Silicon Valley VC Redpoint Ventures, which is leading the Series A investment round, is convinced that Expensify co-founder David Barrett's strategy of getting small-biz employees hooked on its expense-report smartphone apps is the key to a huge market.
It started off as a viral Web sensation, quickly blossomed into a promising investment, and ended up as a dirty joke. Chatroulette is relaunching, but can the clever site clean up its act to appeal to audiences beyond exhibitionists and voyeurs?
The granite-bellied, cello-voiced Old Spice Man can bake cakes, refurbish kitchens, change pants instantaneously and generate millions of hits on YouTube -- but can he sell Old Spice products? The answer is a qualified yes.
The Girl Scouts have sold cookies since their early years, bringing in $700 million a year. But sales slipped about 1% last year, prompting the group to look for new ways to get its message across. The result? They've posted a video on YouTube called "What can a cookie do?" which has attracted about 24,000 hits.
