Comments on: Video search company, Blinkx, blows bubble with IPO http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:39:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: TC50: VideoSurf debuts search engine for video » VentureBeat http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/comment-page-1/#comment-828121 TC50: VideoSurf debuts search engine for video » VentureBeat Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:28:30 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/#comment-828121 [...] It blends of mix of technologies, from recognition of who or what is an image, but also a way to break down a video by frame and classify the frames by topic. As such, it takes on a host of competitors, from CastTV to Blinkx and Like.com, all off which have pushed forward on assort... [...] [...] It blends of mix of technologies, from recognition of who or what is an image, but also a way to break down a video by frame and classify the frames by topic. As such, it takes on a host of competitors, from CastTV to Blinkx and Like.com, all off which have pushed forward on assort… [...]

]]> By: ellen thomas http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/comment-page-1/#comment-802769 ellen thomas Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:47:53 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/#comment-802769 Blinkx is just brilliant the quality of the search is way way way ahead of anything else this is definately the best company, in the next generation of online search technology i visit Blinkx.com every day its nearly addictive many thanks Ellen. Blinkx is just brilliant the quality of the search is
way way way ahead of anything else this is definately the
best company, in the next generation of online search technology
i visit Blinkx.com every day its nearly addictive
many thanks Ellen.

]]> By: Ken Williams http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/comment-page-1/#comment-551266 Ken Williams Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:23:19 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/#comment-551266 Blinkx does seem to have a decent search product but their management team is horrible. I've tried to do business with them in the past and they are a bunch of pricks especially Suranga and Matt. I don't know what Michael Lynch (the CEO of autonomy) was thinking when he put these 30-year-old kids at the helm. I also heard that 10% of their workforce actually left the company within the first few months of employment because they couldn't deal with such unprofessional & poor leadership. One guy only lasted two days before he decided to leave! That's got to tell you something about the direction this company is heading. Their stock is completely overvalued as well. It's also funny that their website is straight out of the 80's yet they try to position themselves as a Web 2.0 company. Get lost Blinkx....good people make up good companies and you don't fall into that category. Blinkx does seem to have a decent search product but their management team is horrible. I’ve tried to do business with them in the past and they are a bunch of pricks especially Suranga and Matt.

I don’t know what Michael Lynch (the CEO of autonomy) was thinking when he put these 30-year-old kids at the helm.

I also heard that 10% of their workforce actually left the company within the first few months of employment because they couldn’t deal with such unprofessional & poor leadership. One guy only lasted two days before he decided to leave! That’s got to tell you something about the direction this company is heading. Their stock is completely overvalued as well.

It’s also funny that their website is straight out of the 80’s yet they try to position themselves as a Web 2.0 company. Get lost Blinkx….good people make up good companies and you don’t fall into that category.

]]> By: Gates Spaeak Out About MAC » Microsoft launches Windows Live file sharing beta (InfoWorld) http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/comment-page-1/#comment-387531 Gates Spaeak Out About MAC » Microsoft launches Windows Live file sharing beta (InfoWorld) Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:29:21 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/#comment-387531 [...] IPOs On Market Known For Losers Video search engine Blinkx has gone public with an IPO that raised $50 million for the company. Blinkx hits on all the right buzzwords these days, like search, video and advertising, but because [...] [...] IPOs On Market Known For Losers Video search engine Blinkx has gone public with an IPO that raised $50 million for the company. Blinkx hits on all the right buzzwords these days, like search, video and advertising, but because [...]

]]> By: Dr G. Welhengama http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/comment-page-1/#comment-222378 Dr G. Welhengama Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:25:47 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/#comment-222378 I have never seen any vedio search engine like that of Blinkx over the last five years. It stands above any competitors in the field owing to its superior technology. This small company will be one of the biggest stars in the coming decade. I have never seen any vedio search engine like that of Blinkx over the last five years. It stands above any competitors in the field owing to its superior technology. This small company will be one of the biggest stars in the coming decade.

]]> By: Dr G. Welhengama http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/comment-page-1/#comment-222364 Dr G. Welhengama Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:24:57 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/#comment-222364 I have never seen any vedio search engine like that of Blinkx over the last five years. It stands above any competitors in the field owing to its superior technology. This small company will be one of the biggest starts in the coming decade. I have never seen any vedio search engine like that of Blinkx over the last five years. It stands above any competitors in the field owing to its superior technology. This small company will be one of the biggest starts in the coming decade.

]]> By: Kevin Bealy http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/comment-page-1/#comment-179804 Kevin Bealy Wed, 23 May 2007 18:12:42 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/#comment-179804 Pixsy would be crazy not to go public. They are so positioned to consume this market, else, be acquired, to benefit a pre-IPO price. Very true, this is 1992, and Yahoo (Blinkx)just went public. Next Pixsy, then.... ?? Pixsy would be crazy not to go public. They are so positioned to consume this market, else, be acquired, to benefit a pre-IPO price. Very true, this is 1992, and Yahoo (Blinkx)just went public. Next Pixsy, then…. ??

]]> By: Boris Epstein http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/comment-page-1/#comment-177620 Boris Epstein Wed, 23 May 2007 03:45:31 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/#comment-177620 Maybe this will start a new trend and bring some much needed attention back to the IPO and stock market. Whereas going public was the realistic exit for most startups back in the late 90's, now it seems to be dismissed fairly quickly as compared to the option of getting gobbled up by a bigger fish. I hope to see the IPO make a comeback. It'll add a very interesting dynamic to an already exciting marketplace. Boris Fouinder of BINC Maybe this will start a new trend and bring some much needed attention back to the IPO and stock market. Whereas going public was the realistic exit for most startups back in the late 90’s, now it seems to be dismissed fairly quickly as compared to the option of getting gobbled up by a bigger fish. I hope to see the IPO make a comeback. It’ll add a very interesting dynamic to an already exciting marketplace.

Boris
Fouinder of BINC

]]> By: Video guy http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/comment-page-1/#comment-177550 Video guy Wed, 23 May 2007 03:20:26 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/22/video-search-company-blinkx-blows-bubble-with-ipo/#comment-177550 The crazy thing is that the technology Blinkx uses is not proprietary. It's Virage which is owned by autonomy. Anybody can buy it! The value in blinkx is that they took the time to index a bunch of content nothing more. The crazy thing is that the technology Blinkx uses is not proprietary. It’s Virage which is owned by autonomy. Anybody can buy it! The value in blinkx is that they took the time to index a bunch of content nothing more.

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