Investors & Entrepreneurs: forget everything you've heard about taxes in France in the last 6 months.
Feb 6, 2013 by LiamBoogar
Pascal Mercier: "The French startup ecosystem is doing great!"
Dec 13, 2012 by LiamBoogar
Yesterday I chatted with fundraiser and veteran member of the French startup community Pascal Mercier for our weekly Rude Hangout. Pascal Mercier has been involved in the startup community in Paris “since there were only a few of us” in the late 1990s, and two years ago he launched Global...
Sénat votes in favor of Pigeons – Capital Gains Tax removed
Nov 26, 2012 by LiamBoogar
As we reported last month, this past week the Sénat voted on the PLF2013, Francois Hollande’s tax budget proposal for 2013. One article in particular, Article 6, has made global news in the past two months, after it sparked the viral Pigeon Movement, calling for the removal of Article 6. The senate,...
What the Gallois report means for tech startups
Nov 13, 2012 by Mark Bivens
Last week the French government’s Commissaire général à l’investissement, Louis Gallois, released his eagerly anticipated diagnosis on France’s competitiveness to the Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault. Encompassing six major themes and 22 specific proposals, the Pacte pour la Compétitivité de L’industrie Française is both sweeping in its analysis and prescriptive in...
Rhou! The #geonpi movement closes officially
Oct 29, 2012 by LiamBoogar
With the PLF2013 approved in the National Assembly, and with the Senate set to vote on it the week of November 22nd, the #geonpi Facebook page announced today that it would close its Facebook page. Thanking the 70K+ fans of the page for their support in the 30 days since the...
Gilles Babinet says 4 French Investment funds are leaving France
Oct 26, 2012 by LiamBoogar
Earlier this week, a tweet from Captain Dash founder and France’s “Digital Champion” for the EU, Gilles Babinet, got a fair amount of attention. This may be perhaps because Babinet’s tweet claimed that he knew of four different French investment funds who will be leaving France directly because of the...
Mixed messages In French Innovation Ad in NYTimes
Oct 24, 2012 by LiamBoogar
New Yorkers and readers around the world woke up Tuesday morning to find a full-page ad in the New York Times advertising France’s legal propensity for innovation and entrepreneurship. The ad, original pointed out by ISAI GM & #geonpi spokesperson Jean-David Chamboredon, received a fair amount of attention, perhaps because...
Rude VC: Pigeons don't poop in private
Oct 9, 2012 by Mark Bivens
Wow, it has been quite a week ! President François Hollande’s Socialist government unveiled its draft 2013 budget comprising some potentially devastating tax dis-incentives for entrepreneurs and VCs. A revolt ensued, with the birth of the Pigeon Movement, an explosion of emotion on social media sites, worldwide media attention, and...
3 Changes in France the #geonpi Have Not Prevented (yet)
Oct 9, 2012 by LiamBoogar
French tech news has been pretty shook up this past week with readers and journalists trying to keep up to date with the ever changing announcements of how the new tax laws will affect entrepreneurs and investors – the globally known Pigeon movement has achieved a lot of amazing things...
The #Geonpi Movement – A victory for French Entrepreneurs
Oct 5, 2012 by LiamBoogar
As the story begins to wrap up, much like the eve of an election night in the US, pundits are racing to declare the #geonpi movement a success. Having managed to get a meeting yesterday afternoon with two French ministers, entrepreneurs and investors spoke their peace about the adverse impact...
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