Archive for October 2011

What's wrong with being a copycat?

It's funny almost to the point of hilarity. We applaud numerous copycat companies around the globe (Yandex anyone?) but are quick to criticize when it comes to Europe.

Where Will the Mothership Land?

Where Will the Mothership Land?

There are more and more startups every day: more and more people are choosing to start their own company instead of working for another – yeah, yeah, we’ve all read the articles. But here’s the deal: all those startups Hajj-ing their way to Palo Alto to get a piece of the pie, they’re gonna have […]

Siri apparently has a political view – and it's not socialist

Siri apparently has a political view – and it's not socialist

This is a tweet from last week that I couldn't let go unnoticed by non-French speakers.

Let’s talk about France, Baby.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydrtF45-y-g] The Startup world has spread outside of the infamous Silicon Valley. Startups like Foursquare, Skype, Flipboard and Airbnb have proven that California isn’t the only place to turn out innovative ideas. Supporting this view, Bloomberg TV is currently airing a reality series following Techstars’ New York office through one round of incubation. Across the […]

Why we be RUDE?

A lot of blogs talk about France, a lot of blogs talk about tech, and a lot of blogs talk about startups. And here is what we think about that...