Win Two Free Tickets to Game Connection Europe
Over the last several weeks, we’ve told you about Game Connection Europe taking place November 28 – 30 at Paris’ Porte de Versailles, which is one of the leading global conferences focusing exclusively on the games sector. A few highlights to keep top of mind about this year’s Game Connection Europe are: – This year’s […]
E-nnovation | Supermarkets, eCommerce & Big Data
Today I’m out in Poznan, Poland – somewhere in between Warsaw & Berlin – attending e-nnovation, a conference focused on e-commerce trends in Europe and all around the world. The two-day event will feature 34 speakers talking about how worldwide e-commerce trends can be applied to Central & Eastern Europe. Opening up the conference this […]
Rejoignez Une Startup – Feedback from Recruiting Startups
Two weekends ago was held the 1st edition of Rejoignez Une Startup (“Join a Startup”), a startup recruiting event which aimed to attract top-level engineering talent to interest them in working for startups. More than 40 startups – including Capitaine Train (just raised $1.4M), VoitureLib (just raised $2M – here’s an interview with the founder on […]
Game Connection announces upcoming conference program
Game Connection has unveiled a jam-packed, impressive conference program for Game Connection Europe, taking place November 28 – 30 at Paris’ Porte de Versailles. As discussed previously, for the first time, the program will include marketing focused sessions as well as production and business operational aspects of game creation and distribution. The Game Connection team […]
Why French startups must attend Dublin Web Summit.
In just three weeks, one of Europe’s largest and youngest web conferences will kick off in Dublin. The Dublin Web Summit in quick figure – 3,000+ Attendees, 200 Speakers, 2 Days. They’ve got different tracks – Cloud, Developer, Digital Marketing – they’ve got Investors & Media people. They’ve got early-stage startups attending their new, exxlusive START event, which […]
The Pigeon Movement – A rallying cry for French startups
This article was originally posted on The Rude Baguette Weekly Digest – to receive the digest each week, sign up on the right hand side of the screen. A dip in approval ratings – a Rise in Taxes. From July to September, Hollande has seen his approval rating drop from 56% to 43% – there are only […]
Find out if your startup is eligible for the LeWeb startup competition this year
An email from Loic & Geraldine arrived in my inbox this morning, announcing that the LeWeb Paris startup competition applications were officially open. In addition to the free ticket that comes with qualification for the startup competition, participation in LeWeb’s startup competition has traditionally offered a nice amount of exposure to investors & clients; winning, […]
9 Startups drop out from RejoignezUneStartup, 8 Replace them
Earlier in the week, I got a tip that there was some tension amongst the organizers of RejoignezUneStartup – namely, the founders VoitureLib and CapitaneTrain. An email went out to the participating startups, who had agreed to be a part of the event earlier on, saying that it was time to pay the dues for […]
Despite protest, iPhone 5 available in Paris
This morning, Apple stores across France opened as scheduled at 8AM to lines around the block. Here in Paris, about 30 former Apple employees stood outside the entrance to the Opera Apple store, one of two in the city, with signs and chants including “Apple, the unemployed are in the streets.” While representatives from the […]
1st Appsterdam meeting in Paris set for Sept 27th
If you want to make movies, go to Hollywood. If you want to make musicals, go to Broadway. If you want to make apps, go to Appsterdam. Mike Lee Mayor and founder of Appsterdam Founded to provide ‘app makers’ with the ‘best place in the world to settle down’, Appsterdam is on a mission to create […]