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Website: http://pandora.com/

Blog: http://blog.pandora.com/

Born out of a love for music with 99% of its employees at one time or another working as musicians, Pandora is truly a company wholly dedicated to music. With a database of more than 600 thousand songs, each digitally annotated with musical characteristics from a list of 400, the company generates personalized streaming radio for your computer, mobile phone or home entertainment system.

Address: 360 22nd Street Suite 440 Oakland, CA 94612 Map it »

Phone: 510-451-4100

Founded: 01/2000

Employees: 80

Industry: Consumer Internet

Sub-Industry: Photo / Video / Music

Ownership: Private

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Board of Directors

Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
01/2000	Series A	1M	Unknown
01/2004	Series B	7.8M	Unknown	Robert Kavner, Peter Gotcher, Labrador Ventures, Selby Venture Partners, WaldenVC
10/2005	Series C	12M	Unknown	Crosslink Capital, Labrador Ventures, Selby Venture Partners, WaldenVC

Name:	Pandora
Product URL:	http://pandora.com/
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Bullish Opinions (18)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
Among the most durable services and best brands on the internet. Add Comment	tradelar 01/03/2009		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
people let's play with pandora shares Add Comment	hilko 09/16/2008		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
Great recommendations for new music that I have not heard. Add Comment	jason 09/12/2008		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
Even though the cost are high the iphone app should increase short term growth. Add Comment	brattonman 09/12/2008		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
Attractive and very consumer friendly. Handles diversity of musical tastes. Add Comment	devans00 08/30/2008		100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
I think Pandora knows more about my musical tastes than I do! Add Comment	dagsmith 08/13/2008		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
great for making an instant playlist when needed Add Comment	ablanky 08/10/2008		100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
Great iPhone app should help with business model (iTunes referral) 1 comment Add Comment	john 07/11/2008		100% 8 votes 8 0% 0
Already great brand recognition - iphone app is a simple way to convert those users into dollars	yoda	07/28/2008
The new iPhone app is taking over the world by storm! Add Comment	ryean 07/24/2008		100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
Once trained, like dictation software, finding unknown artists you like works very well Add Comment	georgebounacos 07/22/2008		100% 4 votes 4 0% 0
recommendations seem to be getting better these days 1 comment Add Comment	grantw 07/02/2008		100% 5 votes 5 0% 0
not sure whether or not this is due to my increased input	grantw	07/02/2008
Knows more about the music I like than me Add Comment	lrgco 06/19/2008		100% 7 votes 7 0% 0
Love Pandora. Coupled with SqueezeBox, it has become my radio station at home Add Comment	machaves 05/14/2008		100% 5 votes 5 0% 0
I listen to it all day and recommend to all friends. Great addictive site. Add Comment	travtab 05/06/2008		100% 8 votes 8 0% 0
awesome product! Add Comment	jmho 04/19/2008		100% 7 votes 7 0% 0
Very well executed technically. Audio stream is very smooth and user interface is pleasing. Add Comment	ggez44 03/19/2008		100% 12 votes 12 0% 0
Advertising is integrated into their player in a relatively non-intrusive way Add Comment	dave 01/31/2008		92% 13 votes 12 8% 1
Great site for finding new music or hearing your favorites Add Comment	kryan 01/22/2008		100% 17 votes 17 0% 0

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Bearish Opinions (11)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
40-hr./month free limit model seems flawed. Kills ad views and urges use of competitors. Add Comment	felspar 07/29/2009		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Copyright royalty issues cut into profit margins 3 comments Add Comment	myoung8 02/04/2008		76% 17 votes 13 24% 4
Sounds like they may pull their own plug due to the high fees.	winnyk	08/17/2008
Sounds like they're paying 70% of their revenues on royalties.	tara	08/27/2008
With royalties solved, the company will rapidly gain market share.	tradelar	01/03/2009
Their inability to offer their product outside of the U.S. will cause them to lose those markets 1 comment Add Comment	dave 01/31/2008		71% 17 votes 12 29% 5
CPMs outside the US are paltry yet costs are the same or higher. Focus is good.	tradelar	01/03/2009
Recommendation engine finds similar songs well, but it also tends to play the same songs repeatedly 1 comment Add Comment	ggez44 03/19/2008		79% 14 votes 11 21% 3
So true. It's gotten to the point where I am forced to make new stations to hear different music.	jakepease1	09/03/2008
With lawsuits from the RIAA and others, this will surely be in the lineup... Add Comment	socrisp 08/26/2008		67% 3 votes 2 33% 1
Sounds like they will have to shut down due to high royalty fees Add Comment	john 08/23/2008		100% 4 votes 4 0% 0
5 skip limit will turn away some users Add Comment	sherpa22 08/10/2008		100% 5 votes 5 0% 0
recommendations aren't the best Add Comment	sherpa22 08/10/2008		100% 5 votes 5 0% 0
Don't think their advertising revenue will sufficiently offset the bandwidth cost 1 comment Add Comment	mcmr 07/31/2008		100% 8 votes 8 0% 0
Yeah, I know they have the fancy ads when I use Pandora, but I never look at them	tburger	07/31/2008
Difficult to broaden music styles without training multiple new stations and mixing them Add Comment	georgebounacos 07/22/2008		100% 9 votes 9 0% 0
Recommendations are way off sometimes Add Comment	applekid 06/09/2008		78% 9 votes 7 22% 2