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SlideRockets Leaves Public Beta, Launches New Feature Set And Revenue Model

by Jason Wilk on October 28, 2008

SlideRocket is a collaborative online presentation application that produces slideshows similar to PowerPoint in the cloud.
As they leave public beta, they have launched a new feature set that will start producing revenue for the 2 year old company.
- They will now allows users to purchase assets for their projects include licensed stock photos through a partnership with Fotolia, graphics and backgrounds from PresentationPro, and printing/delivery through Mimeo. They are calling it an “iTunes For Presentations”
The company competes with Animoto, 280 North, Empressr, and Zoho
They have raised $2M to date (12/07) from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

by John Jorgensen on September 11, 2008

Flowgram lets you string together many types of multimedia files to create a web-based presentation others can view with no downloading required.
File types supported: PowerPoint presentations, web pages, RSS feeds, photos, text and audio files.
Audio narration feature lets you record yourself to walk viewers through the presentation.
Currently video is not supported, nor are presentation formats other than PowerPoint (such as Apple’s Keynote).
Service works well, but could use a speed boost.
Competes in the same space as Animoto.

Made tiny from: Mashable.com original post

by David Heyerman on August 31, 2008

Animoto comes out of beta today. The site turns user-uploaded pics into custom, professional-looking videos that move to whatever music you pair them with.
Offers multiple distibrution points from the site, including easy uploading to YouTube.
Earlier this year, Animoto received funding from Amazon
The company has premium services aimed at business users and school teachers (the latter can use them free of charge) that ~10% of its users are taking advantage of