GodTube received some ungodly (but praise Him!) amount of funding a couple of days ago, positioning them very sweetly to take an even further lead in the video-sharing sector of the Christian space. Chris Wyatt, who attended the same Seminary that I’m currently attending, has done some amazing things with this site and the gifts that God has given him. The bottom line is that I praise God for his success and pray for his continued success doing Kingdom-work.
But, he’s also competition.
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It would come to no one’s surprise that part of Beliefnet’s strategy is video; currently, we have video functionality (not as robust as GodTube’s) and we’re looking on how to better improve it. The users want it and we’ve heard their cry. The question is how to best implement it.
One of the most amazing things to me is that GodTube was built on almost nothing more than a prayer (one that the Lord has obviously heard!) and a $300.00 PHP script from Alstrasoft. The biggest value in what Chris has done was not bring a new technology into the limelight but rather leverage existing technology to fulfill a niche market that was untapped.
That’s strategy.
As we move forward @ Bnet, we need to continue to focus on not only our core competencies but also keep our eyes on how we can leverage our current technology to meet our user’s needs as well as see how to incorporate existing technologies to work for us. Innovation is not necessarily doing something new, but rather doing the traditional extremely well and effectively.
Stay tuned. We’re not done yet.
Thanks to Patton who shot me the original article.
May 10th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
If godtube runs on Alstrasoft, that is truelly a miracle. Alstrasoft is notorious for having some of the most bug ridden software to grace the Internet. The fact that they offer next to no customer support, makes it very hard for me to believe that there is a successful install out there.
May 11th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
You’re right. There are a lot of adjectives I would use to describe Alstrasoft… and “good” isn’t one of them.
But, I would “hope” Mashable did their homework. When I first looked at it (GodTube) when it launched, it did look half-baked.