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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Europe Redux

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 Visits Cambridge University
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Monday, November 19, 2007

Kara Visits Cambridge University

It’s been a successful and very interesting few days at Cambridge University, where a group of entrepreneurs, academics, execs and venture capitalists from Silicon Valley have been mingling with Cambridge students, academics and entrepreneurs.

Here’s a video about the visit to Cambridge, including interviews with three cool locally based start-ups–one mobile content play called Bango; Cambridge [...]

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Kara Visits a Feast!

At the end of the visit to Cambridge University to meet with local tech entrepreneurs and students, we attended a “feast” for the 1596 (as in the year 1596) Foundation at Sidney Sussex College here.
Indeed, the college was founded in 1596 by the Countess of Sussex, Lady Frances Sidney, who was close to Elizabeth [...]

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Saturday, November 17, 2007

Silicon Valley Loses to the Brits!

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 Atherton”; “At [...]

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About Kara

Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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