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| shop5 Rank: | 4 of 5 How-To Videos |
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| Headquarters: | 10 West 18th Street., New York, NY, 10013, USA |
| Year Founded: | 2006 CEO: Ran Harnevo |
| What We Say: | 5min is based on the premise that "everyone is an expert in something"...so why not share that knowledge with the world? While there are lots of very useful videos, this is another site that values humor and fun as well. For that reason, you'll find straight-laced videos, such as "how to invest your money" as well as not so straight-laced videos, such as "how NOT to teach poledancing." |
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Worth Knowing
| Business Model | 5min seeks to earn revenue through what they call 'sponsored knowledge.' For example, "Absolut would sponsor videos on how to create a great martini or LA Fitness might sponsor videos on how to lose the freshman 15." |
| Philosophy | “The idea behind 5min is very simple: any solution can be visually explained in no more than 5 minutes.” |
| Useful Tools | 5min designed a video player specifically for viewing instructional videos, meaning you can watch in slow motion and zoom in and out, among other features. Also, there's more than 20 buttons for tagging videos to places like Digg and StumbleUpon. |
| Pros | Great video player that allows you to watch in a nearly full-screen format and they make it really easy to embed it on other sites. |
| Cons | At the time of this review, some "videos" weren't actually videos but a static image with someone narrating. And a few broken links here and there. |