Re:Bebo’s Founder Says He’s Bought It Back For $1M, Plans To...
by hvs on Monday July 01, 2013 @04:00PM
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More amusing is Crunchbase's description of Bebo right under the article:
"Launched in July 2005, Bebo has steadily risen to become one of the world’s most popular social networking sites. Users can create profiles on the site for free, stay connected with friends, watch videos, and listen to music. In early 2008 Bebo had over 34 million registered users and 7 billion monthly page views. Bebo’s founders have extensive experience in online social networking, having been involved in the founding and building of such companies as Birthday..."
I guess those don't get updated unless good things happen to the company.
Re:Bebo’s Founder Says He’s Bought It Back For $1M, Plans To...
by drcross on Monday July 01, 2013 @03:54PM
(#5973169)
I would go back to Bebo (from Facebook) in a heartbeat if I could be given any assurance that my social network data was more private and secure and less likely to end up in a data silo in Ohio.
Re:Bebo’s Founder Says He’s Bought It Back For $1M, Plans To...
by beat on Monday July 01, 2013 @04:27PM
(#5973358)
What a business plan! Create a social startup, sell it for a bazillion dollars, wait til the new owners wreck it, buy it back for a song. Wish I'd thought of it!
Seriously, though, since they have a proven system that was pretty popular, a little tweaking and a good marketing plan (perhaps one that exploits the sell-your-life-to-NSA issues of other networks), and I could see it come roaring back to life.
Re:Bebo’s Founder Says He’s Bought It Back For $1M, Plans To...
by leoc on Monday July 01, 2013 @04:18PM
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Fun fact: Bebo seems to have been the leading and best-known social network in Ireland for quite a while, I'm guessing in much the same way that Orkut is big in Brazil. Alas Ireland is not as big as Brazil.
Re:Bebo’s Founder Says He’s Bought It Back For $1M, Plans To...
by k-mcgrady on Monday July 01, 2013 @05:12PM
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Bebo was huge in Ireland and the UK in around 2005-2007/8. Very few people here seemed to be interested in Myspace and Facebook was still limited to US High Schools. Around 2008 Facebook started gaining traction and Bebo disappeared.
Re:Bebo’s Founder Says He’s Bought It Back For $1M, Plans To...
by aclevername on Monday July 01, 2013 @07:09PM
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Bebo is buying back whatever is left of its userbase? I don't understand why the founder doesn't just stick the $1MM into seeding and promoting his new social project vs. attempting to resuscitate what is there.
"Launched in July 2005, Bebo has steadily risen to become one of the world’s most popular social networking sites. Users can create profiles on the site for free, stay connected with friends, watch videos, and listen to music. In early 2008 Bebo had over 34 million registered users and 7 billion monthly page views. Bebo’s founders have extensive experience in online social networking, having been involved in the founding and building of such companies as Birthday..."
I guess those don't get updated unless good things happen to the company.
Seriously, though, since they have a proven system that was pretty popular, a little tweaking and a good marketing plan (perhaps one that exploits the sell-your-life-to-NSA issues of other networks), and I could see it come roaring back to life.
Not even counting the userbase.
There could also be some kind of noncompete this gets around.