Rarely have I read two articles giving a vision as close apparently of the challenges and issues of the future of the planet as I’ll mention in a moment. I say apparently, because behind some consistencies about a confident vision of the future, lie fairly fundamental differences about the challenges. But I will allow myself […]
The first and maybe last time my post has nothing to do with start-ups. But this is just TOO BIG for America and for the Rest of the World. It just shows everything is possible even if often risky, uncertain. Passion, ambition shall prevail! Finally here is a picture taken in-mid october in a street […]
This post is motivated by an article by Olivier Alexandre for La Tribune. This CNRS sociologist, whom I have already mentioned here because I appreciate his analyses of Silicon Valley, summarizes an interview on his LinkedIn page entitled The tragedy is that Silicon Valley has come to push reactionary programs, La tragédie est que la […]
This is the title of a great article from the not less great New Yorker, dated November 23, 2020 and written by Charles Duhigg: How Venture Capitalists Are Deforming Capitalism, Even the worst-run startup can beat competitors if investors prop it up. The V.C. firm Benchmark helped enable WeWork to make one wild mistake after […]
Twelve years ago, I had a post entitled Obama. Such an important day at the time. Today maybe as important… This was posted on Nov 5, 2008…
The word Start-up is controversial. Money, business are often the synonymous and at the time of the Paradise Papers, they do not have good press, with reason! I sometimes had to “defend” and I would still defend a world that is important … And more widely, I believe, we must fight to defend the importance […]
I publish more and more posts about politics, society and start-ups. I recently had one about sexism in Silicon Valley and the motivation for this one is a French blogger who critized French president, Emmanuel Macron, for his saying that France should become a startup nation. The author, Mehdi Medjaoui, reacted by writing Non, la […]
My latest contribution to Enterprise Romande, this time about the digital revolution. Below is my “quick and dirty” translation. I have always been suspicious of fashionable expressions and buzzwords (nanotechnologies, Health Valley, etc.) that are often meaningless and refer to societal or political issues without inducing the slightest change. “Digital Revolution” should not have been […]
Time to finish my account of In the Plex after already four posts. Chapter 5 is about Google in the mobile and in the video. Chapter 6 is about China, a very interesting chapter about Google’s moral dilemmas. Chapter 7 is about the relationships with government. These chapters show Google is now a mature and […]
An unusual post, as it has nothing to do with start-ups. Strangely enough, another one was related to New York City and Obama. I mention from time to time that entrepreneurs have similarities with artists when they want to have an impact. And innovation is an art, not a science. I followed Banksy‘s work in […]