I’m just a bit of a TechBaguette.
I’m originally from Silicon Valley and I love anything that has to do with start-ups, innovation and entrepreneurs.
She don’t need no education.
After working for the French Government’s economic development agency for foreign direct investment out of San Francisco (mainly with fast-growing tech start-ups), I moved to Europe where I just finished a joint master’s degree in international political economy between Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics. And for anyone who may be interested, my dissertation was on the institutional differences in venture capital development in the US and Europe.
I guess you could call this work.
In March 2010, I became the Editor of TechCrunch France, which I ran alongside school until June 2011 thanks to my silly little TechBaguette blog. Today, you’ll also find me blogging on RudeBaguette.com, a blog I launched with Liam Boogar to help shed light on France’s tech ecosystem in English. Yes, I know, WTF.
Aside from all that, I am also the co-founder of Girls in Tech Paris and the co-organizer of the first international edition of the FailCon conference.
But if you want to know about my current job, I run social strategy and content for a European, Accel-funded, subscription-based e-commerce company called Carmine.
Media and stuff.
I’ve been a speaker, moderator and judge for various conferences and tech competitions, a mentor for different startup programs, a guest author for the Telegraph, and featured in some publications and radio and TV programs. But ultimately, my goal is simply to shed light on the European tech ecosystem and also encourage and promote successful women entrepreneurs.
I don’t think it’s spelled like that.
I’m trilingual, an epilepsy advocate and a wannabe artist (and entrepreneur, obviously). If you think there is something I can help you with – whether it be tying your shoes or finding a developer – feel free to reach out to me.
Contact
I will not accept contact requests on Facebook or Linkedin from people that I have never met. If you want to reach out to me on Linkedin, please make it clear why – otherwise I will automatically delete your “I’d like to add you to my network” request if I have never met you.
Otherwise, feel free to post any comments, questions, concerns, etc. below. We’ll make this my public Facebook wall.
For anything else, you may send me a tweet @roxannevarza or an email at:
rvarza (at) gmail (dot) com for random entrepreneurial thoughts
or
roxanne (at) girlsintech (dot) net for anything related to Girls in Tech
or
rvarza (at) carmine (dot) co (dot) uk for anything related to Carmine
Hi Roxanne
Thanks for stopping by Wordy.com and tweeting about it.
It’s all about spreading the word of Wordy right now, so if you know any bloggers / people / etc. that could be interesting in hearing from me you are more than welcome to get in touch.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anders
Hi, Roxanne, thanks for the tip on French funding.
I am also an entrepreneur and interested in art as well.
Check out artandseek.wordpress.com, it’s the blog of my artsite artandseek.com (temporarily separated).
Let me know what you thnk.
Best
Andrea
Hi,
The Twitter logo with link (that is on your site in the column on the right) is not correct. Twitter says: Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!
Best regards,
Dnns
Ohh, thanks very much. That’s bc I changed my Twitter name for TechCrunch. Should be working now.
Hi Roxanne,
As you are interested in startups and enterprise you might like to know about WEConnect Europe – a not for profit organisations that runs a global supplier diversity initiative connecting majority women-owned businesses with multinational corporates.
Have a look at our site http://www.WEConnectEurope.org as we are trying to spread the word across Europe and you might be able to help us do this!
Hope you find it interesting – let me know.
Sue Stockdale
Helle Roxanne, nice move on Techcrunch France.
You Resume is quite impressive, best of luck in all your projects.
Vincent
Congrats for TC French ! Be sure I’ll read your posts !
@Vincent – thank you very much for your support and kind words!
@richard – why hello and thank you!!
Hi Roxanne, it’s great news that TCFR is back. I’ll be reading it again.
Congrats and all the best for the future !
Laurent.
Un outil de diffusion vidéo pour les entreprises
Basé sur un concept original, un canal d’information entièrement consacré aux entreprises a pris naissance sur Internet. WebinfoTV va rapidement devenir un outil indispensable pour toutes les sociétés qui souhaitent voir leurs activités prendre de l’extension en profitant des compétences de professionnels en référencement web et cela quel que soit leur secteur d’activités.
WebinfoTV permet aux entrepreneurs de diffuser une vidéo de présentation de leurs produits et services et d’offrir ainsi à leur société une E marketing communication optimale et originale.
Le principe de la webtv est la réponse idéale aux besoins actuels des entreprises et leur offre une belle opportunité de se faire connaître sur Internet grâce au référencement du contenu des vidéos.
Si vous êtes à la recherche d’une entreprise ou d’une offre de service, WebinfoTV vous aidera également dans votre démarche. Mieux qu’un simple annuaire, vous pourrez choisir la société qui répond à vos besoins en visionnant les vidéos classées par thématique, par région et par nom.
Si vous êtes intéressés par les services aux entreprises de WebinfoTV, nous vous proposons de découvrir leur site et de profiter des avantages de son canal de diffusion et de son outil de référencement intégré.
Hi Roxane,
I’m originally from France, spent 6 years in the Silicon Valley and I love anything that has to do with start-ups, innovation and traveling.
I just launched the French version of a German carpooling site: http://www.envoiture.fr for “covoiturage” in France and in Europe.
I love this startup. They are #1 carpooling site in Germany and they remind me of everything I saw in the Silicon Valley: fun, open to crazy ideas, user-focused and tech-lovers.
It is so refreshing to hear about all these initiatives in Europe.
Thank you for being a Techbaguette… and sorry I only work in France remotely (but 95% of my time)!!
Odile
Thanks Odile. Funny coincidence:
http://fr.techcrunch.com/2010/04/21/le-trafic-du-site-de-covoiturage-comuto-beneficie-du-nuage-volcanique/
I didn’t understand where you are currently?
At last! Someone who undsretands! Thanks for posting!
Sorry to read your question so late… I am based in Munich in Germany, at the headquarters of mitfahrgelegenheit.de (crazy name but all Germans know it!)
Yes I had read your article but my site was not live yet – only in other countries had the traffic drastically increase during the volcano eruption. I would not say that Comuto has no real competitor in France anymore
Cheers,
Odile
Hi Roxanne,
do you have (or any of your parents / grandparents) Romanian origins ? Your lastname (“Varza”) is common arround here.
Thanks,
Bogdan
@Bogdan I don’t have Romanian origins but I am aware that if you google image my last name you get cabbage.
you’re hot
@Alice !!
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