My 7 top Posts of 2011

My 7 top posts of 2011 - [in English]

1.       Tech Valuations - back to big $$$ per eyeballs

2.       Steve Jobs, our prayers are with you

3.       Lightning strikes Eiffel Tower - incredible photo

4.       Top 10 outrageous statements made by entrepreneurs to VCs

5.       Turnarounds - why? why? why?

6.       Tech Founders - overcome your fear of public speaking

7.       Top 10 excuses used by salespeople

My 7 top posts of 2011 - [in French]

1.       Vente Privée contre Groupon, un David contre Goliath

2.       Lettre ouverte à Nicolas Sarkozy par Fabrice

3.       Lettre ouverte à l'écosystème des startups en France par Cédric

4.       Rory McIlroy flambe le record de Tiger Woods à l'US Open

5.       Valos tech - facebook, linkedin, skype - des ARPU faibles pour des valos indecentes

6.       Vaincre la peur de parler en public

7.       Les Business Angels s'essouflent...

Rankings were done according to traffic data.

[VIDEO] If you can't speak publicly, there's always Google+

If you can't speak publicly, there is always Google+

This guy proposed on Google+. How uncreative and unromantic. But what the heck, to each his own.

Rachid Sefrioui speaks at TEDx in France

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The Talk is addressed to a crowd of 350 entrepreneurs and startup founders about their ability to weather the storms that a startup goes through, by finding their personal anchor. Their anchor may be personal, spiritual or family-driven. It will be the place where they'll need to go to psychologically source the energy to surmount significant challenges and obstacles.

The top 10 actions to turn your baby into a future Steve Jobs

10. lots of potassium in his milk

9. forget the milk, start him on Red Bull right away

8. teach him how to survive betrayal by wearing different masks every day. He will learn to recognize people's double face

7. teach him how to network by taking him to "Mommy & Me" sessions

6. forget "sharing" the toys at "Mommy & Me", teach him how to take as many as possible and keep them away from others

5. teach him how to survive politics by changing your tune every day: scold him about not sharing his toys, then reward him for slapping that kid who tried to take his toy away from him

4. make him immune to failure by scolding him when he falls and hurts himself. No "mothering" here

3. teach him how to become a great salesman by giving him more chocolate chip cookies for his school break and insisting he brings an item for each cookie he gives away.

2. insist he negotiates alone with his teacher about his seat in the classroom. No intervention from Mommy. Send him back into it over and over again.

1. walk him to centerfield at halftime and have him open his eyes. He'll instinctively learn how to wow a huge audience.



Warning: this is a joke. DO NOT attempt to do this with your child. You may be subject to child protection laws in your jurisdiction.

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TechZulu: SoCal Heads to SXSWi | 2012 Panel Picking Guide

Its that time again!  The race to get your SXSWi panel to as many votes as possible so that you will be selected to present at the coming 2012 SXSW.  For those who may be living under a rock and have no idea what SXSWi is, its five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space.
 

TechZulu is helping the Southern California tech community out by listing all the great panels.  Give them a quick look over and the ones you believe would be the best to see give them a vote.  Simply click on the title of the panel you like and you will be taken to their SXSWi panel picker page.  If you do not see your panel listed and are from SoCal let TechZulu know in the comments below and they’ll get it listed.

Get your votes in quick because it all ends on Friday, September 2^nd!

How to pitch a VC aka "Startup Viagra"

How to Pitch a VC (aka "Startup Viagra")

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