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Re: Les mythes de l’entrepreneur: les sirènes des US

alain94040 — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:25:41 -0000

On est d'accord sur le fait qu'il faut arreter de toujours critiquer la France. J'ai géré un incubateur a Paris, je vis dans la Silicon Valley, j'ai vu les deux cotes. Aux USA, tu montes ta boite, tu ne recois rien de l'état, pas un centime. Pire: tu perds ton assurance maladie. Pas d'indemnités chômage non plus. Et pourtant beaucoup tentent l'aventure.

En France, certes, on peut ramasser des sommes significatives auprès de partenaires semi-publics. Les sommes sont juste assez fortes pour qu'on ne veuille pas s'en passer. Mais soyons réalistes: les "juges" publics sont incapable de faire la difference entre une startup a potentiel et une boite de service sans intérêt. Ils ont un budget annuel a dépenser aux startups, et ils en donnent un peu a chacun. Donc oui, c'est plus facile pour les projets faibles de lever un peu d'argent, mais pour ce qui est d'accélérer les quelques projets qui peuvent vraiment exploser, il n'y a personne. Ce n'est pas une critique, c'est la situation actuelle. Ca a du pour et du contre.

Re: Après un échec, que deviennent les entrepreneurs et les salariés des start-up?

alain94040 — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 11:43:36 -0000

Merci Olivier pour cet excellent expose, comme d'habitude. Dans l'ensemble, un ecosysteme qui vit sa vie, c'est plutot sain. Plus vous aurez de gens dans la derniere catégorie (fondateurs qui reussissent et deviennent business angel), mieux l'ecosysteme se portera. Ca prend du temps, mais quand je compare a 2008 par exemple, ca a l'air d'aller beaucoup mieux en France.

Re: Should you be an angel investor?

alain94040 — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:45:02 -0000

Some of us do it to help the next generation of entrepreneurs. If we get a decent return, that's icing on the cake.

Re: Exhibitors

alain94040 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:54:00 -0000

The Startup Village is focused on high-tech startups. People want to meet the next Facebook or Dropbox.

Re: Exhibitors

alain94040 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:36:39 -0000

That's part of the plan, comin soon...

Re: Exhibitors

alain94040 — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:51:43 -0000

Videos of most talks are available, check the video archives. But we don't have text transcripts.

Re: Call for Speakers

alain94040 — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:49:33 -0000

That's because the domain is not "founder" but "foundrs".

Re: Call for Speakers

alain94040 — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:26:00 -0000

The instructions are listed above, with the contact email address. That being said, the speakers we normally are looking for are serial entrepreneurs, founders and investors.

Re: I Want AVC To Go Dark On The 18th

alain94040 — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:19:18 -0000

You should redirect your domain for a day to http://ninjavideo.net/

Why? Because it's the closest to what SOPA will look like: official seizure of websites by the US government. The more people can see what it looks like *for real*, the better. No arguments or talk. Just show them.

Re: I Want AVC To Go Dark On The 18th

alain94040 — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:18:26 -0000

Redirect your

Re: Apple vs. Samsung: The Trolls Win

alain94040 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:05:26 -0000

The why is fairly obvious: it's easier to copy something that is proven, than take a risk. Look at the PC clone industry for instance. The fight was to build the cheapest hardware possible, not to innovate and differentiate.

In that world, there would still be some players who try to be different, but they are more likely to be crushed by the combined power of the clone industry.

Re: http://cgiorgi.tumblr.com/post/15185886344

alain94040 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:24:35 -0000

Congrats. And by the way, 2012 is looking pretty good on the economic front, just don't tell Europe :-)

Re: Kid studies Java as a second language instead of Spanish; should more do so? | VentureBeat

alain94040 — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:39:32 -0000

That doesn't make sense. Learning a foreign language has nothing to do with science and math. It's a great way to open your mind to other cultures, learn that what you take for granted is done differently in other places.

I also support more programming in school, but not at the expense of soft skills.

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/02/klout-profiles-privacy/

alain94040 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:41:53 -0000

There is no good reason for Klout to have observer profiles. They could keep that data internal to their algorithms, and no one would ever know or care. The only Reason I can think of is that they are soft-spamming people: if you google your name once in a while, you are bound to eventually notice the Klout link. Their hope is that you then sign-up and become a user.

Re: The Controversial First Role to Hire After Your “A Round”

alain94040 — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:10:31 -0000

Agreed, a great admin is worth their weight in gold. By the time reaches 4-6 people, it will be a time-saver. Just get a great one (like every hire you make), don't underestimate how important of a role it is, and. Care.

Re: Allegations of past and present Internet crime haunt Airbnb co-founder | VentureBeat

alain94040 — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:24:22 -0000

I wouldn't be too concerned about the money transfers regulations. You would need some serious legal study to find out what applies and doesn't apply.

But having a known spammer on board is definitely not cool. I'd like to hear much more from the company than a "no comment."

Re: The Startup Pitch Competition is On at the Los Angeles Startup Conference 2011

alain94040 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:08:54 -0000

Good question. Yes, you do.

Re: No CEO Is Worth Their Multi Million Dollar Paycheck. Except…

alain94040 — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:20:24 -0000

Or to rephrase it differently, if you are the worst of your class, maybe you should feel it in your paycheck :-)

Re: No CEO Is Worth Their Multi Million Dollar Paycheck. Except…

alain94040 — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:19:34 -0000

CEO's salaries are easily adjusted for inflation. But when issuing stock grants, I can't think of any way to adjust for inflation.

Re: My Users Say “No Thanks” to Free Money

alain94040 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:01:41 -0000

Interesting. It goes without saying that I had been asking people to share links before. That experiment specifically wanted to find out if a financial incentive made a difference. I was surprised to find out that it doesn't.

Re: The Top 10 Angel Investor Groups

alain94040 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:42:20 -0000

Jason,

You are using the wrong metrics: number of angels is absolutely meaningless. There are many angel groups which are nothing more than a social club for retired executives, and the entrepreneurs pitching are the mid-dinner entertainment.

And there are serious angel groups that make real investments in real startups. When you look at sites like Angelist, you can guess that the future is closer to online angel groups, with loose "friendish" relationships, rather than formal groups. That's why the number of members of a static group is likely to become a negative signal of an angel group that is on its way out.

Re: The anatomy of a fundable startup | VentureBeat

alain94040 — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:52:34 -0000

I think you misread the advice. Yes, try to do everything well. But one thing must be outstanding. Very good overall doesn't cut it.

Re: Flip creator gets into the grilled cheese business, Sequoia invests

alain94040 — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:12:51 -0000

That actually makes a lot of sense.

Everyone in Silicon Valley has wanted to build an iPhone app that allows you to pre-order your coffee at Starbucks. Jonathan's approach is the obvious way to make that happen (start with owning the whole process, from app to restaurant, then expand to existing chains).

Re: Demystifying Your Reputation

alain94040 — Tue, 17 May 2011 12:32:31 -0000

You are correct, except user feedback doesn't use the same scale. So if your reputation is 5, like the article says, that's quite high. But a user giving you a feedback of 5 is pretty weak. The two scales are different and our algorithm will use data from the lunch feedback to update the reputation.

Re: A host of new features on LetsLunch: 1. Calendar

alain94040 — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:31:47 -0000

Thanks for the report. You can use the "feedback" widget on the left hand side of all pages, this way you can enter issues and other users can also vote and confirm problems.

We'll look into the jpeg problem. Thanks.