'entrepreneurship' Tag
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France’s Chopra moment
February 13, 2012It has been interesting to follow the recent transatlantic flap triggered by Ilan Abehassera’s interview in Betabeat. Abehassera denigrated the French entrepreneurial scene in a piece that oozed of auto-pr; Liam Boogar of Rude Baguette called b.s. In reality, I suspect both individuals were viewing the same market but through the lenses of different eras. […]
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Immigration boosts entrepreneurship
March 26, 2010Despite his occasional bout of annoying repetitiveness (the world is flat : i got the point, no need for 600 pages), Thomas Friedman produces some inspirational columns, and this week’s on the Intel Science Talent Search is no exception in my humble opinion. Friedman’s column triggered my thinking about the importance of immigration in building […]
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Women Entrepreneurs in France
February 10, 2010Vivek Wadhwa’s article in last week’s BusinessWeek and comments made by Brad Feld on the subject were in the back of my mind when France unveiled yesterday its checklist in addressing the topic of French national identity. As some of you may be aware, France’s UMP party (which currently holds power) has recently initiated a […]
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Not the idea, it’s the execution, stupid
January 3, 2010I believe that building a successful entrepreneurial venture, to paraphrase Yogi Berra, is 50% luck, 50% execution, and the other 10% is the idea. Ideas are a dime a dozen these days. Now more than ever, starting a technology business can be done with a negligeable amount of capital. That’s not to say that we’ve […]