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The day Europe will stop being America's supermarket
OurielOhayon —
... I am most of the time disappointed by the conversation i have with americans when it comes to something that is not about america. Europe is just considered as a great supermaket in the web industry: a place where you can find great acquisitions helping you getting bigger or better. They ignore most of the great activity happening there and loic is right to point this out. But mostly i think they do not understand Europeans and their culture. They make easy pre conceived ideas, think that having lived in the UK is enough to justify knowing a little about Europeans and that their ...
Mike Arrington stars in The Ugly American
mathewingram.com/work —
... how all most of the successful Web companies are located in Silicon Valley because they want to win at all costs, while Europeans like to take long lunches and relax (the fun starts at about 17:00). The comment thread on Mike’s post alone is worth the price of admission. Loic LeMeur’s somewhat defensive response is here. ...
Le Web’s Response To TechCrunch: Censorship
TechCrunch —
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As a response to my on-stage comments and this post about entrepreneurial culture in Europe, Le Web organizer Loic Le Meur is asking readers if I should be “invited back at Le Web next year.”
As of the writing of ...
Why Great European Entrepreneurs Move To The Valley
TomsTechBlog.com —
... stand up to basic logical. It's a justification and that is what's at issue here. This isn't American arrogance it's Europeans' wanting to believe they're so perfect that they can produce as much as Valley workers while still giving themselves all the things that those in the valley deny themselves. So they create an irrational bubble around themselves that says "we're just as Entrepreneurial as the Americans"
Oh, and like any irrational bubble they drown out anyone who dares try to pop it.
Now just to be clear, I am not saying ...
Seesmic gets a new set of threads
Enterprise Alley —
... Needless to say, this veiled grumbling following last week’s spat between Arrington and Seesmic founder Loic LeMeur ripples on in the ...
Gilt, eBay And Amazon Circle Vente Privee With Chatter Of $1.5 Billion On The Table
TechCrunch —
On stage at last year’s Le Web an argument broke out between co-founder Loic Le Meur and TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington over whether Europe was capable of producing a ‘big win’ Web company or whether Skype was, perhaps, just a one-hit wonder. Like heavyweight fighters, they traded some heavy blows in subsequent blog posts. But during the live on-stage Gilmour Gang, one company was mentioned by Le Meur which left the rest of the assembled staring blankly: Vente Privee.
Probably the reason it prompted such sideways looks, however, is that this is not a classic ‘web app’ ...
Le Web 2009 Is Just Around The Corner. And Yes, I’m Going.
TechCrunch —
... Yes, I’ll be attending this year, despite the fact that the audience last year voted not to invite me back after my post criticizing European startup culture. Time heals all wounds, or something. ...
Actual Royalty To Join Social Media Royalty At Le Web 2009
TechCrunch —
... this week lamented the death of women and children in Pakistan. Another, yesterday, pointed to a NY Times article on the need for schools. She has become very adept at using social media, particularly Twitter and YouTube, to further her causes. And her very authentic, very human voice is doing a lot to dispel stereotypes about the Arab and Muslim worlds.
Her presence is more than enough reason to attend, even though the conference is in France in December. Despite popular opinion I’ll be back this year – TechCrunch Europe is ...
