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Re: 30 predictions for the future of Twitter

loiclemeur — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:25:20 -0000

I agree Rob, I have never pretended being revolutionary in any way in those
predictions

Re: 30 predictions for the future of Twitter

loiclemeur — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:07:56 -0000

thank you JP, good points! see you at leweb

Re: 30 predictions for the future of Twitter

loiclemeur — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00:04 -0000

thanks Neville, glad to see we're on the same page

Re: 30 predictions for the future of Twitter

loiclemeur — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:37:05 -0000

I really think Google Wave has absolutely nothing to do with Google Wave.q

Re: 30 predictions for the future of Twitter

loiclemeur — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:20:18 -0000

yeah, and they say Twitter is for old people like you!

Re: 30 predictions for the future of Twitter

loiclemeur — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:16:17 -0000

j'aime beaucoup Digg, mais les personnes qui "diggent" sont des geeks, alors
que Twitter est deja en train d'atteindre le grand public

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Re: 30 predictions for the future of Twitter

loiclemeur — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:02:35 -0000

interesting, Christoph.

Banjo, it is not supposed to be read only, it was a presentation on stage
and I just added the text here to go with the video

Re: 30 predictions for the future of Twitter

loiclemeur — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:44:05 -0000

my pleasure KY

Re: My Mac OSX essential apps I could not live without

greggwenger — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:40:42 -0000

Loic, I experienced exaactly the same symptoms as yours. I finally decided for a clean install with only the app I use every day. My Mac "resucited" ;)

Re: Paying To Pitch

VictusFate — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:47:23 -0000

That all makes sense, but it leads me to believe solid startups are better served by building a great core business, and doing it transparently so that investors can find them. There are plenty of avenues to connect with potential investors, why pay to be in a lower signal to noise auditorium full if other presenters and funders who may not even listen to your pitch (burst processing of listening to pitches has to cost venture partners valuable attention span).

Charging a reasonable fee to cover costs of any event is more than fair though. I'm sorta torn on this issue. Do we need the conferences to get good pitches? If we do then it's part of the solution (it may push presenters psychologically to produce something more appealing to investors).

Re: Paying To Pitch

loiclemeur — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:14:02 -0000

we received hundreds of applications, sorry for the startups who could
not make the deadline, we have given plenty of advance notice.... we
also need to organize everything

Re: Paying To Pitch

loiclemeur — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:56:35 -0000

thank you Nigel, appreciate some support here!

Re: Paying To Pitch

facebook-733741405 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:11:55 -0000

I back Loic up on this.

There is a difference between paying a fee to pitch a group of investors and paying to launch at a stage managed event like LeWeb, TechCrunch or DEMO. Those events have huge costs to consider.

In launching our first product, Hubdub, we spent $20,000 on DEMO. On both a PR and even a CPA basis it was well spent money. I'm glad we did it. Le Web at EUR 1.5k is a steal.

The issue isn't these events. It is so-called angel groups and consultants preying on desparate entrepreneurs.

Re: My Mac OSX essential apps I could not live without

concours — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:52:41 -0000

Well 2 hours, that was very fast. I'm afraid I may need a bunch more. hmmm, thinking about getting myself a Mac for non professional stuff, and this list will be a great starting point.I use some of those in windows (Evernote, Seesmic, Xmarks-addon on firefox, Delicious), excited about the Idea of discovering apple world but can't really afford not running windows professional. Great list, thanks.

Re: Paying To Pitch

fredwilson — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:22:20 -0000

That's a great idea loic. A win/win for everyone

Re: Paying To Pitch

twitter-15309740 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:21:22 -0000

quite a debate going on here and sounds reached a good compromise solution. if you are thinking about doing it for this year you might want to consider opening up the application for another few days to accommodate those start-ups that might not have applied due to the cost. i shouldn't be saying that since my start-up completed the application before the deadline! i do believe the whole conference will benefit from a higher caliber of applicants. hope to see you in paris!

Re: Paying To Pitch

UniqueVisitor — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:15:38 -0000

Loic, I don't have any ideas for you for this year's event given the late date - I think Fred probably has as good a suggestion list for this year as anyone state-side. I really do think it's a great opportunity for some smart sponsor(s), especially given the growing attention/momentum the subject is getting. Best of luck!

Re: Paying To Pitch

loiclemeur — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:48:08 -0000

it is not a fund raising contest. It is a startup competition which we had
for years and which provides exposure to the startups to a very broad
public, not pitching angels or VCs. There is a very large press coverage for
example, many startups last year and the winners for sure got even featured
on our "french CNN" LCI TV channel. LeWeb is much broader than pitching vcs
and angels.

Re: Paying To Pitch

loiclemeur — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:44:17 -0000

Jeff, I would love your help to find a sponsor that cover all the startup participation costs and would be happy to talk to anyone you have in mind, indeed it is a great solution, we have not found anyone for that.

Re: Paying To Pitch

jerome camblain — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:43:58 -0000

This debate on start-ups at Leweb is an interesting one and attacking the promoter is always easy.
Although in my opinion LeWeb could even be split into two separate events: 1) the fund raising contest (Europe's got talent), that a small percentage of visitors join, mainly the smaller VCs who did not do their job around the presenting firms; and 2) the event itself which I enjoy, with various speakers, where most networking take place.

Re: Paying To Pitch

DaveinHackensack — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:16:12 -0000

"Some people won't understand that and will always want everything for free..."

The limits of Freeconomics/Freemium in action. There's something to be said for time-honored business practice of charging money for a product or a service.

Re: My Mac OSX essential apps I could not live without

loiclemeur — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:41:03 -0000

About 2 hours

Re: Paying To Pitch

loiclemeur — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:36:08 -0000

Too bad you don't understand, I tried my best to explain.

Re: Paying To Pitch

Mr Anon — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:16:26 -0000

i dont understand the rationale behind not charging speakers for tickets and indeed paying (expenses) for some... whilst at the same time you will charge your chosen startups for tickets. both groups are providing you with content. one is getting paid to provide (in kind) and the other is having to pay to provide. it just seems like a real double standard.

Re: Paying To Pitch

Mr Anon — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:07:30 -0000

definitely a step in the right direction but consider that many participating startups would already be making a sizeable investment just by coming to paris...

i think at the very least the finalists should get their 1,500 eur back if they take up the half-price tickets.

should they be treated any differently from the regular speakers?