March 2010
8 posts
About being professional, even on stage in front... →
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Mar 12th
I pitched SubMate at Plugg! →
Didn’t make it to the final, but had lots of fun. Check it out! Posted via email from Laurent Kretz on Posterous
Mar 11th
A luxury mouse in a bed of Laduree macaroons →
If you look closely, you’ll see every mouse’s dream ;) Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from Laurent Kretz on Posterous
Mar 9th
Strange pic… →
Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from Laurent Kretz on Posterous
Mar 9th
The SubMate semi-marathon →
The semi-marathon of Paris happened yesterday - congrats to all finalists, especially for running by 0 degrees!! This post is not about this run, but the SubMate semi-marathon instead. It’s…
Mar 8th
It’s all about execution! →
Got this excellent video via @korben : Watch it, it’s just an incredible execution: one take (apparently) but seven months of preparation. 210 days for a 4mn clip.
Mar 3rd
How to find a cofounder? →
Short answer: get out in the field, meet people, meet some more people, speak about your project, meet some other people. A few days ago, I posted about my first startup failure a few years…
Mar 2nd
Virgin Atlantic: Fear NOT flying with us! (via... →
Pretty funny campaign: Conquer your fear of NOT flying with Virgin Atlantic! Posted via email from …
Mar 2nd
May 2009
6 posts
One way ticket for Paris →
Boom, it’s done.
May 26th
5 years in 5 blocks →
As I was walking back home from lower east side tonight, it hit me. Passing by Max Fish, Piano, Orchard, Stanton, Avenue A, Rivington, the homeless on 7th and A, the punks on St Marks and…
May 16th
Business ideas are a dime a dozen →
Business ideas are a dime a dozen Pamela Slim in this interview with Guy Kawasaki. I said it in the past, and any accomplished entrepreneur (like Charlie O’Donnell here…
May 14th
The first day of the rest of my life →
Like everyone with an entrepreneurial spirit, I’ve had many business ideas. The one I pushed the further until CabEasy was SubMate. Saddly, SubMate didn’t fly. It didn’t fly for…
May 12th
The world is not enough →
I was writing recently about OLX and am happy to congratulate Fabrice on his new funding round. However, half of the comments are bashing OLX and/or the founders, Fabrice Grinda and Alec…
May 11th
FrogVentures needs you! →
A great initiative from Jean Carl Cohen, founder of Capital Booster and managing director of Shagya Capital: Frog Ventures, an early stage fund that Jean Carl is trying to launch in…
May 4th
April 2009
13 posts
Tilt-shift video →
I created my first set of Tilt-shift pictures last week. Tilt-shifting makes your pictures look like miniatures, as if you were looking at a model from very close. You can take a look…
Apr 23rd
Sprint, the Now Network →
Just stumbled upon this amazing video from Sprint, advertising the “Now Network”. You might have seen it, but if not, take a look at the figures, amazing!
Apr 23rd
Career evolution in advertising simplified →
Want to work in advertising? Check out this career evolution paths by WorkForFood! ;) The software logos are for Dreamweaver, Flash, Ilustrator, Photoshop, Excel,…
Apr 22nd
Google closes the loop? →
Google Profiles are now available in results of Google name searches. Only available in the US, but that’s kind of in the line of a post I wrote a week ago: What if …? Gmail vs Facebook vs…
Apr 21st
Wordpress Update… →
I just updated my blog from an old wordpress to Wordpress 2.7.1. Seamless on Dreamhost, I’m quite surprised (especially due to the number of tweaks I have done…). Let me know if anything is broken!
Apr 17th
Flickr is Dead →
… or not. Picture by Jaccoy I was recently speaking with a friend about how Flickr was an amazing tool. I have been using it for years now. I love the ease of upload…
Apr 16th
Free vs Not →
I finally took the time to watch Marc Simoncini’s interview at LeWeb3.0 (last December in Paris). Marc is the founder of Meetic, the leading European dating site that no one has heard of here in…
Apr 15th
Motivation, perseverance and stubbornness →
Another very motivating post from Frabrice Grinda, founder of OLX: The value of positive advisors. According to Alec Oxenford, OLX is now counting 80M monthly visitors…
Apr 14th
It’s about time! Gmail image inserting →
I’m a Gmail user since summer 2004. At the time, you still had only 6 invites for your friends, so it was quite hard to get in. But when you did, in 2004, it was a COMPLETE revolution. Nothing was…
Apr 11th
What if …? Gmail vs Facebook vs Twitter →
Some random free-thinking this morning… Gmail Labs introduced the “Sender time zone” into Gmail. It displays in which timezone the person who sent you an email is, and if you should/could…
Apr 9th
Facebook: what’s next? →
There is a very interesting discussion today on the NextNY list about Facebook and its solidity for the future. I’ve said in the past that Facebook (as Google) is everywhere in my online…
Apr 9th
Earned media ? →
Earned media is media you don’t buy but earn the hard way. I was reading the insightful post of Fred Wilson about Earned Media and wanted to share the slides he prepared with a friend. They…
Apr 8th
Long time no write… →
It’s been radio-silence on this blog for the past two weeks, because a few things have kept me very busy, and not in a writing mood. - I’m try to rent my apartment (a nice brick wall 2 bedroom on…
Apr 6th
March 2009
6 posts
60 years of conflict summed up in one sentence →
LA Times has a very interesting though touchy article about Israel and Gaza, by Ben Ehrenreich. I stumbled upon one sentence that summed up what I think, feel about the conflict: “Founding…
Mar 17th
Fire in the streets →
Long time ago, I had time to do some photography around New York. A friend of mine asked me about good night photography cameras, and my answer was patience and a tripod. Here is a series I shot…
Mar 10th
Inspiring pictures from Ellen Kooi →
Thanks to a Fubiz article, I discovered Ellen Kooi, a Dutch photographer with very inspiring/inspired work. Below are some  pictures. ShareThis
Mar 6th
No further testing is planned… →
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Mar 5th
Twitter is no search engine →
I had a discussion yesterday with my friend Michael about the future of twitter and their potential positioning. It’s funny that it was relayed this morning in a Techcrunch article. Why would…
Mar 5th
Visit RajTrip.com: our pictures from Rajasthan →
I finished sorting all pictures from our trip to Rajasthan: => Visit RajTrip.com to see them all! The selection is done by destination. Here is what you will find (click on the pictures to…
Mar 2nd
February 2009
7 posts
Congratulations to Bene and Jay! →
My very good friends Benedicte and Jay just got married in Vegas, before the official and less elvis-like wedding this summer in Brittany ;) Say hi to Bene and Jay! ShareThis
Feb 27th
Back from India! →
The trip was magical, mystical, beautiful and amazing. It will certainly qualify as one of my best trips so far. Rajasthan, the “land of the kings”, is full of colors, souls, history, castles,…
Feb 23rd
2nd Day in Delhi - Some pictures here! →
Today was our second day in Delhi. It was still amazing …! Watch some pictures here:  http://rajtrip.com/2nd-day-in-delhi <!–nevermore–> ShareThis
Feb 14th
Flying from war to war →
Between Paris and Delhi, our plane flew over Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro, Kurdistan, a hundred miles south of Georgia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. All know or have know war (or serious…
Feb 12th
Blogging my trip to Rajasthan, India →
Elina and I will be putting up anecdotes, pictures and videos of our small trip to Rajasthan on http://RajTrip.com Follow us there ! First post here: http://rajtrip.com/tomorrow-23 Sent via…
Feb 11th
I’m renting a nice room in my East Village... →
Right on St Marks Place, 1 bedroom in a 2 bedroom apartment, between 1st and A. Hot location ! Rent is $1375, but if you move in now we can negotiate February’s rent. Available for a move in date…
Feb 4th
One picture for a thousand words →
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Feb 2nd
January 2009
4 posts
Track Bike P*rn →
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Jan 28th
My new fixed gear (track) bike →
There it is, mounted, and good looking ! Check out some other pics here: Clearly, riding a fixed gear is VERY difficult and…
Jan 21st
Feels like -200°C !!! →
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Jan 16th
Back on track: CabEasy revenue model and new bike →
It’s 2009, and I haven’t blogged yet. Not a single post. Lame …. To start, two pics that summarize what I’ve been up to lately: First, yours truly presenting CabEasy at an Ultra Light…
Jan 13th
December 2008
13 posts
Best business model? →
Get 30M pageviews of user generated content, syndicate it and aggregate it in a book, and sell it for $11.95. Boom! Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ShareThis
Dec 30th
What is the best James Bond →
Over the last 3 months, I have been watching the entire James Bond collection, in chronological order. It’s been hard, it’s been long, but gosh it’s been good !! ;) This morning, a colleague…
Dec 24th
-20°C in New York! Global warming they say… →
I woke up to this this morning:    ShareThis
Dec 22nd
Blackberry Curve, don’t cry anymore: I am back! →
I had the chance to use the Google phone G1 for a week, kind of crash-testing it to make up my mind. The HTC is a really cool phone, but today, a week later, I’m happy to get back to my…
Dec 12th
My life without Facebook and Google? →
I commented yesterday on a TechCrunch France post: Everything you always wanted to know about Google… (here in French). My point was basically, as it’s been the subject here and there over the…
Dec 3rd
In a startup world →
I love the crunchvision map that Mapeed, a french startup, created using the Crunchbase API. There have been other maps of startups done in the past, but this comes from a list of more than…
Dec 2nd