Dear Steve Krausz, Check out http://podsea.com/
--Steve On Dec 13, 2006, at 12:05 AM, J.D. wrote: > This just in off Business 2.0 site > > An article on had this: > http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/ > 2006/09/01/8384349/index.htm?postversion=2006102617 > 20 Smart Companies to Start Now > Howard Schultz, Steve Case, Vinod Khosla, and other major investors > are sharing their best startup ideas. And they're willing to give a > collective $100 million to the entrepreneurs who can make them happen. > ------------------- > Helping Vlogs to Flog > > The Investor: Steve Krausz, general partner, U.S. Venture Partners > > What he's backed: PodTech Network, Verity, Vontu > > What he wants now: A matchmaking site that brings new forms of > advertising to one of the Web's fastest-growing new phenomena, the > video blog. Popular vlog Rocketboom got the concept off the ground > earlier this year by auctioning off 15-second house-produced ads at > the end of its Web newscasts; then-host Amanda Congdon also wore > T-shirts from startups eager for exposure. > > Krausz wants a startup that can offer a clearinghouse of placement > opportunities from major advertisers like Apple (Charts) and Nike > (Charts) - from 10-second trailers to insertion of products in the > creative. Videos would be subject to screening and approval by the > advertiser, but Krausz thinks that's a service that could eventually > be outsourced. Payment to vloggers could be negotiated any number of > ways: They could receive fees based on impressions, click-throughs, or > both. The startup, of course, would take a healthy cut. "It would > allow this explosion of user-generated content to get an additional > revenue stream," Krausz says. "Nothing like this exists yet." > > What he'll invest: $2 million for a proof-of-concept site and sign-on > from a handful of top advertisers > > Send your pitch to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- S.H. > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -- Steve Garfield http://SteveGarfield.com
