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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

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? The JEI program was created in 2004 and is managed by the Ministry of Research.

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Be Careful not to be Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

Both Sides of the Table

I learned everything I know about startups in these lean years: 2001-2004. We attended a conference in France and I asked teammates to double-up on hotel rooms. I felt like I had survived The Great Depression and I never wanted to go there again. Be Efficiently Scrappy, But Maintain your Startup Cultur e.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

techcrunch.com

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography.

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Boosting the French Tech Ecosystem

Cracking the Code

Accel has been at the forefront of this new wave and we have been actively investing in France. Emmanuel Macron during the workshop in Versailles In this context I was invited, together with a large dozen of foreign investors, to participate in a workshop to discuss what France could to do to attract more venture capital from global firms.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 28: Magdalena Yesil and Michael Mondavi

Steve Blank

In 2004, he launched Folio Fine Wine Partners with his wife Isabel and their children, Rob, Jr. Before that, restaurateurs would never compare California with France. It was “France is great” and “California is jug wine.” Steve : It seems like there was a multisided market.

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How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. So the natural comparison, we thought, would be to other 3D avatar based products, like The Sims and World of Warcraft. But the early customers all compared it to MySpace. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 28: Magdalena Yesil and Michael Mondavi

Steve Blank

In 2004, he launched Folio Fine Wine Partners with his wife Isabel and their children, Rob, Jr. Before that, restaurateurs would never compare California with France. It was “France is great” and “California is jug wine.” Steve : It seems like there was a multisided market.