I was interviewed last week end about Erepublik by Chema LaPuente for his show: Ser Digital on the top Spanish Radio, Cadena Ser. Chema contacted me because his brother is a successful citizen in eSpain (minister of Justice). You can listen to the interview below (in spanish and for me only works on explorer).
This is a truly inspirational video that I came across reading theequitykicker blog (a blog that I recommend). The video is by Michael Wesch, an anthropology professor from Kansas State University. Its the first time ever I’ve watched 55 minutes of one single video on Youtube. If you have anything to do with the Web, or want to understand what really is beneath this web 2.0 bla bla you should check it out.
I’m posting less frequently in August but will be back to speed in September.
Just wanted to share with you a pretty good videogame industry briefing I just got in my inbox from Avista Partners
There are some pretty big transactions taking place in the online gaming world!
Link to the report
Video Game briefing
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Couldn’t resist posting this picture. After 20 years of being a very average golfer (I just get bored), I think this is going to improve my game seriously ;o)
Segway plus golf! Once a geek always a geek. Had great fun!
I was asked to do a 60 seconds video pitch of Erepublik today. Not easy and not particularly happy with the result but I think I cover the main points and gets the message across. Still clearly for once I should not have followed my rule of 0 preparation, 0 editing, 1 shot only and publish. You can find the video below as usual hit play at your own risks :o)
erepublik 60 seconds pitch
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On another subject, there was a really good article in les Echos today about the French Economical mission in San Francisco who have a special program for start ups led by Aymeril Hoang. Its a great program that was very helpful to Erepublik and that I really recomend. I left a comment in the article
A company that I have been involved with in various forms since the beginning and that is very close to my heart: Livra.com was acquired today by IPSOS. Diego and Martin the co-founders and very good friends of mine have written a great post about this on the Livra blog
In this video post I go over some of the hurdles they had to overcome and how I became one of the (happy :o) shareholders of the company.
As usual unedited, no re-recording, no script so hit play at your own risk ;o)
Livra.com joins IPSOS
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This is the title of a video interview and post that Tomas Crampton did of me in Menorca. Thomas used to be a journalits at the International Herald Tribune and it shows, really smart questions and post. You can see the post and video on ThomaCrampton.com
I go in a bit more detail about how the round came about. Obvious common sense stuff for most so pass if you are an experienced entrepreneur.
Main shared experiences:
- It helps if you have been around for a while and know potential angels
- Usually a good sign for investors if your ex boss invests
- Networking and going to conferences is not a waste of time if you do it properly and are selective
- Easier if you have a great product.. ;o)
I’ll try to do another one soon about some of the problems we did have during the round.
As usual unedited video first time I record I publish click play at your own risk, this video stuff is not easy ;o)
Angel round Shared Experience
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George and I saying how excited we are about the angel round (we really are excited but I guess we are running on red bull vapors right now :o)
Full details in the press release
erepublik angel round
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Great video that Sergiu Biris pointed to me on Trilulilu. In my opinion a big part of an entrepreneur’s ultimate success depends on how he reacts to a sum of inevitable small failures.
Life = Risk
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