Liam Boogar
Infinvision – Two design workshops in Paris for tech startups
Design is always an issue for me when it comes to startups in Paris – probably something to do with why their product marketing isn’t good ether. It always surprises me, because French graphic designers are traditionally sought after by big graphics studios (like Pixar), and cities like Nantes have renowned design schools; nonetheless, many […]
Sorry VentureVillage, numbers don't lie – Paris outranks Berlin
Scrolling through my twitter feed this morning, I came across a wonderful tweet by @VentureVillage, one of Berlin’s English language startup blogs (there’s also Techberlin & Silicon Allee, EU Startups, & others). The tweet commented on Startup Genome’s most recent report on startup cities, which places Berlin(#15), Paris(#11), and London(#7) in the top 20 European […]
myBlee's education apps for kids continue to grow internationally
Fresh off a visit at General Assembly last week for the European Buffet, I’ve got my eye on alternative education startups, and there is none more advanced in France than myBlee. They have 20 iOS apps and 4 Apps on Windows 8 dedicated to education for children, primarily basic mathematics courses. Their apps have 70,000+ […]
Appsfire 4.0 – finally mobile app discovery the way it should be
This week news was buzzing that over 1 million apps had been approved in the app store since its launch (as reported by Appsfire); what better a time for someone to come along and dethrone it as the go-to place for finding new apps. Appsfire announced today the release of Appsfire 4.0, which they think […]
NooSphere launch event this Monday at Microsoft France
This Sunday, former Business Insider editor and one of the founding members of BI Intelligence, a premium insights service, Pascal-Emmanuel “PEG” Gobry will launch NooSphere. In addition, the launch will feature a talk by ISAI GM Jean-David Chamboredon, also the spokesperson for the #geonpi movement. The event will also feature a fat visualization by French […]
Rude Hangout: Olivier Rousseau talks Roaming & Telco.
Each week, Rude Baguette invites a member of the French startup community to a live video chat on Google+, where viewers can participate live with questions as well as joining in by video. Rude Baguette is excited to welcome this week Olivier Rousseau, Co-Founder of French Connection. Join us this Wednesday at 3:30PM here to […]
Web app development conference JS.Everywhere() comes to Paris
November 16th-17th, 4D presents JS.everywhere() in Paris, a conference dedicated to Web Application development. The conference promotes web technologies and web standards to the enterprise world. attracting a mixed audience of web developers, entrepreneurs, business app developers, product managers, and CTOs. The event’s first edition took place in Boston last year as part of the […]
4 French startup names that really don't work in English
It’s been quite a serious week with article topics – governments and Google and all that – but my day is often lifted by the occasional email pitches by French startups. Just like any country (I hope), I often receive emails from startups with very poorly thought out pitches – “i’m a 3rd year university […]
Jobs: Collateral Damage of Investment
The following is a guest post by Business Angel Jerome Camblain, who runs Camblain Advisors. He previous wrote about how startups in France need to worry of a funding gap between angel and VC funding. The collateral effect of a investing in a startup aiming at a capital gain is accidental and unintended but almost […]
After Google and Amazon, French tax authorities target Facebook
In recent weeks, we’ve been covering quite extensively Google and their quarrels with the French government. An attempt to re-instate the Google Tax led to French media banding together to propose a law forcing Google to pay royalties for snippets used on Google sites. This all happened as French tax authorities investigate Google France & Google […]