Ventures

Video communication is how modern humans share information. MeetingTV provides services to create, search, and maximize the value of that communication. Zoomcorder is a personal recording service. WebinarTV is a search engine for free and public webinars.

Founded in 1997, MP3.com took MP3 from hacker obscurity to the most popular media format in the world. We helped design and sell the first MP3 players in the world, invented on-demand CD printing, created the largest artist community in the world, had the largest library of authorized free MP3 tracks, took the company public on NASDAQ with, at the time, the largest internet IPO. Created innovative technology BeamIt which stored personal music CDs online in just 2 seconds. Yeah - 2 secs on even the slowest dial-up modem. Invented Instant Listening where users could buy a physical CD and immediately hear all the tracks. (Music industry didn't like this BeamIt and InstantListening and sued us for it.) Raised venture capital from Sequoia Capital and Idealab, went public on NASDAQ with the largest internet IPO of all time. Grew annual revenues to more than $80M and sold the profitable company to Vivendi/Universal. Company sold to Vivendi Universal, the world's largest music company.

Started in 2005, Gizmo5 enabled net users to make free or inexpensive calls over the internet supporting the SIP telephony standard. Raised venture capital from Dawntreader. Grew to more than 11 million users and to break-even. Acquired by Google in 2009 and merged with Google Voice.

Launched in 2001 to challenge Microsoft in the desktop operating system business. In addition to making Linux easy to use, Linspire pioneered the app store concept with its Click-N-Run service — browse, purchase, download and install software with a single click. Acquired by Xandros Corporation.

A pioneer in personal cloud music, MP3tunes stored music fans' personal music collections making them accessible from any net-aware device including PCs, laptops, smartphones, internet radios and even car devices. Hardware partners included Logitech, Nokia, Roku and Clarion.

A cloud DVR for radio fans to time shift their favorite shows to a more convenient time and place. Download AM/FM radio shows to smartphones & tablets as MP3s. Acquired by Metro Monitor.

OnRad.io is a search engine for the radio world. Find any station, artist, or song playing on radio right now. A revolutionary way to discover and search live radio content. Acquired by Metro Monitor.