2016 Will Be The Year Of The European Entrepreneur
Making predictions are hard, especially about the future. I may be underestimating the time horizon, but for me the trend is unmistakable. The European entrepreneurial ecosystem is poised to enter the major leagues, and I predict that this will happen in 2016. Our vieux continent already boasts a burgeoning collection of tech unicorns, with the […]
After the Gold Rush
The following is a guest post from Francesca Pick, Community Leader & OuiShare Fest Chair. Follow her on Twitter at @francescapick. 5 years on and the enchantment with the “Sharing Economy” is over. Many who set out on the initial journey did not make it, and for now, only very few found gold. When the pioneers […]
StickyAds.tv jumps on the programmatic direct bandwagon!
StickyADS.tv, the leading programmatic private exchange software provider, has recently launched StickyDirect, a platform to allow publishers to promote their offering and media packages to buyers. The company developed this tool in response to the growing importance of programmatic direct, which will represent 42% of programmatic advertising spend in the US next year. I caught […]
Consumer hardware draws France-Japan tech communities closer
Innovation around consumer hardware is at the nexus of Franco-Japanese collaboration. The momentum was born at the official launch of the France-Japan Year of Innovation in October. Then in November, Tokyo’s largest hardware startup accelerator, DMM.Make, welcomed France’s business angel community, organized by LaFrenchTech in connection with 50 Partners. And to cap off the year, French and […]
A global, dream team workforce that doesn't cost a cent
Fans of Elon Musk know that in addition to his primary projects of Tesla and SpaceX, the seemingly tireless Musk has also espoused the construction of a hyperloop. The hyperloop is a vacuum-like transportation pod that if successful, could whisk passengers from say, San Francisco to Los Angeles in just over half an hour. Pretty […]
Is France prepared to make the sacrifices necessary to foster the innovation ecosystem it claims to want?
Open Innovation, the Year of Innovation, Young Innovative Enterprises, etc. we cannot stop talking about innovation. But we also should acknowledge that innovation comes with certain demands. For example, innovation requires flexibility. For companies to be innovative, they must be agile. Lack of agility is one of the reasons large established firms are caught flat-footed […]
Imagining the future of food
What will the future of food look like ? On the one hand, the world is facing a food crisis. Roughly 1 in 9 people lack enough food to eat, while pressures are mounting from population growth to climate change. At the other end of the spectrum, the developed world’s expectations are growing increasingly sophisticated. […]
Archos introduces PicoWAN, a low cost, collaborative & low power network
With a strong growth of 30% in its third quarter and a turnover of 103,8 M€ until now (24% increase from last year), Archos’ future looks promising. The company has just announced the launch of its new product, PicoWAN, whose aim is to become the first LP-WAN ( Low Power- Wide Area Network) RF network […]
Beyond Robots, France and Japan Launch Year of Innovation
It was an honor to participate in France’s governmental delegation to Japan to launch the Year of Innovation between the two countries. Seriously, I’m not being sarcastic. It’s true that I like to mock government initiatives in innovation, and my first reaction to the ministerial invitation to serve in the official kick-off of FrenchTechTokyo was […]
Another chance to Go East, Young Startup
For the third consecutive year, I’ve been granted some coveted spots to bring a delegation of five privileged French startups to the prestigious Dash Camp retreat in Japan. Dash Camp represents one of Asia’s exclusive tech conferences (they have a lot of exclusives there) whose objective is to foster cross-pollination between innovative entrepreneurs and leaders […]