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France’s DarQRoom brings high quality Instagram printing to Europe, finally!
Last week, Nantes-based DarQRoom became Europe’s first company to offer high-quality Instagram prints. The company – which positions itself as an alternative to stock photo sites like Fotolia -...
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Interview with Hypeed’s Nicolas Metzke: sometimes an exit is just an exit
From Apple to Ciao.com to Hypeed.com, Nicolas Metzke has certainly seen his fair share of the startup world. Having recently sold his startup, I wanted to take the chance to talk about his experiences,...
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Pearltrees: 3 years and €8.5 million later, there’s finally talk of a...
In Europe, as many of you may already know, people tend to talk about business models much earlier in the game than they do in the US. In fact, it’s a widely-held belief that European investors don’t...
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The truth about Jimmy Fairly: why copying is not always copying
Last May, when our own Roxanne broke the news in Techcruch of French eyewear e-tailer Jimmy Fairly’s €200K initial fundraising, more than a few people were more than a little upset. The comments...
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SHUT UP! President Sarkozy’s not-so-brilliant social media strategy
Just last week, I published an article on digital side of the French presidential elections. At the time, French President Nicolas Sarkozy didn’t have an official Twitter account. After announcing his...
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France: would you rather work for Airbnb or a local competitor?
The international tech community has been obsessing over Silicon Valley darling Airbnb for so long that it’s easy to forget that the company founded in 2008 only began its international expansion in...
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Paris’s LeWeb conference to invade London and rival London Web Summit
LeWeb is hands-down France’s biggest tech conference. With the last edition in 2011 hosting over 3,500 participants from over 76 countries and speakers like Karl Lagerfeld, Eric Schmidt and Her Majesty...
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CommerceGuys raise $5 Million, ISAI is looking better than ever
Yesterday, CommerceGuys announced their series A funding round, led by Paris-based Alven Capital. CommerceGuys’ flagship product Drupal Commerce is an open-source framework now in use in over 10,000...
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How to enjoy French wine using tech
When I went back to NYC over Christmas, the greatest source of reverse culture shock was the wine. We kept finding ourselves at restaurants paying at least $50 for uninspiring bottles. You see, living...
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The Disruption and Renewal of Sakura
As style entrepreneur and design authority Tyler Brûlé once astutely observed, it’s always a good time to visit Tokyo. I had the honor of spending the past week there on a business trip, which by...
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Return of the French Google Tax: New Government, Same Nonsense
France is now saying it will enforce what’s been dubbed the “Google Tax” [FR], a sort of customs tariff on web products and services sold from anywhere outside of France. Previous governments have...
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McDonalds tests Paypal mobile payments in France
McDonald’s, lovingly referred to as McDo here in France, just started testing a new mobile payments system in 30 outlets across France (specifically in Paris, Lyon, Nice, Toulouse and Reims) where...
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Rude VC: Okay President Hollande, you’ve got our attention!
{The following is merely a tongue-in-cheek attempt at an imaginary letter I could write to President François Hollande. Its opinions are purely personal and do not necessarily reflect those of my...
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Game Paris 2012 coming up Nov 23-30
Game Connection Europe is coming to Paris November 28-30. This event in itself is a reason to drop by, with its 3 days of conferences and sessions with industry experts, as well as awards competition...
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Hootsuite launches in France; adds Viadeo integration
Hootsuite, which recently acquired Loic Le Meur’s Seesmic, announced this morning that it is now available in French, adding Viadeo integration to its Social Media Management platform. Hootsuite,...
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France is waging a losing Google Ad-war!
What’s scarier than a zombie apocalypse? Worse than Paris monsoons? Far more frightening than watching [REC]2 alone? Having Google inform your government ministries that they will “no longer reference...
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5 Ineffective approaches to VC funding in France
The post 5 Ineffective approaches to VC funding in France appeared first on Rude Baguette - France's Startup Blog.Although there are no guaranteed methods to successful VC funding in France, some...
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Bringing some Fab back home – Orange gives in details for its startup...
Following up with the announcement of Orange Fab France, the company has finally released some more details on the format of the program. As expected, the competition will follow a similar path as the...
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France is not suffering from an exodus of entrepreneurs: the world is...
The following guest post originally appeared on Frederic Montagnon’s blog (in french). Frederic is a French entrepreneur, co-founder of Overblog and Ebuzzing, currently based in New York City. The...
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When engineers mix with artists, amazing things can happen. So why segregate...
Skimming through the alumni magazine of my undergraduate engineering school, I stumbled onto an article about a student project from a course called Data as Art. Data as Art is a course that groups...
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