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Uncrunched, Star Power, and perhaps this year’s Le Web headline?

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Well, we all know the theory. You lock in a “star” when you buy a property, because the star has more value than the brand. Now we have Techcrunch (the name) and Uncrunched (the star, Michael Arrington, now cutting loose) it’s time to add some empirical evidence. Let’s be honest though, most spectators want some blood on the floor. History says that something big usually happens at Le Web. Is Arrington booked? Or does the annual TC Editor speaks to Marrisa Meyer spot now belong to Erick Schonfeld?

European start-ups vs American start-ups, round twenty seven

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Europe doesn’t do tech and venture capital companies? That seems to be the message from Silicon Valley resident Loic Le Meur. Mike Butcher loads up the Lee-Enfield to return fire: There has been an explosion in accelerators, co-working spaces, and increasing numbers of ventures investors looking at 500 Startups and similar investment models and doubling down on many different investments. None of these people – and I have observed it close hand – are ever out to lunch for hours on end. Across Europe, entrepreneurs are burning the night oil to create startups which DO go global from day one,

Thoughts on Le Web 2009

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Here’s the summary – Le Web 2009 was like a diamond, a few flaws but on the whole brilliant and sparkling and deserving of its place in the Conference Crown Jewels of tech land. And now for a little more detail Cards on the table, I think that the Le Web from 2007 is still the Le Web to beat – let me say why. This was the Le Web after the “Sarkozy” year; the Le Web where there was no choice but to actively involve the community; the Le Web that kept up a solid two way discussion before,

But I Came Here For An Argument! Le Web’s Greatest Success

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If Christmas is coming up, that can mean a few things, but one of them is that Geraldine Le Meur’s conference, Le Web, is just round the corner. It’s managed to make itself one of the tent-pole conferences in the Web 2.0 year which is not bad going seeing as it is as far away from Silicon Valley as is possible. Why has it got that position? Because unlike other conferences it has built up a mystique around it that makes it attractive. Not just because of the speakers, or the company news that comes out of the conference. Not

Le Web 2009 Dates Announced

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There’s a certain amount of irony that as I look out of the window this morning in Edinburgh and seeing the snow falling and the temperatures that Geraldine has announced the dates of Le Web 2009 (December 9th and 10th). I seem to remember that the last place I saw snow and felt temperatures this cold was inside Le 104, the venue for the Le Web that has just past. Still, she does promise a higher temperature this year (yaay) and it’s good to see that Loic still thinks that Le Web is his. Behind every successful Frenchman…

How To Get Traffic At Christmas

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One of the tough times for any website is how to keep the traffic levels (and ergo the advertising income) at a high enough level during the festive season. All About Symbian generally slows down, partly because Steve, Rafe and myself have little to write about, but also because the normal mobile phone watchers are off on holiday and aren’t browsing. There is another way to get through the two main lulls – firstly the lead up to Christmas, and the second in the gap between Christmas and New Year. Controversy, or at least some thoughts that will lead to