If the expansion of the late ’90s Bubble was limited in Europe compared to the US or Israel, it would have been mainly for two reasons – localization needs and entrepreneurial obstacles.
Localization needs
I was part of the team that brought Amazon to France in 2000 and this was a topic we struggled with daily.
Many people [...]
TheMarker’s Com.vention 2007 will be taking place March 18th and 19th at Airport City outside Tel Aviv.
The first day has an international theme concentrating a very full program of local and foreign Internet celebrities such as Yair Goldfinger and Loïc Le Meur. The planned speeches and talks will cover the latest Web trends and looks [...]
The LeWeb3 conference brought to Paris all kinds of people from Internetpreneurs to professional bloggers, from hardcore gamers to so-called Old Media journalists. Many came to listen, but most came with a message to spread. This is Part 3, ending my series of articles on how they did it.
The LeWeb3 conference brought to Paris all kinds of people from Internetpreneurs to professional bloggers, from hardcore gamers to so-called Old Media journalists. Many came to listen, but most came with a message to spread. This is Part 2 in my series of articles on how they did it.
Presentations – whether you were an event [...]
The LeWeb3 conference brought to Paris all kinds of people from Internetpreneurs to professional bloggers, from hardcore gamers to so-called Old Media journalists. Many came to listen, but most came with a message to spread. This is how they did it.
The idea for Bloggers for a Better World partially came to light as a result of Shimon Peres mentioning in his LeWeb3 speech that we should all accept responsibility for our planet. One step further and we arrive at the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam, literally ‘repairing the world’. However, to repair something, you need to know what’s broken and that is one of the reasons why so many LeWeb3 attendees enjoyed Professor Hans Rosling’s myth-busting presentation on the health of the world. I highly recommend that you watch it.
In the closing moments of LeWeb3, Yossi Vardi joined Loïc Le Meur on stage to announce the Bloggers for A Better World initiative. They explained the concept as follows: once a week or every ten posts, whichever is more often, all participating bloggers must write about a social cause.
Loïc added that he would post an [...]
Two days ago, Loïc LeMeur responded in much depth to the stinging criticism of him regarding the LeWeb3 and his surprise inclusion of French politicians.So if you’re going to make a mistake in public and want everyone to know about it while you come out smelling like roses, this is the way to do it:
Niklas Zennström, founder of Kazaa, Skype and soon The Venice Project, chatted with Loïc Le Meur at the LeWeb3 to talk about being a well-known European company, and the challenges of competing with the giants of Google, Microsoft, etc.
Niklas had this to say:
Forget about your home market as a reference
Prepare for internationalization from the beginning [...]
Loïc Le Meur has just jumped on stage to the vibes of Fatboy Slim. A bit late, but the loud applause shows how happy people are to be here.
A bit rushed, no doubt from the excitement, he talks about the name change from LesBlogs to LeWeb; the world has changed a lot in 3 years [...]
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About the author
Jacob Share is the founder and SVP of Share Select Media, a company focused on empowering quality bloggers and blogs such as Group Writing Projects, The Original Home of Group Writing Projects.
From Jacob: I grew up between Canada, France and Israel where I had my first Internet experience in 1994 and was hooked. Since then I've enjoyed playing a part in growing the Web as a manager-developer and project manager at Amazon.com and other e-commerce companies before starting up my own venture.
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