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15 Jun, 2010

Europe vs. Silicon Valley in nuggets

Posted by: Francesco In: Startupper's life

The French entrepreneur Loic Le Meur, which moved some years ago in Silicon Valley, recently expressed some thoughts on why Silicon Valley “kicks Europe’s butt”. Why Silicon Valley kicks Europe's butt View more presentations from Loic Le Meur.

24 Sep, 2009

WOW! This is how a CEO should speak!

Posted by: Francesco In: Startupper's life

Woopra is a great service that I used since the very beginning of the trial phase. It allows you to get real time analytics of your website, as well as some neat features such as live chat with your visitors. In this video John Pozadzides, CEO at Woopra, explains that Woopra is finally coming out [...]

07 Aug, 2009

A Venn diagram for business

Posted by: Francesco In: Startupper's life

Just a quick note to share with you Bud Caddell’s Venn diagram on how to be happy in business. Very true, especially the “Learn to say no” area.

06 Aug, 2009

The Vendor Client relationship

Posted by: Francesco In: Startupper's life

A close friend of mine pointed out this great video, showing the very same philosophy clients use with vendors, in the “real world“. I think that only who works in the creative/digital/media industry can really understand it, but it’s anyways worth to see! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2a8TRSgzZY In the constant struggle of leading the client to understand the [...]

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29 Jun, 2009

Things a VC (and Startupper) will never say

Posted by: Francesco In: Startupper's life

Some days ago these funny presentations appeared on TechCrunch and I have to say this jokes are not so far from reality. If you’re an entrepreneur, you’ll certainly enjoy this take on VCs: VC Non Admissions View more presentations from vcobserver. Then in all fairness you’ll have to admit that entrepreneurs have their flaws too, [...]

This is a very nice tribute to entrepreneurs, remembering that it’s thanks to doers that innovation is created. When people look at wealthy entrepreneurs often forget that starting a business means taking risks and making sacrifices. I don’t agree completely with this video, as it’s not true that everybody can be an entrepreneur, but I [...]


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