Archives for the month of: June, 2008

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)
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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)

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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)

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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

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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.

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Life = Risk
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