John Furrier is a genuine entreprenuer. After closing down Labrador and joining me at RealNames in 1999 he branched out on his own. He survived the nuclear winter in Silicon Valley, increased his family to 4 children, and embarked – a little more than a year ago – on PodTech. It is now a formidable PodCast network. And today he announced $5.5m in funding from some stellar VCs.

John, congratulations. You deserve the success and you most definitely earned it. PodTech also launched a new site to cooincide with the announcement.

Today is a good day.