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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Founded in 2007. To be fair to Ben Horowitz – I think he thinks this as well. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company. Time will tell. Employees: 27.

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Twitter Link Roundup #82 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

US newspaper revenues faced a 30% decline 2007-09. In France, the decline was – 4% [link]. An Interview With Twitter’s Forgotten Founder, Noah Glass – [link]. YouTube starting to roll out a live service – [link]. 30 Very Clever Outdoor Advertisements – [link].

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Find Local Service Providers With Aladom.com

YoungUpstarts

He was finding it incredibly difficult looking for babysitters to care for his kids while living in France and wasted much time doing so. In fact, he was so frustrated he did something any problem-solver would have done – come up with the solution himself.

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

members in France ( www.covoiturage.fr ), the UK ( www.blablacar.com ) and Spain ( www.comuto.es ), this company is changing the way people travel on the old continent, becoming a very compelling alternative to trains and planes. . ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. ► 02/24 - 03/02. (1).

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Music Streaming Service Deezer Launches In Singapore and Malaysia

YoungUpstarts

First founded in 2007, France-based Deezer now serves over 23 million users across 91 territories worldwide. Deezer will be available in Singapore as a standalone service; in Malaysia and Thailand, consumers either access Deezer as a standalone service or through local telecommunications operators such as dtac.

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March 11: SXSW Innovation Awards

Austin Startup

SXSW audiences were among the first to witness the emergence of Twitter when they won the Best New App in 2007. For 2019, finalists come from Australia, India, Sweden, France, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, and the UK. The Awards ceremony has always been a highlight of the event for me, even well before I took the helm.

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Vision and Grit: How Peopledoc defined a multi-billion HR Software category

Cracking the Code

On July 17, Ultimate Software, a $10B HR software gorilla, announced the acquisition of Peopledoc for $300m - the largest software exit in France since the acquisition of Neolane by Adobe in 2013. Jon and Pierre working on the first business plan in 2007 A few brainstorming sessions later, and a new strategy was born.