'Station F' Tag
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VivaTech 2024
May 23, 2024It was an honour to host a delegation of investors and corporate executives from Japan at VivaTech this week. Japan was selected as the Country of the Year for VivaTech 2024. Part of the festivities included the Global50 event at Station F, a networking and pitch session with 16 European startups and scale-ups innovating in […]
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Station F is real, and it’s spectacular
September 30, 2017On a brief trip to Paris last week I finally found an opportunity to visit the freshly opened Station F. In a former railway depot which spans the entire length of Tokyo Tower* on its side, Station F bills itself as the world’s largest startup campus. The facility opened its doors in July. Many people […]
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Station F now accepting applications
December 9, 2016Last summer I publicly weighed in — part tongue-in-cheek without being asked but part seriously — on what I thought Station F’s big hairy audacious goal should be: namely, become the startup hub of Europe. Calling itself the world’s largest startup campus (love the ambition), Station F is now accepting applications from startups worldwide. This […]
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Free, unsolicited advice for Station F: France’s future startup campus
October 13, 2016“You get what you pay for,” is a good adage to bear in mind whenever I proffer free advice, and this time is no exception. The beneficiary of my dubious and wholly unsolicited advice is Station F: France’s planned startup campus set in a former freight station in Paris’ 13th arrondissement, due to open next […]