1999 Europe Internet Venture Capital 
VC Cafe
OCTOBER 18, 2011
He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international. Venture capital, the money that is invested into startup companies, is shrinking. The base of our industry is weakening.
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FEBRUARY 14, 2010
In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. We were looking at all sorts of strategic decisions that Sony was considering, which required analysis and data on broadband networks, Internet portas and mobile handsets/networks. But you have to understand how to interpret your numbers.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2010
above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. “Yeah, but there is a shortage of supply. The fundamentals are different now!
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MAY 19, 2019
I always wanted to work in Europe but it was hard to ask for a sponsoring company to pay for you to come over. I called every person I knew in Accenture Europe and asked for advice to get transferred. It is better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission After 5 years in Europe I decided I really wanted to work in Japan.
Cracking the Code
JUNE 24, 2021
After rapid international expansion across several continents, as the founding team brought Silicon Valley’s global ambition into Europe, and the extension of its offering to buses and multimodal transportation, BlaBlaCar is preparing for the travel rebound expected as the world reopens. I wanted to bring that level of ambition to Europe.
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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017
In more than a decade of writing about the Internet and tech-enabled businesses I’ve learned that mobs don’t do nuance well. Decentralized Internet — This is perhaps the most unsexy part of cryptocurrency but the one that most purists I follow on this topic are most excited about.
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JANUARY 31, 2010
TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. We were based in London. I’m now down 8.6
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