Comments on: Sarah Lacy’s PandoDaily launches with $2.5 million in funding

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:31:26 +0000

Belated congratulations. You’re helping change the world, putting another nail in the coffin of traditional media, and bringing us one step closer to showing Google why separating “Blogs” and “News” in their search results makes even less sense today.

By: Mel V.

Mel V. — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:48:35 +0000

What Ms. Lacy may learn is that her Investors will make the decision on whether or not “she sells” someday.

Also, technically, a minority Investor in Pando is now AOL. Guess what? Entrepreneurs work for their Investors…i.e. Ms. Lacy works for AOL again. Sure there are some layers of buffering between them (for now), but, those are never guaranteed to last.

A minority Investor (particularly a pissed off one) wield enormous control (particularly if they have a rabid legal team).

Good luck to her. But, after looking at Pando for a week, it already seems to be ignoring it’s Mission (start ups and International) as 90% of the stories are about Google, Apple, Microsoft et al. She’s going up head-to-head against Techcrunch, she’s not carving out a new space.

By: Alvo Horsho

Alvo Horsho — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:16:12 +0000

I also genuinely want to know what they could possibly have up their sleeves for that kind of cash. How much are they paying their bloggers? Where is that money going to go?

By: Kroxi

Kroxi — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:10:10 +0000

Why the hell do they need $2.5 Million?

By: Dries Grobler

Dries Grobler — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:57:41 +0000

Awesome for Sarah!

By: Bedy

Bedy — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:13:56 +0000

Great, great, great – Sarah, I’d love to read more about startup ecosystem and your international approach – and great name by the way about the interconnection and colony.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:56:40 +0000

PedoDaily. NICE !

By: Harrison

Harrison — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:58:42 +0000

If it “edgy” it’s gonna be great.
And whats with the list of investors? Did they all though 10 bucks each into the pot?
I do hope she includes a disclaimer when she writes about startups also funded by that army of investors. This will be a key test of disclosure.

By: ןǝʇɐd ʞıʇɐɹd

ןǝʇɐd ʞıʇɐɹd — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:14:51 +0000

I think he was talking about PandoDaily. And that is, http://pandodaily.com/feed/

By: Christopher Rice

Christopher Rice — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:50:02 +0000

Really excited for you Sarah!

Thanks for taking it by the horns and setting an example I’m sure a lot of us will remember if we ever find ourselves in a similar situation. Inspired!