Their favourite place to be during LeWeb3? The networking lounge. Here they can make deals -most of the time big deals. They are the business angels - the ones who make it possible for many startups to blossom.
Their philosophy can be summed up by these words from Morten Lund: “Revenues and profits. I’m crazy about that”.
This is mostly a matter of good choice and selectivity. “You have to pick the right companies you want to invest in,” Jean David Chamboredon explains.
The key principle is to sense trends as they are happening in order to invest in the right company at the right time: be selective, because if you fail, you could lose a lot of money. Oliver Jung, for instance, makes 38 to 39 deals a year, because as he says: “I really love startups and deals”.
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Goojet: Startup Competition winner
So … the winner of the Web3 Startup Competition has been announced! The prize goes to French startup GooJet (i.e. Good Gadjet). GooJet beat out around 120 other companies for the honour. GooJet has created different widgets for mobile phones, in order to give access to community services and tools.
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Party at La Scala : We were there
Fresh news after the night at la Scala. Great venue, great music, happy people : a success.
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“There is no war without monnaie” - Philippe Starck
French designer Philippe Starck has just finished speaking for more than 40 minutes… his topic? what social design is about. Here’s a sample of his metaphorical presentation of one of his collections of lamps dealing with war. His French accent and Jean-Claude-Van-Damme style make it all the more fascinating…
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