I probably should’ve written this post a while ago to kind of clarify where I am writing these days. For anyone who hasn’t yet noticed, I’m not writing for TechCrunch anymore. And it has nothing to do with what’s been going on with AOL in the US – although, the fact that Michael Arrington, MG Siegler, Paul Carr, Sarah Lacy and Heather Harde no longer work there perhaps makes it a little less sexy.
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TechBaguette has Moved. Well, Kinda.
Posted in Blogging, tagged Académie française, Aol, downloads, English, Europe, French, Heather Harde, Liam Boogar, MG Siegler, Michael Arrington, Mike Butcher, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paul Carr, Rude Baguette, Sarah Lacy, Startups, tech, TechCrunch on November 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The Father of Modern Venture Capital was F-R-E-N-C-H
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurs, France, Funding, Technolgy, Venture Capital, tagged Adam Smith, Amazon, American Research and Development Corporation, ARD, Business, Entrepreneurship, Europe, Fnac, France, Funding, Georges Doriot, Google Scholar, Groupon, Innovacom, Innovation, INSEAD, iPad, Joseph Schumpeter, start-up, tech, TechCrunch, Venture Capital, Wall Street Journal, Wikio on June 2, 2011 | 16 Comments »
Usually when I tell people I’m doing a Masters degree in International Political Economy, they look at me funny and follow-up with a “Huh, I guess that doesn’t really have much to do with tech.” And for a long time, I felt this way too. The IMF, the World Bank, the WTO, sovereign debt, currency crises, oil shocks, etc. didn’t really seem to overlap much with startups and innovation. But then again, startups and innovation are at the heart of economic development and growth. Therefore it’s almost impossible not to draw connections between the two fields. And many of the reasons that we commonly use to explain the differences in startup success across the globe all rest on classic economic, political and social reasoning. So for this post, I’m kind of thrilled to be able to blog about a subject that has to do directly with my Masters dissertation (which is on institutional differences effecting venture capital success in the US and Europe).
Confessions of a Tech Blogger – Part 1
Posted in Blogging, Entrepreneurs, France, Innovation, tagged Blogging, Business, Business Insider, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, FarmVille, France, Groupon, Internet, MadMagz, Mashable, MG Siegler, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Quora, Real-time, start-up, tech, TechCrunch, Twitter, Zynga on February 26, 2011 | 6 Comments »
This past week, a friend of mine from college reached out to me from halfway across the globe. He mentioned to me that he had launched a (pretty damn cool) startup and was seeking advice on how to get in touch with the tech press – TechCrunch, Mashable and the likes. This most definitely isn’t the first time a friend has reached out for this kind of advice. I figured a number of people could benefit from it, so I’ll just post some of the questions and my answers here. This definitely isn’t completely comprehensive, but it’s my 2 cents on some of the basics…
French Innovation Trends: Food, Fashion and Flirting
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurs, France, Internet, tagged Adoptaguy, Adopteunmec, AirBnB, Amazon, Attractive World, Facebook, Foodzie, France.fr, Goldenhook, Google, Groupon, Hardee's, Jacques Pépin, José Bové, Ladieshoesme, LaFourchette, LePotiron, LeWeb, Looknbe, Loueunepetiteamie, Meetic, MyFab, MyLittleParis, OpenTable, PriceMinister, Regioneo, Restopolitan, Restoprivé, Smartdate, Spartoo, SuperMarmite, TableOnline, TechCrunch, Vente-privee, Vinobest, Walldress on January 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It’s funny how often the subject of conversation goes back to “Why is there no Google or Facebook coming out of France?” Some people like to point fingers at investors, saying French investors are too risk averse. But then there are others that say this is simply because the local exit market is, well, almost nonexistant (yes, I’m exaggerating but only slighly). But if you think about it, there are some things “made in France” that pretty much sell themselves.
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