Tag: startups
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Startups, bend it like Spartans
Startups and Sparta, for a look into how startups communities are collaborating – or not – in order to expand their reach and get visibility on the worldwide stage. Silicon Valley, and the United States in general, Israel, Berlin and London. These are regarded as thriving startup communities and benefit from a closer look from…
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I bet on red
Thinking entrepreneurship while just out from Vegas, how not to draw a parallel between gambling and starting up. Get a 100$ note out of your wallet, walk to the cashier, have it changed to tokens and head for the roulette table. Now, go all in on red. Why red ? Well, just because it is…
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Entrepreneur of the future, a French student and a train
Oh French youth, how happy you make me for once ! Entrepreneur is the word here and building a startup the context. And this has been the basis for a glorious moment of sharing experience and discussing what entrepreneurship really is about. Here is the story of the student and the train. No fairy tale…
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Cool and social startup events, a dream or reality ?
Be social. Real social. Not on social networks, not through media but in person. This is the new challenge of social. Too many computer friends, too few real-life contacts. This little shout out draws its origin in my attending some startup events in France. Once again (see “The kid startup … “) Where the young,…
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The lean model : startup history X
The lean startup model is the new fashion. Developed already in the startup world and developing in the corporate world too now. Yet, aside from calling lean a management model based partly on logic and partly on speed, this “lean” approach can also turn into a stamp of approval for failure too. And failure is…
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The day(s) after Web2day
Web2day, a two-days event, in Nantes (France), gathering 1,200 people be they entrepreneurs and startups, VCs, investors, mentors, enthusiasts, etc … . An event branded by some as a number two LeWeb even before it happened. An event called a second LeWeb in France after it actually happened. So, some days (well, more than I…
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