Got five minutes? Here’s an eye-opening example of how markets are analyzed, how VC deals are won, how startups are built—and a little bit about what might have been.
New York-based 5min Media, a video syndication company, started in 2007 as a portal for how-to videos, and became a top video-content aggregator before getting bought by AOL (NYSE: AOL) for $65 million last September. (Some people think of 5min as the “other” deal that AOL announced on the same day as its TechCrunch acquisition, even though 5min had a bigger financial value.)
To read the full, original article click on this link: The 5min Story in 5 Minutes, As Told By Spark Capital’s Alex Finkelstein | Xconomy
Author: Gregory T. Huang
