'LeWeb' Tag
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Dear LaFrenchTech: Let’s never stop learning
December 16, 2014Arguably at one point the hottest tech conference on the European continent and still undisputably one of the top tier events, LeWeb took place last week and brought leading international entrepreneurs and investors like Phil Libin, Hiroshi Mikitani, Kevin Rose, Yossi Vardi, Tony Conrad, David Hornik, Jeff Clavier, and Fred Wilson to Paris. The conference […]
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My five takeaways from LeWeb Conference
December 14, 2014The sharing economy is already impressive, and we ain’t seen nothing yet. Bitcoin has fallen out of favor, for now, and hence is probably a good contrarian play. Japan tech is the ultimate contrarian play. Expect the unexpected when a French politician takes the stage. Meditation is the new black turtleneck in Silicon Valley. […]
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2013 landing on a good note
December 17, 2013Various topics have been tumbling around my brain about which to write in this last post of 2013 on France’s startup ecosystem. There’s the alarming passage of a wide-reaching French surveillance law, or yet another French fiscal flap like the Eckert proposal, and of course the depressing pronouncements by Arnaud Montebourg at LeWeb last week. […]
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Who wants my ticket to tomorrow’s party: The Other Night ?
December 9, 2013This might well be the hottest party during this year’s LeWeb conference. Sponsored by TheFamily and Rude Baguette, The Other Night promises to be a night tech entrepreneurs will never remember. And I cannot attend. So I’m giving away my ticket for free. Interested ? Contact me on Twitter @markbivens with your answer to the […]
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Vacances à volonté
January 22, 2013“Impossible, that would never work in France; don’t be so idealistic,” chided my friend with a dismissive wave of the hand. With a storied career rising through the ranks of a CAC40 firm and more recently a business owner, my friend knew a lot about managing people in a French workplace. We were discussing a […]