Co-founder Brad Hunstable describes Ustream as "similar to YouTube, except we're live." The year-old website runs on a completely open platform, so anyone can join and let the world see what they're up to. The 22-person business has raised $14 million in venture capital and currently has 10 million unique visitors a month checking out the eclectic programming that's recently included graduations, weddings, funerals, music lessons, 50 Cent, the Dalai Lama, and all of the major presidential hopefuls. The RNC hired Ustream to handle all of the live-streaming at the convention, which was a thrill for Hunstable. "I'm a Texan who went to West Point, so it's not hard to figure out my politics," he says. "But we've had great success with people on both sides of the aisle." The company is also live-streaming for the progressive website Daily Kos at the Democratic convention in Denver.