Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 24, 2009 Marching through quicksand I have been spending a lot of time lately talking to people in various media companies: editors and agents, executives, journalists, producers and directors. For established media empires, this is a scary fact. What accounts for the difference? No longer. MORE >>

had the pleasure of welcoming one of the co-founders of LinkedIn , now its CTO, Jean-Luc Vaillant , on a panel on social media for business organized by the French-American Chamber of Commerce that I moderated. He came from France to the Silicon Valley thanks to a job posting on a newsgroup (comp.lang.c++.thread) fabulous experience. MORE >>

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and media buyers I see lots of startups whose business plans revolve around selling high-value ad space to brand advertisers. Big-time media buying is a complex ecosystem that includes many entrenched players. comments: Desoja said. MORE >>

Already last year there was a lot of talk in Finnish media circles about how Schibsted , who own, for example, Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet, is coming and taking a big share of Finnish media’s most profitable products: classifieds and market places. Is There An Online Future For Old Media? So whoever owns Etsi.fi MORE >>

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? France only, for now.). France only, unfortunately). Sponsor. The Big Players. MORE >>