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mindbites

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Similar to VideoJug, content can be saved on any device, and the creator can attach additional material such as transcripts

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There are a few other instructional video sites out there with a central goal of creating a marketplace, but MindBites leverages its simplicity in order to focus on the content, while still presenting value for the content creators and the buyers

Mar 22 '08 -Technology- www.mashable.com -content,mindbites,video

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This is one thing I noticed almost immediately, upon first exploring the site

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Creating educational and instructional videos, clips and episodes is something hot lately

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MindBites is a self-publishing platform and social marketplace for instructional content, which enables people to share their unique knowledge, skills and passions through audio and video lessons, earning money for themselves or for charity

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Creating a marketplace where user-generated content becomes a commerce-driven supply for those out there in need of instructional videos is something said to set MindBites apart from its competitors

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Competitors include Expert Village, VideoJug, Sclipo, Graspr, Instructables, SuTree, Howcast, among others.

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What We Believe Our belief is that the world is at the dawn of a new era in the sharing of knowledge

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Our most critical piece of technology though is our Braun coffeemaker, without which all MindBites productivity would screech to a halt.

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The space is crowded and has just emerged from the popularization of the online video sector

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What MindBites has done to set itself apart from the likes of 5min, VideoJug and others, is create a marketplace where user-generated content becomes a commerce-driven supply for those out there in need of instructional videos

Mar 22 '08 -Technology- www.mashable.com -content,mindbites,video

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MindBites has just raised $1M in series A round of funding from True Ventures

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By enabling people to learn, connect and share as never before, MindBites promises to revolutionize the way the world shares knowledge

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The bottom line is that today we can be connected, from one mind to another, like never before in the history of the world (please speak in your best James Earl Jones voice)

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There are too many people who have already touched MindBites to mention, but to list a few: our development team is from Squeejee.com led by Wynn Netherland, Jeff Kramer designed and manages our infrastructure, and Matt Warchola built our smack player

Mar 31 '08 -Technology- www.web2innovations.com -mindbites,technology,group

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We serve our media in Flash and Quicktime (for the most part)

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Shout out also to our ex-lead-developer-turned-doctor, Matt Sanders

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Our Technology MindBites is built with Ruby on Rails and oodles of CSS goodness, with light sprinkles of Flash and AJAX thrown in for good measure

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Led by the ubiquity of the Internet and drastic improvements in the accessibility of digital media technology, we are experiencing the largest increase in the global sharing of knowledge since Gutenberg invented moveable type

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Our Team Our team is an ever expanding group of unique, talented and fun (if not a little goofy) individuals

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MindBites officially launches its publishing platform for video instructional clips today, and also announces a $1 million Series A investment from True Ventures

Mar 22 '08 -Technology- www.mashable.com -content,mindbites,video

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The bozo in the back of the boat manning the rudder (and sitting on top of the ice chest) is Jason Reneau

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A self-publishing platform and social marketplace for instructional content, MindBites enables people to share their unique knowledge, skills and passions through audio and video lessons, earning money for themselves or for charity

Mar 31 '08 -Technology- www.web2innovations.com -mindbites,technology,group

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We film everything that we do or help out on with sub-$500 mini-DV camcorders, and we typically edit with Final Cut (although we dabble with a range of Windows and Mac software)

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MindBites is yet another player jumping the bandwagon

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We own old houses and have no idea how to fix them

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We have worked in such areas as web development, e-commerce, professional education, TV and film production, design, sales, marketing and entrepreneurial ventures

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Happily swimming along behind the boat is Chelsea, our unofficial mascot

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I had some time to explore MindBites and chat with CEO and founder Jason Reneau, and learned more about the concepts behind MindBites

Mar 22 '08 -Technology- www.mashable.com -content,mindbites,video

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We are inspired to be living in such an exciting time and playing a part in these historic trends

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As a group, we have experience from such varied institutions as Whole Foods, Harvard Business School, Burnt Orange Productions, McKinsey and Company, FreeMarkets, and Kiva Systems, to name a few

Mar 31 '08 -Technology- www.web2innovations.com -mindbites,technology,group

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Ellen Ambrose has been our author recruiter extraordinaire, and our production team has been a group effort from Brittanie Flegle, Keith Fraase, Matt James and Sarah Moore, among others

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Introducing MindBites, your place on the web to learn directly from other real people and share what you know with the world

Mar 31 '08 -Technology- www.web2innovations.com -mindbites,technology,group