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Mathew's comments: Rocketboom: Sony signs rent-to-own deal

Joseph Weisenthal · 1 year ago

After reading Andrew's post and seeing what he had to say about Rev3 and NextNew getting funding, it occurred to me that being unable to take funding may have been a blessing in disguise for Rocketboom.

Think about it: Say he took $2-$3 million. There's absolutely no guarantee that any future shows or Rocketboom spinoffs would be just as successful, or even nearly as successful. Seriously, what would he have done with the money? The only sure thing is that it would've made a sale/cashout harder for Andrew.
mathewi · 1 year ago

An excellent point, Joe. Maybe that court case wasn't such a bad thing for Andrew after all.
Shared web hosting · 4 months ago

I can think of hundreds of way to spend that kind of money :p