On Valentine's Day 2005, Hurley registered the trademark, logo and domain of YouTube. Three months later, in May of 2005, a small group of early employees launched the beta test site www.youtube.com.
In November 2005, YouTube received funding from Sequoia Capital. In December, YouTube officially became a corporation.Google came knocking on the door. YouTube had about 65 employees.Today, YouTube is the the largest online video destination in the world and the third most visited Website overall.
