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Viadeo crosses 8 Million members in France, outpacing LinkedIn [Update]

Viadeo has just announced that they’ve reached 8 million members in France, outpacing LinkedIn’s 4.3 million (here and here) [update below]. Often in the shadow of its much larger rival, Viadeo has done a particularly good job of fending off LinkedIn in their home market.  Strategically positioning themselves in France as the indispensable social network for job-hunting, […]

TwilioCon brings the best of Twilio to Europe on October 21st

TwilioCon brings the best of Twilio to Europe on October 21st

Twilio annonced this week that their big annual conference on cloud communications, TwilioCon, is coming to Europe for the first time. The day-long event, which will take place Inmarsat Conference Centre in London, offers developers, entrepreneurs and enterprises the chance to share ideas and help shape the future of business communications. The agenda is shaping up to […]

According to IDC report, Cloud Computing continues to take hold in France

According to IDC report, Cloud Computing continues to take hold in France

As reported in Journal du Net, IDC has released its annual study on cloud computing in France which reaffirmed the strong growth of the sector here. According to the study, the cloud computing market (both public and private cloud as well as cloud services) reached 1.96 billion euros in France, up 46% from 2011. IDC […]

Doubling its market share in just one year, Free continues to shake up France’s telco market

Last week, Iliad, Free’s parent company, announced some very big results, proving that despite Orange’s, SFR’s and Bouygues‘ fairly effective response to Free’s entry into mobile, Free’s momentum isn’t slowing.  If anything, it looks to be picking up steam.  Some of the big highlights were – a doubling of its market share to 10% in […]

Founder Interview: Focusmatic cofounder Amirhossein Malekzadeh discusses customer trust and the value of flexibility

Throughout the month of August, the Rude Baguette will be running a series of interviews with some of France’s top and rising entrepreneurs, where they’ll share their reflections on their year thus far, their plans through the end of the year and how they manage their businesses through the August down period. In the final […]

Founder Interview: OpenDataSoft CEO Jean-Marc Lazard discusses the importance of putting the customer first

Throughout the month of August, the Rude Baguette will be running a series of interviews with some of France’s top and rising entrepreneurs, where they’ll share their reflections on their year thus far, their plans through the end of the year and how they manage their businesses through the August down period. In this installment, […]

Make a difference…Join Geeklist’s #Hack4Good on October 4 – 6th!

After launching a very successful first #Hack4Good hackathon which produced 48 incredible projects Geeklist, a global social network linking nearly 100k developers, will be holiding it’s second installement on October 4 – 6th across the globe. For all those unfamiliar with #Hack4Good, its purpose is to work for Humanity, striving to find solutions to improve the […]

Founder Interview: Ezakus’ Christophe Camborde discusses their expansion and balancing the short and long-term vision

    Throughout the month of August, the Rude Baguette will be running a series of interviews with some of France’s top and rising entrepreneurs, where they’ll share their reflections on their year thus far, their plans through the end of the year and how they manage their businesses through the August down period. In […]

Founder Interview: Brand Ministry CEO Julien Oudart talks going global with their transformative new platform Nuke

Throughout the month of August, the Rude Baguette will be running a series of interviews with some of France’s top and rising entrepreneurs, where they’ll share their reflections on their year thus far, their plans through the end of the year and how they manage their businesses through the August down period. In this installment, […]

Founder Interview: Pretty Simple’s Corentin Raux on building on Criminal Case’s massive success

Throughout the month of August, the Rude Baguette will be running a series of interviews with some of France’s top and rising entrepreneurs, where they’ll share their reflections on their year thus far, their plans through the end of the year and how they manage their businesses through the August down period. In this installment, […]