Can France, or any country in the world, build a Google like success? Systaime says Yes. Here is a machinima (in french) he recently posted on Eyeka about the opportunities in France and the tech environment. If the web is wordwide and yet managed centrally, if financial ressources are available, since talent is everywhere, in [...]
13 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
I like this song “La relance” (The economic recovery) by Tété. The timing is right! My friend Marc Antoine will appreciate.
Beautiful text, real sense of humour, nice melody, great voice and a beautiful realization by videasts Pierre Nouvel with Valère Terrier, both from Factoid.
Watch the making-of.
12 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
If you are in Paris on Thursday may 24th, if you love Egypt, are sensible to new media and techologies, to innovative theories, run to attend this show at La Geode at 8pm.. It’s one time only; it’s a 3D computer demo on their gigantic screen; it’s live presented by [...]
12 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
Here is a little info from “Informa Telecoms & Media 2007″ which explains the repeated financial investments of venture capitalists in companies which target the entertainment services on mobile.
The market for content and services on cell phones is expected to grow to $150 bln by 2011. SMS, multimedia messaging and instant messaging on cell [...]
11 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
Joost , the internet broadcast quality television platform, annouced on May 10th that they raised $45 million from 5 leading firms : Sequoia, Index, Li Ka Shing Foundation, CBS and Viacom
I think that the founders’ choice of firms is very smart. Combining leading venture firms in the US and in Asia gives Joost windows in [...]
10 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
Jean Michel Maurer is an e-business and marketing consultant who interviews entrepreneurs and members of the e-community in France. He’s done it with me, but also with :
- my former future partner, founder of V-POD Rodrigo Sepulveda Shulz and his second self
- Philippe Rodriguez, founder of Wantuno, his blog
- Jean-Yves Quentel, founder of Voozici, his [...]
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Barcamp is a good way to get an overview of the start-ups. In Paris, the ones i’ve covered in earlier posts are The Tokeda Project and Moovement. The full list is here. Richard tells us more about some of the players here. Logistics : Meet at Yahoo! 17 rue Guillaume Tell 75017 Paris. On May [...]
09 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
If you read this post, you’re likely to be a blogger. And if you are, you’re likely to measure traffic and use Google Analytics. I do and I like it. Can’t compare though, i have never used anything else !
On May 8th at Emetrics Summit in San Francisco, Google announced a new version which [...]
08 mai 2007 | Lire la suite
Just a thought reading and listening to all that buzz about Microsoft possible acquisition of Yahoo!.
Microsoft is from the inside towards the outside : that’s web 1.0
Google! is from the outside towards the inside : that’s web 2.0
Both companies are outstanding, with great people, performing products, top notch [...]
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Carlo Montali, the Editorial Director of World Picture News, an editorial photo agency based in New York, will launch WPN in Europe this year, most likely based out of Paris. He is looking to partner with an entrepreneur with background in the news picture industry and a solid ambition for himself and the agency. [...]
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