Two years ago, former Googlers Jason Liebman, Daniel Blackman and Sanjay Raman launched Howcast, a site filled with originally-produced how-to videos on everything from "How to Ice Skate" to "How ...

Howcast co-founder Jason Liebman approached the problem by making a small fortune online, then picking up a Soho loft for a cool $6.5 million, according to city records.