Comments on: PBWiki Raises $2m http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/ Startup and Technology News Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:13:33 -0800 hourly 1 By: Collaboration Platform PBWorks Gets A Real-Time Makeover http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-3070716 Collaboration Platform PBWorks Gets A Real-Time Makeover Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:54:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-3070716 [...] The company has raised nearly $2.5 million in funding, with its most recent funding round of $2.1 million announced in 2007. Competitors include Microsoft Sharepoint, Jive, and Socialtext. And of course, [...] [...] The company has raised nearly $2.5 million in funding, with its most recent funding round of $2.1 million announced in 2007. Competitors include Microsoft Sharepoint, Jive, and Socialtext. And of course, [...]

]]> By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » PBwiki Drops The Wiki, Becomes PBworks http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-2721251 The Far Edge » Blog Archive » PBwiki Drops The Wiki, Becomes PBworks Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:09:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-2721251 [...] The company has raised nearly $2.5 million in funding, with its most recent funding round of $2.1 million announced in 2007. Competitors include Microsoft Sharepoint, Atlassian Confluence, and [...] [...] The company has raised nearly $2.5 million in funding, with its most recent funding round of $2.1 million announced in 2007. Competitors include Microsoft Sharepoint, Atlassian Confluence, and [...]

]]> By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » PBwiki Drops The Wiki, Becomes PBworks http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-2721250 The Far Edge » Blog Archive » PBwiki Drops The Wiki, Becomes PBworks Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:09:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-2721250 [...] The company has raised nearly $2.5 million in funding, with its most recent funding round of $2.1 million announced in 2007. Competitors include Microsoft Sharepoint, Atlassian Confluence, and [...] [...] The company has raised nearly $2.5 million in funding, with its most recent funding round of $2.1 million announced in 2007. Competitors include Microsoft Sharepoint, Atlassian Confluence, and [...]

]]> By: PBwiki Drops The Wiki, Becomes PBworks | CHARGED's Digital Lifestyle at Work or Play http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-2720844 PBwiki Drops The Wiki, Becomes PBworks | CHARGED's Digital Lifestyle at Work or Play Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:32:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-2720844 [...] The company has raised nearly $2.5 million in funding, with its most recent funding round of $2.1 million announced in 2007. Competitors include Microsoft Sharepoint, Atlassian Confluence, and [...] [...] The company has raised nearly $2.5 million in funding, with its most recent funding round of $2.1 million announced in 2007. Competitors include Microsoft Sharepoint, Atlassian Confluence, and [...]

]]> By: PBwiki Drops The Wiki, Becomes PBworks http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-2720744 PBwiki Drops The Wiki, Becomes PBworks Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:40:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-2720744 [...] The company has raised nearly $2.5 million in funding, with its most recent funding round of $2.1 million announced in 2007. Competitors include Microsoft Sharepoint, Atlassian Confluence, and [...] [...] The company has raised nearly $2.5 million in funding, with its most recent funding round of $2.1 million announced in 2007. Competitors include Microsoft Sharepoint, Atlassian Confluence, and [...]

]]> By: GAUGECREDIT http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1238578 GAUGECREDIT Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:10:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1238578 Complaints – Any applicant seeking a real estate loan for a personal loan, or if that is no longer a viable solution, the lender may be made to interest rate, or length of the loan based upon loan, if necessary, to avoid unsafe and unsound business practices

]]> By: zibin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1056970 zibin Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:27:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1056970 How does it stack up against jot? I know jot has been offering much more even before the google takeover, and I can only imagine that when they do a new roll out, which i believe soon, there will be even more features offered. The way google will probably do it, is to give out all the rich features for free, and mayb charge some really premium accounts. When that comes, most users will end up with google Prior to the takeover, jot is also known for encouraging third party developers to help build their widget-based. This is something pbwiki needs to do quickly if it wants to have enough feature to fend off jot+google. Can pbwiki handle jot+google? How does it stack up against jot?

I know jot has been offering much more even before the google takeover, and I can only imagine that when they do a new roll out, which i believe soon, there will be even more features offered. The way google will probably do it, is to give out all the rich features for free, and mayb charge some really premium accounts.

When that comes, most users will end up with google

Prior to the takeover, jot is also known for encouraging third party developers to help build their widget-based. This is something pbwiki needs to do quickly if it wants to have enough feature to fend off jot+google.

Can pbwiki handle jot+google?

]]> By: Mike Chou http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1024623 Mike Chou Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:35:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1024623 Clif: Congratulation. Look forward to seeing more good news on PBwiki. Mike Chou (efly) Clif:

Congratulation. Look forward to seeing more good news on PBwiki.

Mike Chou (efly)

]]> By: David Weekly http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1020834 David Weekly Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:01:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1020834 @28 - RE: SSL, everyone gets encrypted logins. What you get in the premium package is *all* edits end-to-end encrypted. For most folks, particularly those with public wikis, this would be wild overkill and consumes resources on our servers. As for schools not being willing to pay $10/month for a critical classroom resource...well, I give you NASD:BBBB as reasonable evidence to the contrary. @29 - At the point that Step 1 for a solution is "install this on your Linux server", how many people do you think will stick around? ;) Give PBwiki a whirl again, we've got pretty sweet WYSIWYG now. @28 – RE: SSL, everyone gets encrypted logins. What you get in the premium package is *all* edits end-to-end encrypted. For most folks, particularly those with public wikis, this would be wild overkill and consumes resources on our servers. As for schools not being willing to pay $10/month for a critical classroom resource…well, I give you NASD:BBBB as reasonable evidence to the contrary.

@29 – At the point that Step 1 for a solution is “install this on your Linux server”, how many people do you think will stick around? ;) Give PBwiki a whirl again, we’ve got pretty sweet WYSIWYG now.

]]> By: NicolasV http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1019921 NicolasV Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:56:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1019921 This is a very crowded space. At our last count, there were 90 different wiki solutions, most of them free downloadable open source packages, but more and more available online. I've used pbwiki, wasn't so impressed. IMHO, when targeting the mainstream WYSIWYG is a must, and other wikis already offer it. But hopefully these $2M will help improve the user experience... This is a very crowded space. At our last count, there were 90 different wiki solutions, most of them free downloadable open source packages, but more and more available online.
I’ve used pbwiki, wasn’t so impressed. IMHO, when targeting the mainstream WYSIWYG is a must, and other wikis already offer it.
But hopefully these $2M will help improve the user experience…

]]> By: sms http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1018595 sms Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:15:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1018595 I can't believe the ra-ra; 2 things stand out more than others - They claim SSL security .. and offer"enterprise level security" for the $35/month package. I don't want to pay $35 so I get "poormans security"? who came up with this strategy - Nowhere (even in this writeup) is mentioned that the free account comes with 10 MB of space and ~0 customization. You can get free 1G+ storage + free calendar + free email and can do the same things .. so what's the "mass apeal"? The classroom app is interesting but I doubt any school will pay $350/class?teacher? for it. I offer you an advanced entry into the dead pool for this one. I can’t believe the ra-ra; 2 things stand out more than others

- They claim SSL security .. and offer”enterprise level security” for the $35/month package. I don’t want to pay $35 so I get “poormans security”? who came up with this strategy

- Nowhere (even in this writeup) is mentioned that the free account comes with 10 MB of space and ~0 customization.

You can get free 1G+ storage + free calendar + free email and can do the same things .. so what’s the “mass apeal”? The classroom app is interesting but I doubt any school will pay $350/class?teacher? for it.

I offer you an advanced entry into the dead pool for this one.

]]> By: China Internet Market Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1018525 China Internet Market Blog Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:07:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1018525 And the 2M helps them buy more pb, why not? At least people will stop making those stories about starving in college.. And the 2M helps them buy more pb, why not? At least people will stop making those stories about starving in college..

]]> By: gman http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1015778 gman Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:33:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1015778 Wikis will never enter the enterprise until people can cut and paste non-text items. Yes, I know you can manually upload images and other kinds of files somewhere and reference them with cryptic codes and stuff but why would any average office worker want to switch to 1980s style editing when they can use Exchance's Public Folders or Notes forums and cut and paste images, word documents, powerpoint presentations, excel sheets in seconds instead of minutes and also get per item tracking and notification of changes (yea, some wiki's support rss notification but that's pointless if I'm not using a reader or my reader doesn't automatically read the list often enough never to miss a notification or if I can't also mark entries as unread/important etc. Having managed several produces through both Notes and Exchange I can say wiki's cryptic codes and cumbersome attachment issues end up making people give up. When someone provides real no compromise solution they will own this market Until THAT problem is solved, wikis will only be for geeks Wikis will never enter the enterprise until people can cut and paste non-text items. Yes, I know you can manually upload images and other kinds of files somewhere and reference them with cryptic codes and stuff but why would any average office worker want to switch to 1980s style editing when they can use Exchance’s Public Folders or Notes forums and cut and paste images, word documents, powerpoint presentations, excel sheets in seconds instead of minutes and also get per item tracking and notification of changes (yea, some wiki’s support rss notification but that’s pointless if I’m not using a reader or my reader doesn’t automatically read the list often enough never to miss a notification or if I can’t also mark entries as unread/important etc.

Having managed several produces through both Notes and Exchange I can say wiki’s cryptic codes and cumbersome attachment issues end up making people give up.

When someone provides real no compromise solution they will own this market

Until THAT problem is solved, wikis will only be for geeks

]]> By: Jim Pick http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1014888 Jim Pick Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:39:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1014888 Congratulations David and crew! Congratulations David and crew!

]]> By: Ross Mayfield http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1014439 Ross Mayfield Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:31:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1014439 Congrats guys. MDV are good people. Congrats guys. MDV are good people.

]]> By: Amy Wilsch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1014171 Amy Wilsch Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:50:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1014171 I could blow $2M on advertising in about 20 minutes :) I too wonder what 2M will get on top of this framework. I could blow $2M on advertising in about 20 minutes :) I too wonder what 2M will get on top of this framework.

]]> By: Narendra http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1014090 Narendra Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:35:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1014090 Also part of the new roll out is an excellent integration with the <a href="http://30boxes.com" rel="nofollow">30 Boxes calendar</a>. We were able to allow the anonymous creation of embedded calendars which makes this instance of group calendaring really functional and best of class for a wiki. It includes both a group edit view and a read only one for those without write priviledges. Also part of the new roll out is an excellent integration with the 30 Boxes calendar. We were able to allow the anonymous creation of embedded calendars which makes this instance of group calendaring really functional and best of class for a wiki. It includes both a group edit view and a read only one for those without write priviledges.

]]> By: Bess http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1014086 Bess Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:35:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1014086 I have to agree on the quote "We’re nearly the only kids on the block to provide a free wiki that can be made private without crazy restrictions on the number or size of pages / editors / viewers." This may change if Google/Jotspot comes out from "extreme-makeover". I wonder what $2 million will do for PBwiki. If majority of fund are going into product development, then it would be a good chance to see a more "sexy" wiki. I can see peanut better Stanford team is technically capable. I would be interested to see if PBwiki can be more innovative, customizable, and user-friendly. Race is on... I am watching in the summer. I offer cookie and milk for innovation. I have to agree on the quote “We’re nearly the only kids on the block to provide a free wiki that can be made private without crazy restrictions on the number or size of pages / editors / viewers.” This may change if Google/Jotspot comes out from “extreme-makeover”.

I wonder what $2 million will do for PBwiki. If majority of fund are going into product development, then it would be a good chance to see a more “sexy” wiki.

I can see peanut better Stanford team is technically capable. I would be interested to see if PBwiki can be more innovative, customizable, and user-friendly.

Race is on… I am watching in the summer. I offer cookie and milk for innovation.

]]> By: What? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1013955 What? Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:17:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1013955 you got to be kidding me. I'm getting both browser sign up and saying "Sorry, invalid value for pbj ()." And this cost you $2 million dollars. you got to be kidding me. I’m getting both browser sign up and saying
“Sorry, invalid value for pbj ().” And this cost you $2 million dollars.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1013583 Jonathan Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:26:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1013583 I think the name and the slogan of the product is genious. I think the name and the slogan of the product is genious.

]]> By: Garrett http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1013578 Garrett Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:26:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1013578 I've been using PBwiki for the last six months. It has been a great product for collaboration on school projects. The new improvements are definitely a big step forward. In terms of their revenue model I will say that I find the premium version a bit expensive (poor student) but I think at the right price point they could gain a lot of traction in the college market. A little viral marketing wouldn’t hurt either. I’ve been using PBwiki for the last six months. It has been a great product for collaboration on school projects. The new improvements are definitely a big step forward. In terms of their revenue model I will say that I find the premium version a bit expensive (poor student) but I think at the right price point they could gain a lot of traction in the college market. A little viral marketing wouldn’t hurt either.

]]> By: How to start a clothing line from scratch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1013516 How to start a clothing line from scratch Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:13:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1013516 the guy from iwillteachyoutoberich is part owner of PBwiki right??? ------------------------------- http://www.dobizo.com the guy from iwillteachyoutoberich is part owner of PBwiki right???
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http://www.dobizo.com

]]> By: Zoli Erdos http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1013498 Zoli Erdos Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:11:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1013498 C'mon Ben, for someone who just finished eating his way through <a href="http://bigben.blogs.com/gapyear_travels/" rel="nofollow">Europe and Asia</a>, you can't be serious! :-) C’mon Ben, for someone who just finished eating his way through Europe and Asia, you can’t be serious! :-)

]]> By: Nathan Schmidt http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1013380 Nathan Schmidt Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:51:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1013380 @14 -- or solve this like an engineering problem - heat the peanut butter :) @14 — or solve this like an engineering problem – heat the peanut butter :)

]]> By: Ben Casnocha http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/comment-page-1/#comment-1013231 Ben Casnocha Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:29:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/21/pbwiki-raises-2m/#comment-1013231 Drifter: They associate with not just any food product, but the best food product in the world: Peanut butter. If your pb tears your bread, there's an easy solution: use wheat. Drifter:

They associate with not just any food product, but the best food product in the world: Peanut butter.

If your pb tears your bread, there’s an easy solution: use wheat.

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