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VentureBeat: PodTech purchased by ViewPartner, ending a bloody story

  • Retards · 1 year ago
    Someone paid 500K for 100K worth of production equipment, some antiquated voice over guys and poorly produced tech infomercials. Whoever close this deal deserves a medal. I just wonder if they're going to pay their debts now.
  • Ethan · 1 year ago
    First of all just speaking from some of the employees from Podtech which is now in SF, ViewPartners have not paid the Podtech employees...and they also found out that ViewPartners is pulling the plug on their Health Benefit without telling them they just happened to call their health carrier. Being Jason Lopez is the manager for this so-called firm in SF, why can't he clarify with their "headquarters" in LA what's really going on??? Jason Lopez sure has some sort of hidden agenda himself. He has not management skills at all! The only person that really benefited from this deal is Jason Lopez, but this greedy imbecile cannot MAN enough to talk to his subordinates that Podtech/ViewPartners is finished!
  • Tony Perkins · 1 year ago
    AlwaysOn (alwayson.goingon.com) called this one way back in February '07.

    http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/9372

    "There’s also a lot of bubbly behavior gurgling up. Yes, indeed. There is no doubt in my mind that 2007 will be a shake-out year for the “Web 2.0” set. Pretty soon, I predict we'll see one of the well-known, over-funded brands like Technorati, PodTech, or Brightcove will be outed by a site like TechDirt or Valleywag for having had a major layoff or down investment round. We’ve already seen early high-flyers like Friendster and Odeo stumble and fall, and many more will certainly follow."

    What's up with Technorati these days?
  • Fact Checker · 1 year ago
    In knowing Podtech Jason Lopez was not a cofounder. He was a tech at NPR and like the 5th employee. Lies like that in an official release mean that someone has no integrity either Lopez or the buyer of the company. Either way very suspect.
  • Eric Eldon · 1 year ago
    He was the 4th employee, from my (just-gained) understanding. Corrected. Yeah, agreed it was spin. Shoulda double-checked before I ran that.
  • Interested · 1 year ago
    Eric,
    Can you point to where the official press release is from Podtech or Viewpartners. I can't find any information on them.

    What was the outcome for the venture capitalists?
  • Eric Eldon · 1 year ago
    I don't know if the press release was made public. It's pretty lame but I can re-post it from my email if you want.

    My understanding is that the VCs got the money from the sale.
  • Also Interested · 1 year ago
    Please do repost their press release.
  • Eric Eldon · 1 year ago
    Posted it.
  • elliottng · 1 year ago
    Nice work uniblogger. :) So what was the assumption that was fatally wrong, or was it just execution? Perhaps the whole trend of podcasting as a standalone delivery vehicle was overblown and the company was not equipped to compete with blogs and other cross-media-type businesses?
  • JasonL · 1 year ago
    Not to fall too deeply into the spin factor here, now that it's been defined, but PodTech's first real business operations took shape after a handful of people in December 2005 helped to define PodTech as a company to create professional media. Is that cofounding a name? No. Is that cofounding a business? You decide.

    Also whoever Fact Checker is, you need to do better work. I was not a "tech" at NPR. What's more suspect is that you can't reveal who you are.
  • zato · 1 year ago
    Surprising! Microsoft must have pulled the plug.
  • Dan Henderson · 1 year ago
    Insane that a guy saying that he was the founder then says well not exactly.
  • roman · 1 year ago
    possible Liquidation in future? why do they need them?
  • Michael Walters · 1 year ago
    ViewPartners Corporation is a NEVADA corporation---not a Los Angeles company.
    The owner, Alex Varonos, lives in Moorpark.
  • Zorro · 12 months ago
    Actually, I heard ViewParnters, the shell company (as in shell-game), is pretty shady doesn't pay it's employees on time either, often taking up to several weeks to get around to doing it. Also heard Jason Lopez got rug pulled out from under him and is no longer there ...
  • D2 · 11 months ago
    viewpartners. ponzi scheme.
    alax varonos is a crook.
    $2 mil. of company money put towards another house for him in moorpark.
    he will end up in jail shortly.
    All while not paying employees.
    With threats to the employees who ask for pay.
    They fire anyone who has a say on what they think is right.
    I hope they go down soon.
  • ZoroLovesD2 · 11 months ago
    There are always two sides to both stories. Seems like a lot of Disgruntled past employees whining and trying to get their opinion registered on the rICHTER scale.

    A lot of the PodTech stuff is probably related to their lack of a actual revenue streams.
  • cuppycakes · 9 months ago
    Frankly Zoro is correct! This technology will take over the entire platform for HD television, internet and cell phones. And those of you that got "left Behind" probably did so, for a reason. This company now under a different name has been in business and is VERY WEALTHY. Lots of HUGE PLAYERS involved, way beyond most of your comprehension. Should probably do your homework before making false claims and assumptions as to why, how and when.
  • OJ · 6 months ago
    Mmm Kool Aid. Keep on drinking ...
  • thorkendallthor · 4 months ago
    I used to work for Alex Varonos and Ivan Jackson in 2000-2001 for another ponzi scheme of theirs called www.usetheexperts.com basically did not pay employees, raised angel investments until the end which then put in their pockets and left before it all came crashing down. I remember him getting evicted from his house in Westlake -- pretty funny.
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  • catman23 · 1 month ago
    viewpartners is trying to get some of us to invest $100,000 each in LA. They have some pretty wild claims, saying they are 3 years ahead of anyone else in the world with their technology . They want us to go to LA airport to see it work. Is this a scam or is there anything that says they are for real.
  • Name · 1 month ago
    do not do it. they are evil. really, they are.
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