Want to meet up with some French web professionals?
Written on 31st August 2008
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Ernst-Jan Pfauth, editor in chief
Europe knows some language barriers, we all know that. Every time we compare the Valley with our continent, that’s the first thing which comes to our minds. But trying to break those barriers can be really worth it.
Next Web team in Paris
My Next Web colleagues Patrick and Arjen plus I tried that in the beginning of this year, when we made a road trip through Europe. We’ve visited Geneva, Brussels, Gent, London, and Paris. The latter was a particularly interesting experience, as the city has a really vibrant and cowboy-like start-up community. Anything seems to be possible there. You don’t even need an Internet connection at home, just work at a free Internet hub. Seeing all that was really interesting. We’d like to offer you a similar experience.
Therefore, we’ll give away two invites for WebDeux.Connect, a meet-up in Paris with over 400 web professionals. It takes place on the 11th of October. Some basic knowledge of French is vital, but if you have that, you’re good to go. Leave a comment and we’ll pick two winners next Sunday with a raffle.
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By jeff on Aug 31, 2008
It’s’the 11 of october ;)
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By Julien Poublon on Sep 1, 2008
Hi, the Vetstoria team would be EXTATIC to attend the WebDeux conference and get a chance to meet up with other French entrepreneurs.
Let’s introduce ourselves: 2 Juliens, 1 Belgian, 1 French, both veterinarians working and living in South London. Our project Vetstoria is to be relaunched within the next 2 weeks. For the time being we are a classic e-commerce, selling veterinary supplies while providing our visitors with free informative veterinary videos. We are moving away from the shop. Our goal is now to provide free online tools to help pet owners be in charge of their best friends health. Those tools are to be available to whoever registers in our community …
While Dogster has been successful in developing a “FUN” community for pet owners, we intend to be successful in developing Vetstoria as a “HELPFUL” community for pet owners.
I hope to be given a chance to present Vetstoria (and its original business model) in more details on the 11th October. Thanks for considering us.
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