-raises-1-million-first-round-seeking-to-be-ebay-o/#comment-58781 Heh. You forgot WonderHowTo, Graspr, Sutree, Sclipo, Zippidee… :) Yeah, it's true there are a lot of smart people doing really cool stuff in the space. But, the reality is we are not really fighting each other but in fact the bigger enemy of the Status Quo. People seek knowledge every day and the traditional instructional publishing industry is well over $10b, as well as the market for in-person instruction which is well over $10b as well. The noble challenge all of our organizations have taken up is to create something new that helps people in new ways, adds value to customers and to create a real business over time.

]]> By: Geoff http://paidcontent.org/2008/03/21/419-howto-video-mindbites-raises-1-million-first-round-seeking-to-be-ebay-o/#comment-58780 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:03:15 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/03/21/419-howto-video-mindbites-raises-1-million-first-round-seeking-to-be-ebay-o/#comment-58780 Good luck with your business. You face a daunting challenge by your current competitors of MonkeySee, VideoJug, Howcast, ExpertVillage and 5Min.

]]> By: Jason Reneau http://paidcontent.org/2008/03/21/419-howto-video-mindbites-raises-1-million-first-round-seeking-to-be-ebay-o/#comment-58779 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:55:11 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/03/21/419-howto-video-mindbites-raises-1-million-first-round-seeking-to-be-ebay-o/#comment-58779 Thanks for the writeup Joseph. Everyone here at the MindBites team is excited to be building our social marketplace and publishing platform for video instructional content. One of the fundamental reasons we decided to build MindBites, was that we simply believed that there needed to be a platform and marketplace to enable the millions of talented people out there who have something to teach. A paid content model is the most direct way for users to compensate authors for their knowledge, innovation and creativity. We are also (unsurprisingly perhaps) big fans of PaidContent, and proud to be joining the fray in the belief that there is a place for paid content models on the Web. Thanks again, and we look forward to keeping the PC community informed of our progress and learnings.

Jason

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