Robert Scoble filmed a tour of Swiss Watch maker Franck Muller while he was in Switzerland visiting the LIFT conference: http://www.podtech.net/player/podtech-player.swf?bc=ba667f6469fa47aab28e8b1dfe828ec1 The most interesting thing about Franck Muller is that they started really late, in 1992, with 3 employees. And 15 years later, they have 850 employees. Wow! More information about the company
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trigami among Top 38 at SF Start up
I am very happy to announce that trigami is among the best 38 startups at SF Start up. Out of a total 937 applications a top 100 was selected which had to pitch in front of a jury. Then 38 were selected and had to pitch in front of another jury. Here you find the…
Felix Petersen presents Plazes.com
Felix Petersen is a founder of Plazes, a Zurich/Berlin based company which provides geo-location services. Felix agreed that I record his presentation at Red Herring 100 in Cannes: Link: sevenload.com Plazes has raised €2.7 mio early this year and is growing very fast. A cool thing about Plazes is that they want to digitize walk-in…
Sugih Jamin presents Zattoo
Sugih Jamin presents Zattoo.com Prof. Dr. Sugih Jamin is co-founder and CTO of the Swiss/American startup Zattoo, which offers free live-television via Internet. He agreed that I record his Red Herring 100 presentation in Cannes: Link: sevenload.com I had lunch with Sugih and learned several things: – Zattoo launched in Switzerland because of the cheap…
Rodrigo Sepulveda presents Vpod.tv
http://vpod.tv/loiclemeur/153854/flash/nVideoPlayer (via Loïc Le Meur) More to come… (I’ve shot some, too)
Please don’t close Red Herring offices in Zurich!
Yesterday evening I heard rumors that Red Herring International wants to close down the European offices at Technopark in Zurich. Alex, please don’t do that! Some Reasons: #1: Farley Duvall is doing a great job there #2: There were 7 Swiss companies among this years Red Herring 100. #3: There is a good reason why…
Tips from Giles McNamee for raising money
At lunch I sat next to Giles McNamee, co-founder of McNamee Lawrence & Co, an investment banking firm based in Boston, London and San Francisco. His tips included: #1: Only work with people you like and trust. NEVER do a deal with people you don’t like or don’t trust. #2: When you doing a VC-round,…
Exsila introduces book-trading
Quick news: Exsila has just introduced book-trading The recently launched music category has now over 9000 different cds (whereas there are 9500 films).
Red Herring 100: Babelgum — Competing with Joost
Very interesting company with a very cool name. I like the bubblegum thing :-). My notes: – Silvio Scaglia invested $13 Mio of his own money – The burn rate is 30–40 Mio EUR per year – Silvio Scaglia wants to generate 100 Mio EUR in revenues within maybe 3 years – Silvio Scaglia says he…
Red Herring 100: Blyk — Free Mobile Phone Calls
Pekka Ala-Pietilä is now talking about his company Blyk: Blyk is a pan-European free mobile operator for young people, funded by advertising. We’re launching first in the UK market in mid-2007, with other markets to follow. Blyk wants to be profitable within 24 months. More information in the Blyk Blog.