One of my preferred presentation at LeWeb08, gives a lot of perspective to what is tangible and what isn’t… and how to monetize emotions.

Photo by Leafar( ulike.net)

LeWeb this year was quite an experience – while last year everything and everyone was shining, this time it was totally the opposite, entrepreneurs struggling to get funding, VCs pessimistic, fund raisers grinning and bloggers blogging but without their usual enthusiasm.
Of course there were innovations, inspiring talks like Gary Vaynerchuks’s (WineLibraryTV) and the usual good stuff (like Marc Canter – this guy is really a shiny refreshing OVNI). Some good contacts, time will tell how effective they really will be, a nice CSG diner where I had the chance to exchange a few words with Megan Smith about Lively and the google X-Prizes… all in all and apart from the little mess on day 1 with the food, the heat and the “corporate talks” I think this edition was up to the expectations.
Geraldine, Loïc, next year try to do more panels and less corporate talks discussions create a nice intimacy and are worth thousand slideshows!



Photo By Rodrigo (vpod.tv)

Nice warm-up party tonight at Opus Café organized by Opencoffee France, lots of entrepreneur friends from all over Europe and a good time to start the “catching-up” thing.