Videorix (www.videorix.com) is a fresh incarnation of Brandfame, a start-up I reviewed back in September 2007 which offered product placement in online videos - a concept I didn’t exactly welcome with open arms, but Founder Nadim Elgarhy hopes that this time around Videorix will be much more accessible and concentrate on sponsored ad-slots, rather than [...]

I got an interesting email last night from David Hissami, CEO of The Whoa Show, who wanted to clarify a TechCrunch Article comparing the service to an Exquisite Corpse, which he felt was inaccurate.
I guess TC author Erick Schonfield is sticking to his guns, so armed with some new info, StartupEarth sets the record straight.
The [...]

Online Dating: The last refuge of the socially inept. Ideal for the 35 year old virgin who lives in his mothers basement, making plasticine ladies and getting the boobs “just right” before going online with a photo of Antonio Banderas ripped from Google Images to meet lonely saps of (hopefully) the opposite sex in a [...]

I know, YouTube is definitely not a startup, but it used to be - and I wanted to examine the kind of things that can go wrong when you get too big for your boots, and youtube is a classic example of what not to do (if you want to keep your users happy).

I know [...]

BrandFame (www.brandfame.com) is a meeting-place for advertisers and video publishers, who want to match online video with product placement in an attempt to make money and ruin the internet for everybody.
Ok, let me expand on that negativity, because I wouldn’t be writing about this startup if I didn’t think it was a good idea, it’s [...]