Trista Bridges

Silicon Sentier’s future: bigger space, bigger vision. An interview with Adrien Schmidt.

Silicon Sentier, which in many ways was a key spark in the evolution of France’s tech ecosystem, is moving into a new, bold phase. With a huge new space to housing all its activities and Squid Solutions founder Adrien Schmidt at the helm as their new president, Silicon Sentier is looking to broaden its impact […]

How Webit Congress connects the Entrepreneurial and Enterprise worlds in Istanbul

How Webit Congress connects the Entrepreneurial and Enterprise worlds in Istanbul

On November 6 – 7th, Istanbul will again welcome one of the fastest growing global digital, tech, and telco events, the Webit Congress. Webit can best be described as a mega-event rather than a simple conference given its multiple simultaneous conference format, tradeshow exhibitions, startup competition, workshops, and, highly impressive, 200 speakers. The central focus […]

Ash Maurya brings his celebrated Running Lean workshop to Paris on October 14-15th

Ash Maurya brings his celebrated Running Lean workshop to Paris on October 14-15th

On October 14-15th, EPITA’s accelerator Startup42 will welcome Lean Startup thought leader Ash Maurya as he brings his Running Lean workshop to Paris for the first time. Maurya, a well-known author of the best-selling ‘Running Lean’, strives via his much heralded workshop to give entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and other visionaries practical tools as well as one-on-one […]

Early Bird tickets for TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin run out soon – here’s why you want one.

TechCrunch will bring its popular Disrupt event to Berlin for the first tme on October 28th – 29th. They’ll be kicking-off a jammed packed event week with a big Hackathon on Oct 26th-27th, followed by the main event on Oct 28th-29th. TechCrunch Disrupt aims not only to address the most important topics facing today’s tech […]

Britain looks to woo French startups & investors via trip on October 1st.

In celebration of their 140th anniversary, the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce is organizing a day-long themed visit to London on October 1st which will aim to provide businesses and potential investors practical advice on how to set up their businesses or invest in London & the UK as well as offer insights on how London […]

At the nexus of fashion and digital, FLOW Paris kicks-off its 3rd edition on September 23rd

Fittingly taking place on the eve of Fashion Week, Ykone’s FLOW Paris Conference will welcome top speakers and participants from around the globe on September 23rd to discuss social media and the luxury industry. The only digital conference bringing together innovators in the luxury industry and those who are shaping the social media of the future, FLOW Paris […]

Lyon’s biggest startup conference Blend hosts France’s hottest Tech entrepreneurs

France’s tech community will descend en masse to Lyon on October 1st and 2nd for La Cuisine du Web’s and PRES Université de Lyon’s signature tech conference, Blend Mix. This year’s edition is jammed packed with 80 speakers who will animate various roundtables, workshops and talks, a great startup competition which we wrote about last week, […]

Study suggests, few European companies view Big Data as ‘very relevant’

Each year, Steria’s Business Intelligence Maturity Audit (biMA®) conducts a survey across 20 European countries to examine the readiness of European business in embracing Big Data. Despite all of the excitement around the value Big Data is expected to bring companies and individuals alike, it looks like European businesses still are a ways-off from being ready […]

Last chance to be a part of BLEND Mix’s startup contest!

Coming up on October 1st and 2nd, France’s tech community will decend on Lyon to ‘blend’ and share their experiences and innovations. Bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, designers, developers, researchers, bloggers and students, BLEND Mix seeks to not only enable partcipants to deepen their knowledge in their area of expertise, but also encourages them to meet […]

Structure:Europe speaker, VMware’s Joe Baguley, on cloud security and the ‘European Cloud’ challenge

Gigaom’s Structure:Europe is where Europe’s leading cloud visionaries convene to analyse technology and product needs for cloud services in Europe. This year’s edition, coming up on September 18 & 19 in London, will showcase some of the top global thought leaders on the Cloud. One of Europe’s brightest thinkers and leaders on the Cloud appearing […]