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YouTube began as an angel-funded enterprise working from a makeshift office in a garage. In November 2005, venture firm Sequoia Capital invested an initial $3.5 million, [19] and Roelof Botha (a partner of the firm and former CFO of PayPal) joined the YouTube board of directors. In April 2006, Sequoia and Artis Capital Management invested an ...
YouTube began as a venture capital–funded technology startup. Between November 2005 and April 2006, the company raised money from various investors, with Sequoia Capital and Artis Capital Management being the largest two. [7] [15] YouTube's early headquarters were situated above a pizzeria and a Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California. [16]
YouTube (formerly YouTube Spotlight) is the official YouTube channel for the American video-sharing platform YouTube, spotlighting videos and events on the platform. Events shown on the channel include YouTube Comedy Week and the YouTube Music Awards .
Jawed Karim was born on October 28, 1979, in Merseburg, East Germany, to a Bangladeshi father and a German mother. [4] His father Naimul Karim (Bengali: নাইমুল করিম) is a Bangladeshi who is a researcher at 3M, and his mother, Christine, is a German biochemistry scientist at the University of Minnesota. [5]
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
Troops from South Africa begin invading German South West Africa. September 13–28 Western: The First Battle of the Aisne ends in a substantial draw. The Race to the Sea begins. September 14 Politics: Erich von Falkenhayn replaces Helmuth von Moltke the Younger as German Chief of Staff. September 14–17 Asian and Pacific: Siege of Toma.
The YouTube Original Channel Initiative was a $100 million program funded by Google in 2012 to bring original content onto YouTube. [1] [2] The original channel initiative was also meant to kick start Google TV. [3] The channels are collectively known as "original", "premium" or "YouTube funded" channels. Participants included: Madonna ...
Fears of a postwar depression did not materialize, thanks in part to the large stock of savings that paid for the pent-up demands for housing, cars, new clothes—and babies. The Baby Boom began as the veterans returned, many moving to the rapidly expanding suburbs. Optimism was the hallmark of the new age—an age of grand expectations.