Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

So at the end of ’94 I moved to France, because I wanted to learn Spanish. I had someone willing to offer me a job in France. I lived in the south of France in Antibes and in Cannes. So I went from San Diego to LA to Miami to the south of France. So I went from San Diego to LA to Miami to the south of France.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I thought I was pretty sell suited to answer that question because having grown up in Northern California but lived and worked in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain & Japan over 11 years I had seen quite a few societies and work environments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2023

Japan, France, and other industrialized countries are experiencing the same issue, and it began well before the pandemic. Global entrepreneurs continue to find opportunities in the US, and I’m certain these always bring a more empowered culture. The birth rate in many countries is declining. Americans are clearly procreating less.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2011

He was also previously CTO of Vivendi Mobile Entertainment, which operates a subscription based PC/Mobile/TV service for music and movies in France and Germany. Bitsmedia currently develops iPhone applications for Universal Music in Europe and Australia.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have two big winners in France, one in the UK and a couple in San Francisco. HDI is based in Las Vegas. Our other big wins came from Chicago (Ulta & Envestnet), Baltimore (BillMeLater), New York (DealerTrack) & LA (TrueCar).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Once the railways are built most countries (except for some odd reason the US) start to build better versions of their infrastructure so you get high-speed railway in Japan, Germany, China, France and now even connecting France & The UK. We see big data storage solutions and processing platforms.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Criteo was founded in 2005 in France; now based in Palo Alto, CA. Leverages persistent cookie to follow a user and display recurring display advertising that matches a previous transaction intent or behavior.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He got people to do bootlegged mixtapes in new york, france and new zealand. He spoke about his Grammy-winning song Ridin’ (as in Ridin’ Dirty) and how the labels wanted to extend life of song by getting somebody famous to remix the song. Cham had other ideas. He wanted to be bootlegged even more. The song spread globally.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). There were about 8 initial contenders for the work and in the end it came down to just 3 of us.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

My first company was founded in Ireland, headquartered in England and had country operations in the UK, France & Germany. Due to the language and culture issues in Europe we opted for a country structure with an MD in each country and local sales, marketing & customers support staff.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). There were about 8 initial contenders for the work and in the end it came down to just 3 of us.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris - ReadWriteStart , September 3, 2010 If you're capable of seeing past the old stones of Paris and the picturesque rural villages, you'll realize that France is every bit as technologically advanced as any other Western country - more so in some areas. Want to start up in France?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2014

You could take your daughter to France and Italy for a two and a half week vacation, for example. If miles are being redeemed for overseas plane tickets, which can cost 100,000 points for two people, the 20,000 points saved represents substantial savings.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We attended a conference in France and I asked teammates to double-up on hotel rooms. Be Efficiently Scrappy, But Maintain your Startup Cultur e. In my own startup I went too far. I kept trying to drive costs down and started making stupid decisions. I doubled-up, too, so I figured it was fair.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

and in front of Germany, France and Japan. And contrary to most people’s beliefs, China actually invests 12.97% of its total government expenditure on education, placing it second of the five countries behind U.S., Also, shockingly, 59-percent of U.S. public school teachers hold a second job.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

In France in some ways it was worse because if you failed as a startup founder you shouldered personal liabilities that don’t exist in the US under our bankruptcy laws. In London when founders failed they were ostracized in the press and culturally I believe it became harder to raise capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. To be fair to Ben Horowitz – I think he thinks this as well. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 2, 2022

Countries like Sweden, Denmark, Austria, and France have all seen a growing number of people using and investing in bitcoin. Amsterdam, in particular, is home to a number of bitcoin-friendly businesses and organizations. In recent years, interest in bitcoin has spread to other parts of Europe as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2018

In the mid 1990’s I was in my 20’s and single I lived in France and groups of us would go out to dance clubs. In the next post I’m going to talk about “funnel management” and how to handle all of your VC pipeline discussions and how to keep your process alive but the first step is to keep your confidence alive.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2012

I could have gone to Nice (France) or Minsk or Bergen (Norway), but the event in my hometown was a lot easier to get to. Over the course of both Saturday and Sunday, volunteer mentors roam the halls and meet with the teams that want their advice. That is where I come in. I signed up for this past weekend in St.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2015

I lived and worked in England, France, Italy and Japan and had worked extensively in Germany. I felt variations of this in France, Italy and Germany. I felt pretty uniquely qualified to answer that question because I grew up in Northern California as the son of an immigrant and with a computer in my bedroom in the 1980’s.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Five international MBA programs also boast Unicorn founders, namely INSEAD (France / Singapore / UAE), IIM Calcutta (India), Vienna University (Austria), Tel Aviv University (Israel), and University of Otago (New Zealand) (Please note that I only included MBA programs, and excluded Masters in Science degrees). BlaBlaCar (France): INSEAD.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

From Zwift’s virtual tour de France to Aston Martin’s AMR-C01 racing simulator, at-home amateur athletes will increasingly be able to compete against top-level professionals, according to the Future 100: 2021 by Wunderman.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Army veterans and mid-career MBAs hailing not just from the United States but from countries including Saudi Arabia, India, France, Israel and Austria. The energy was also fed by the crowd of prospective students — a motley, enthusiastic and clearly wicked smart group including engineering PhDs and computer science whiz kids, U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Gilt Groupe from France and Xing from Germany are good examples. Seattle, Portland, Austin, New York City and Chicago have come up in the U.S. Chicago has even produced one of the most talked about companies in recent times: Groupon. We are also seeing significant companies come out of Europe.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Now I’m in France. You think that everybody is marveling at your travels, your stories, your airplane layovers, your new friends and your photo from the South of France. You see them on Twitter, Facebook or Plancast plotting out their next 12 conference. You see their Tweets from airports across the globe. Look at me!

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Take Air France KLM’s recent partnership with Winding Tree for example, they are working to lower prices by using blockchain technology to cut out the middle man. As blockchain technology continues to evolve, we will see new use cases in the travel industry, from hotels to planes, to user experience and loyalty rewards programs.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

For the record, Startup Nation Central and Pitchbook share slightly higher numbers ($26.6 The only countries that saw higher growth in tech investments were Germany (170%) and India (164%). 2021 Tech Trends: Israel is winning the global race for tech funding.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 23, 2019

After a MsC in Science of Management for HEC in Paris, Caroline worked in multiple locations and sectors, starting in strategy with McKinsey & Company in France and the UK, then moving to the fashion industry.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

Kearney , for instance, found out that more than a third of US, France, and Germany weekly buyers have already signed up for subscriptions, whereas 12% are still debating this service. .” To boost clients’ moods, some companies include testers of upcoming products.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2018

Each team involved in the programme will be partnered with one of our participating countries (last year’s participants included Spain, France, Germany and the US) with whom they will get an unparalleled opportunity to trial their products and solutions. Three of the startups have also received direct investment so far.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 24, 2013

Most damning, George Hincapie, Armstrong’s closest friend and fellow teammate during each of his seven Tour de France victories, confessed to doping with Armstrong. In particular, eleven world-class teammates from the Lance Armstrong teams documented how all the doping was centered around and for Lance.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2016

Despite suffering setbacks in places like Germany, France and even in many cities within its home turf of United States, the company continues to chug along thanks to its universal spread. Take the example of Uber; a startup that managed to grow rapidly in several cities across the world.

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ConversionXL

JULY 7, 2019

Once Amazon implemented free shipping, sales went up in each country except one—France. France charged $0.20 Once they changed it to free, sales went up in France, too.). In the book Free , Chris Anderson shares the case of Amazon. instead of free. While $0.20 The moral of the story is that free is in a league of its own.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Media tech is becoming hot again… How to make an impact in a new job in your first 90 days ( source ) European Member of Parliament Sarah Knafo gave a powerful speech on the rise of Antisemitism in France That’s all for this week, thank you for reading. There’s much to celebrate in our “small” community.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

The goal of the sprint was validating the demand in the “IT integrators” vertical in 5 European countries: Belgium, Netherlands, France, Spain and England. Here is an example of the three-week marketing sprint we’ve created for one of the customers. We start with answering the question: how can we validate if there is demand?

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Transformify

MARCH 23, 2020

Coronavirus quarantine is a good example as in some countries like Italy and France, people are allowed to go out only to do grocery shopping, visit a pharmacy or a doctor. Work from home jobs are also addressing the needs of people who are required to stay at home in case of force majeure situations.

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