Comments on: Amid Yahoo Turmoil, AOL Makes An Acquisition

By: Goowy Team Bails Out Of AOL To Start Assistly

Goowy Team Bails Out Of AOL To Start Assistly — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:40:58 +0000

[...] AOL acquired Goowy, a creator of Flash widgets, in early 2008. Now, we’ve confirmed, the core team – Alex Bard, Gary Benitt and Jeremy Suriel, have left AOL to start their next company, Assistly. Brad Birnbaum, formerly the CTO of eShare and Talisma, joins them as well. [...]

By: It’s a Socialthing: AOL’s Plan To Take On Facebook Connect With Lifestreaming and Chat

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:43:42 +0000

[...] is being led by Alex Bard, the founder and former CEO of Goowy, another startup AOL picked up as a small acquisition last year. It took a while, but some of that startup DNA is finally starting to rub off on the rest of [...]

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Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:09:18 +0000

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Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:41:52 +0000

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Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:22:26 +0000

By: AOL To Take On Facebook Connect With Lifestreaming | Blog YODspica Ltd

AOL To Take On Facebook Connect With Lifestreaming | Blog YODspica Ltd — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:19:23 +0000

By: AOL Sheds Yourminis Personalized Startpage

AOL Sheds Yourminis Personalized Startpage — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:06:05 +0000

[...] months after acquiring San Diego-based startup Goowy, AOL has decided to shutter its Yourminis personalized homepage. [...]

By: sly

sly — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:08:29 +0000

c’est de la balle

By: StartForce’s Webtop for the Workplace | Tipstech.info

StartForce’s Webtop for the Workplace | Tipstech.info — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:27:46 +0000

[...] with modest short-term ambitions. Unlike other consumer-focused offerings such as Jooce, Goowy (acquired by AOL) and G.ho.st, StartForce is marketing itself toward enterprises that care about both remote [...]

By: StartForce’s Webtop for the Workplace

StartForce’s Webtop for the Workplace — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:18:12 +0000

By: Hummer Winblad Partner Will Price Resigns To Head WidgetBox

Hummer Winblad Partner Will Price Resigns To Head WidgetBox — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:51:45 +0000

[...] feels that Widgetbox is poised to take advantage of the huge surge in widget usage. And if the AOL acquisition of Goowy and the recent Slide valuation is any indication, there’s lots of room to grow for [...]

By: Technology and You

Technology and You — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:15:58 +0000

AOL Acquires Goowy – Too Little Too Late…

So my prediction does come true, albeit, not entirely. Almost two years back I had written about why Google should acquire Goowy. According to TechCrunch, AOL acquired Goowy on Monday, February 4, 2007. It seems that Microsoft’s bid to takeover Yaho…

By: AOL TO Split Off Dying Access Subscription Business. When’s That Advertising IPO?

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:05:31 +0000

[...] comes a day after AOL picked up buy.at, an affiliate marketing network, and a few days after it bought Goowy, a Flash-based Webtop. The Goowy acquisition indicates that AOL is still committed to improving its [...]

By: Dara

Dara — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:29:53 +0000

Wow, first Yedda and now this. It gives hope to small start-ups like FunAdvice that success is possible.

By: Matt K.

Matt K. — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:48:44 +0000

Is this the beginning of the Web 2.0 Bubble Burst?

By: tech news

tech news — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:23:57 +0000

i need to talk something to you.. urgently, i really need an answer please

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:35:07 +0000

Goowy’s great- the tech side of goowy and YourMinis.com is impressive. For AOL to get that kind of talent is wise, so long as they (the goowy guys) don’t take the money and run.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:58:35 +0000

I’m glad to see a positive outcome for Goowy and hope they see continued success within AOL – I think they’ll be a big asset to the company, especially the UI. Couldn’t happen to a better group of guys, as a friend and business partner I’ve had nothing but positive experiences with the Goowy team. Congrats!

By: Zach Weisman

Zach Weisman — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:57:33 +0000

Orli! Nice to see your comments. Goowy was one of the first companies I started to follow way back when you were starting your blog. Its too bad I’m so emersed in netvibes to give their service a try right now…

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:48:28 +0000

Congrats to the Goowy team! Alex has done a great job staying focused and lean with his operations and strategy. Hopefully you guys can stay in San Diego.

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:47:08 +0000

Big congrats are due. Great team, solid product and always a pleasure to work with.

By: Christian Salaman

Christian Salaman — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:19:34 +0000

You guys are the best — a delight to work with from day one. And I know that even bigger things are yet to come!

By: salary Xpert

salary Xpert — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:10:30 +0000

the hardest part for such a small good team is to be integrated in a huge bureaucratic company, good luck

but perhaps, after having the money, they dont care

By: ziff

ziff — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:14:39 +0000

why all the congrats? Aol will kill this product and stiffle innovation. Ask mike jones at userplane.

By: T.J. Marchetti

T.J. Marchetti — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:40:27 +0000

Reading these posts it is clear AOL not only bought a slick application, but perhaps more importantly a first-class team. I couldn’t be more proud of Alex, Jeremy, Gary, Sashi and the rest of team!