Welcome Winter

Can't believe I'm writing this, but it is snowing in Toronto right now. Welcome Winter.

Google buys YouTube for $1.65B in stock

In case you haven't heard...the deal between Youtube and Google was announced yesterday. I love YouTube and have always been impressed with Google (how can you not be!) Here are the details of the release. http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/google_youtube.html

What is truly amazing about YouTube is their history.

Feb 2005 - Company Founded
Nov 2005 - $3.5M round of funding from Sequoia Capital
Dec 2005 - YouTube goes live
April 2006 - $8M round of funding from Sequoia Capital
Oct 2006 - Sold to Google for $1.65B

An impressive track record to say the least!

Office 2.0 - impressive list of web apps

Chris Vickerson, our CTO at Q4 sent me this link last night. It's an impressive list of web 2.0 apps. If you've been wondering about where the web is headed and what it means for business be sure to check out this list. Office 2.0 Database