Archive for March 2013
Following Bouygues, Orange’s and SFR’s low-cost offers both hit 1 million subscribers
Although Free threw them for a loop when they launched their mobile offer last year, the three ‘old school’ mobile operators look to finally be adapting to a radically altered space. Last month Bouygues was the first ‘old school’ telco to reach the 1 million subscriber market with their B&You low-cost offer late 2012. Now […]
Rude VC: Regional incubators
Friday I had the pleasure of spending the day at Cap Omega, the Montpellier-based incubator of startups sponsored by the region of Languedoc-Roussillon. In conjunction with OSEO, many regions of France organize such events in order to enable the most promising tech startups of the particular region to meet investors and business angels from all […]
Rumor confirmed: Xavier Niel launches tuition-free developer school named ’42’
We reported yesterday on a rumor, originating from Olivier Ezratty that Xavier Niel would be launching a tuition-free (see update below) developer school. The rumor was confirmed today in a press conference by Niel himself, who announced that the new school would be opening in November and would be called ’42’ in reference to science fiction author […]
Ebuzzing and Schibsted climbing quickly towards the top of France’s most visited sites
Comscore has just released their latest figures and, not surprisingly, the ranking of top general and video sites doesn’t show much movement. When looking at top (general) internet properties, Google sites, Microsoft and Facebook are still far in front of the competition, including Yahoo who remains a distant fourth and virtually tied with Orange, Wikimedia, and […]
Seedcamp’s Sush.io to demo their Mint.com competitor at The Next Web Startup Rally
Yesterday, TheNextWeb announced the 16 finalists for their TNW European Conference Startup Rally. The competition, which includes the likes of Infogr.am & PeerIndex, also includes a French startup, Sush.io. The Paris-based startup has spent a little over a year working on their finance tool which seems to be meant to rival the American Mint.com. The startup recently […]
17 Storytelling Tips for Startups from Founder Institute Mentor Tyler Crowley
The following post is a guest post by Alexis Niki, a Paris-based founder & CEO of StoryNova, which provides concept and story strategy and development support. You can follow her at @AlexisNiki. Last week, Tyler Crowley gave a workshop on improving your pitch with storytelling at Microsoft’s new Spark center. Tyler is a regular Founder Institute mentor and an […]
Are French VCs done with late stage?
The following article has been contributed anonymously by someone very intimately involved with the French Startup and VC ecosystem. I have agreed to let them leave their name off the piece, as I agree with their sentiments and am willing to stand behind them. French entrepreneurs are seeking to raise money abroad when it’s about […]
Xavier Niel to cofound a new tuition-free Paris developer school with former EpiTech Founder
Rumors have begun circulating that Xavier Niel will announce a “ecole de programmation” tomorrow morning. Journalists received invitations to a press conference for tomorrow morning, but, like all things with Niel, this launch has been months in the making. While the news that Niel will launch a school dedicated to IT is interesting – the […]
Videogame Economics Forum launches the debate on games funding and financing May 16-17th
Last year saw the inauguration of the first the Videogame Economic Forum (aka VEF), which was organized by Pole Magelis and based in Angouleme, the home of one of France’s leading games and interactive universities ENJMIN. Although there are various games conferences that take place each year in Europe including Game Connection, Casual Connect, and […]
Jammed packed program announced for NEXT Berlin on Apr 23rd -24th
This week the NEXT Berlin organizers announced a packed programme which, as highlighted by the organizers, gives NEXT Berlin a platform to “look at trends before they become mainstream, and offers the chance to address them and network with experts at a very early stage.” On three stages and in numerous workshops more than 100 experts will […]