Archive for April 2013
Social Payments startups Leetchi launches MangoPay, a full stack payment solution for Marketplaces
Just last month, when I spoke to Leetchi CEO Celine Lazorthes in their offices about their iPhone app release, I could feel the air was buzzing in the offices about something greater, and it seems that MangoPay is exactly what all the buzz was about. A full stack online payment solution, MangoPay is the result […]
It’s not just Free that’s ratcheting bandwidth from YouTube and other sites. It’s a global issue.
Earlier this year, things got a little crazy when ISP and Mobile operator Free put in place a ISP-level opt-out ad blocker which mysteriously blocked mainly Google Ad properties. In the end, this became part of a bigger story, that of the ISP war against Google, which has included many ongoing accusations that Free “ratchets,” or […]
Richard Branson, Peter Thiel, Nikolas Zennström and other big names back $100 million free money transfer campaign for startups
Taavet Hinrikus, part of the original team that built Skype, has launched a campaign to give 1000 EU startups $100k each of free international money transfers, using the technology he has developed for TransferWise, the only service that allows regular people to access the real, mid-market exchange rate. All startups participating in the campaign will receive […]
Lengow announces new solutions for Ecommerce vendors at their first ‘Lengow Ecommerce Day’
Last week, Lengow hosted their very first Ecommerce Day conference in Paris which proved to be a solid success for its first version, drawing over 250 participants. In addition to offering participants the opportunity to meet with experts from the sector and learn more about the emerging trends in Ecommerce, Lengow also leveraged the event to […]
Caphorn Invest: Adding value to investment with its 130 backing investors
As hard as it is for a startup to raise a round of funding (especially early stage), it’s even harder for startups to assess which Venture Capital firms (or Angel Investors) to approach for investors. Key strategies often include looking for firms or individuals who have invested in the same sector or business model in […]
How European Developers and Engineers can get access to the Stanford Knowledge Pool & Why you should
These days, there’s no better profession to have than that of a developer – hell, I’m still kicking myself in the butt for dropping my Minor in Computer Science in favor of a Pure Mathematics degree; however, it isn’t enough just to be a developer. There are still plenty of dead-end IT engineer jobs out there that […]
Why the Rude Baguette is rolling out Sponsored Content
I love what I have been able to do with the Rude Baguette for the past year and a half. In the first 9 months, I rejected the idea of putting ads on the site – I wanted the experience to be about reading engaging content, and I felt that ugly display ads lessened the […]
“Failure by Omission” and other topics discussed by Failcon Zurich
What a great event – if you have never been to a Failcon event before, I highly recommend it. It was a bit of a ‘full circle’ moment for me, given that one of the first events I attended, and the reason I originally met my former cofounder for Rude Baguette was at Failcon France […]
PressKing revamps its platform to become the first full-service online media relations agency
Launched in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Thibaud Elzière (Fotolia, Mailjet, Textmaster) with the goal of offering the same quality of service of a traditional PR agency but at 1/10th the price, PressKing has already made its mark on the PR world having enabled 25,000 press releases to date. Today they’re stepping it up a notch […]
Is Bouygues automatically signing you up to a 20€/month service?
Reports are coming in on internet forums that Bouygues subscribers are receiving confirmation emails for a service called CellPass, which offers “each week 5 downloadable products to choose from among 50,000 ringtones, images, videos & applications.” The service, which costs an appalling 5€ per week, is even more appalling when you take into account the fact that users receiving […]