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Europe Redux

in News on November 21, 2007 at 6:03 pm PT

For your Thanksgiving entertainment, don’t be so American! Go abroad! See the world! BoomTown did! Here are links to the posts I have done from BoomTown’s trip to Europe–with glamorous stops in England, France and Monaco (and all the videos are below too!)–in chronological order going backward: Kara Visits the Royal Society in London Kara [...]

Silicon Valley Loses to the Brits!

in News on November 17, 2007 at 5:42 am PT

So the hapless team from Silicon Valley got smoked last night, losing the debate at Cambridge University over where the most billion-dollar companies of the future would be created. Europe or Silicon Valley? Even loudly declaring “Facebook, $15 billion valuation!!!” with a stiff upper lip didn’t work one bit. Neither did: “Steve Jobs lives in [...]

Silicon Valley's Bubble Gets Skewered? The Cambridge Union Society Debate!

in News on November 14, 2007 at 1:10 am PT

BoomTown has arrived in England from its travels on the Continent to participate in a series of discussions with a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors, who are visiting Cambridge University and other places here to talk tech with students, as well as European investors and entrepreneurs. It kicks off tomorrow night with a [...]