We always tend to talk about rankings that compare brands or people but it's unusual to publish rankings about places. That is why I’ve decided to share this one which compares worldwide Places & Events.…
Schools for entrepreneurs
When I became an entrepeneur, you had to do it all by yourself. There were no mentors nor schools. You could learns some theory from the Government and that was it. But things have changed.…
Oscar 2.0
"Some people compare the Crunchies to the Oscars of Tech", says TechCrunch today. It really looks like that: many Internet stars, hollywood-style party, US-centered with an international section... There is one big difference, though: people…
Startup 2.0: video of the 2008 edition
We just uploaded to Youtube the final video of last Startup 2.0 edition, which took place in Barcelona. It's a nice video if you want to have a general impression of the event and the…
23 and me, the project did not convince…
One of the main dishes of the DLD conference was to see Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google cofounder Sergey Brin, presenting her new startup: 23 and me. Summarizing, this project is about giving you accesss…
Is the stock crisis going to affect the…
This was the main question of the VC panel. I especially liked Martin Varsavsky's and Morten Lund's remarks. Both think that big projects which are backed by debt will be in trouble, while small ones…
Felix Petersen’s beers and Dopplr’s ecological will
The social networking panel during Picnic was just great. I specially liked Biz Stone, one of the founders of Twitter. He's got such a clear mind! I also enjoyed it very much when Felix Petersen…
Pierre Chappaz leaves Netvibes
If the captain (in this case, co-captain) leaves the boat, is there something wrong? It could be, but I doubt it. I am writing this because Pierre Chappaz, the founder of Kelkoo, has announced that…
LeWeb3: Finally somebody mentioned Digg
I was afraid nobody would speak about Digg. It was David Weinberger (the author of The Cluetrain Manifiesto) who just did it in one of the best conferences I have seen so far, if not…