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Dogster's Surprisingly Serious Business
Posted Nov 28, 2008 12:00pm EST by Sarah Lacy in Internet, Media, Venture Capital, M and A, IPOs, RecessionYou'd think a dog and cat social network would be a pretty frivolous business even for Web 2.0 land. After all, wasn't Pets.com one of the most notorious of dot com flame outs?
You'd be wrong. Ted Rheingold, Dogster's CEO and co-founder, has built a surprisingly robust business. Community and information sites are slow growing, says Rheingold, so they won't be a $100 million business overnight. But with a strong emphasis on profitability, a refusal to raise venture capital, and differentiated revenues coming from ads, virtual goods and subscriptions, Dogster looks like a shoe-in to weather the coming storm.
In this clip, what Dogster did right before the downturn hit.
18 Comments
Yahoo! Finance User - Friday November 28, 2008 12:42PM EST
If you rearrange the letters in Sarah Lacy's name you can spell Ah La Scary.. Oh Mon Dieu! ha ha
Yahoo! Finance User - Friday November 28, 2008 12:53PM EST
Which breed is Hank Paulson? How about Ben? Don't get me barking again :-)
Yahoo! Finance User - Friday November 28, 2008 12:55PM EST
Which breed is Hank Paulson? How about Ben? Don't get me barking again :-)
Yahoo! Finance User - Friday November 28, 2008 12:58PM EST
Which breed is Hank Paulson? How about Ben? Don't get me barking again :-)
Yahoo! Finance User - Friday November 28, 2008 01:04PM EST
Which breed is Hank Paulson? How about Ben? Don't get me barking again :-)
Yahoo! Finance User - Friday November 28, 2008 01:06PM EST
If you rearrange the letters in Ted Rheingold's name you can spell "Let In Dog Herd" Woof....
__A_YAHOO_USER__ - Friday November 28, 2008 02:21PM EST
All Stocks not all are dog but very hard to find the bullish one......Except Coca cola Exxon Mobil and BP and lastly Mcdonald....
Yahoo! Finance User - Friday November 28, 2008 03:36PM EST
If you rearrange the letters in Moved On's name you can spell "Do Venom" .. that cracks me up.. how about you Johnny...funny or not.. now where are those cookies
__A_YAHOO_USER__ - Saturday November 29, 2008 05:15PM EST
Dog and cat like dog bones.......Plenty at walmart......Dog meat,Dog Bones,Cat meat and Cat Bones are available in the pets shelves......The is recession proof........
Scott - Sunday November 30, 2008 08:46PM EST
Hey Johnny: If you rearrange the letters in Dog Meat, you get "go dam(n) te(a)m."
Yahoo! Finance User - Monday December 01, 2008 05:42AM EST
Cerita tentang bisnis anjing dong :)
__A_YAHOO_USER__ - Monday December 01, 2008 06:29AM EST
I love animal and I look after them my labrador like Dog Meat in the pet shop......She is a good Dog and my children play with in the park. and I walked with my Labrador every morning exercise in the Park......He is nice and very tame........
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