Before:
"PodTech is a wonderful set of podcast interviews that is updated very frequently and features top tech celebrities (recent podcasts include interviews with Robert Scoble, Dave Hornick, John Markoff, Chris Anderson, and others). What got our attention is the sheer quality (not to mention quality) of people John is interviewing, and how quickly his new venture took off. After just two weeks, PodTech saw over 66,000 visitors, over 21,000 audio plays and 9,000 MP3 downloads (Link). Not bad for a site with no marketing other than word of mouth."
– Michael Arrington, TechCrunch, "Profile: PodTech," June 2005
After:
"PodTech has seen it's share of drama in the past. Last October founder John Furrier left the company. Some of their content was questionable at best. Former PodTech employee Jeremiah Owyang left for Forrester, Robert Scoble quit then later joined FastCompany. A year ago I tried to offer PodTech some ideas on how to at least improve their image. There's room for a corporate video production company in the market. It will be interesting to see what happens to PodTech under the ViewPartner umbrella."
– Allen Stern, Centernetworks, "PodTech Acquired by ViewPartner," July 2008
(Link: Techmeme)
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PodTech was good until they took Venture and focused only on production of videos. What turned out to be a viable web 2.0 company turned into a glorified production house.
The early review was when Furrier was doing the podcasting. He should have never taken venture and kept it self financed. If you read John's blog he says that he was forced out over a year ago. Who was the CEO after he left?
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