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Rocketboom: Sony signs rent-to-own deal

Started by mathewi · 11 months ago

Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron has been dropping hints for some time now about a big deal involving his occasionally troubled video-blogging startup, and now the news has finally broken: Rocketboom has signed a seven-figure distribution and marketing deal with Sony. As described by Erick Schonf ... Continue reading »

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  • 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.
  • An excellent point, Joe. Maybe that court case wasn't such a bad thing for Andrew after all.

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