Comments on: DIY social network service Webjam raises €1.9 million http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/15/diy-social-network-service-webjam-raises-e19-million-dollar/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:59:37 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Befriend a brand on Webjam http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/15/diy-social-network-service-webjam-raises-e19-million-dollar/#comment-364681 Befriend a brand on Webjam Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:02:07 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1620#comment-364681 [...] resisted the temptation of going after the Facebook-kinda audience and remained the focus on B2B. I wrote about this start-up in July, when they closed a €1.9 million round of funding. The BBC once called the iWeb-like community [...] [...] resisted the temptation of going after the Facebook-kinda audience and remained the focus on B2B. I wrote about this start-up in July, when they closed a €1.9 million round of funding. The BBC once called the iWeb-like community [...]

]]> By: Yann Motte http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/15/diy-social-network-service-webjam-raises-e19-million-dollar/#comment-364680 Yann Motte Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:38:03 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1620#comment-364680 Some information about our funding dedicated to launching Webjam Branded Services : Our vision is that the market is going to shift from herding members into one single network to providing tools to your clients/readers/members so that they can lead/contribute to various networks based on their affinities. It is about harnessing groups of groups . Once you have outsourced to your clients/members the creation and management of the networks, not just the content, you have a much bigger chance to scale even quicker. More on this trend and how companies can use it for them and their clients on http://about.webjam.com/webjam/blog/$webjam_blog/2008/07/09/webjam_gets_additional_funding_announces_new_offering_for_organisations_and_businesses Yann motte, webjam CEO Some information about our funding dedicated to launching Webjam Branded Services : Our vision is that the market is going to shift from herding members into one single network to providing tools to your clients/readers/members so that they can lead/contribute to various networks based on their affinities. It is about harnessing groups of groups . Once you have outsourced to your clients/members the creation and management of the networks, not just the content, you have a much bigger chance to scale even quicker. More on this trend and how companies can use it for them and their clients on
http://about.webjam.com/webjam/blog/$webjam_blog/2008/07/09/webjam_gets_additional_funding_announces_new_offering_for_organisations_and_businesses
Yann motte, webjam CEO

]]> By: Ernst-Jan Pfauth http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/15/diy-social-network-service-webjam-raises-e19-million-dollar/#comment-364679 Ernst-Jan Pfauth Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:08:02 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1620#comment-364679 dollars, euros, those calculations all day mess up one's sharpness Lou, thanks for pointing it out. dollars, euros, those calculations all day mess up one’s sharpness Lou, thanks for pointing it out.

]]> By: Lou http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/15/diy-social-network-service-webjam-raises-e19-million-dollar/#comment-364678 Lou Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:04:42 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1620#comment-364678 Well, what is it? Euros or dollars? €1.9 million dollar is ambiguous. Actually "dollar" is also ambiguous. There are several countries which call their currency "dollar". Well, what is it? Euros or dollars? €1.9 million dollar is ambiguous. Actually “dollar” is also ambiguous. There are several countries which call their currency “dollar”.

]]> By: Craig Cockburn http://thenextweb.com/2008/07/15/diy-social-network-service-webjam-raises-e19-million-dollar/#comment-364677 Craig Cockburn Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:32:56 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=1620#comment-364677 I had to evaluate platforms like this as part of a project I was on and after spending 3 months evaluating them (including ning), the winner by a long way in terms of functionality was http://www.sharedbase.com which powers the award winning community site mentioned here: http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=7561 It cost *98%* less than the previous solution we had used, was far more secure and offers forums, user profiles, instant messaging chat, search for people by interest, private forums, mailing lists, user groups. Certainly blew me away and it's surprising such a product gets so little mention - it's not the size of funding that matters it's the quality of the product that end users get. I had to evaluate platforms like this as part of a project I was on and after spending 3 months evaluating them (including ning), the winner by a long way in terms of functionality was http://www.sharedbase.com which powers the award winning community site mentioned here:

http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=7561

It cost *98%* less than the previous solution we had used, was far more secure and offers forums, user profiles, instant messaging chat, search for people by interest, private forums, mailing lists, user groups.

Certainly blew me away and it’s surprising such a product gets so little mention – it’s not the size of funding that matters it’s the quality of the product that end users get.

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