Seesmic founding and launch

Very interesting insides about how Loic has launched and founded seesmic.

I like very much this way of making business, which has more something to do with trust, with support & help, and with commitment of people concerning a vision.

I understand also Loic who is saying that being in a positive environment – which knows the risks und doesn’t underestimate them – is great. I hope that this will be also the case at a time in Europe… It is still more or less a pain to found a new venture here, and mostly because of the negative spirit around new founding and the risks taken…

Thanks Loic for sharing this piece of business and, at the end, much more this piece of your life!

And good luck with seesmic!

Innoveo is strengthening its Team :-)

Very good news today!

Innoveo will have one employee more in 2 months. And what for a new colleague!

First, we have won one nationality more, i.e. we will have 8 nationalities represented in the company (Swiss, French, German, Italian, Austrian, Indian, Slovenian, and Dutch!). Not bad.

Secondly, we have won a very very nice guy.

Thirdly, he is such a great professional, with a huge experience in Software Engineering and Architecture! Incredible :-)

We are extremely proud and honored that, among a vast spectrum of options, such an expert has his choice finally felt on Innoveo.

Thanks … and see you soon!

St Barth 2008 – 17th day (part I)

For our last full day on the island, we have decided to go again to Colombier. We have taken the second way to go there. About the same time (30′) but much more harder… Quite a lot of boats today in the Colombier Bay.

A very long snorkeling session with my son, we have visited the right end of the Bay. It was just fantastic! A giant aquarium.

For our last dinner in St Barth, some stuff from Le Bouchon that we have taken back in the villa.

Tomorrow, we have to give back the car and the villa before 12:00. Flight to St Martin at 14:30. St Martin to Paris at 17:00. We should be in Paris at 06:00 (on Tuesday, with the time shift) and in Mulhouse for the lunch.

Long trip, bad mood. No comment, I know how far we are lucky to be there, a fact which is not really helping to come back from this “paradise”…

St Barth 2008 – 16th day (part I)

Weather quite strange today (very warm with sudden heavy rains). Anyway, good half day at Corossol Beach.

François, our Chairman at Innoveo, has joined us in St Barth, as he was off in the Caribbic too. So, we had all 4 together a good breakfast at Maya’s to Go, and a lunch at Do Brazil. Cool ;)

The best dinner *ever* this evening in St Barth at the Eden Rock’s restaurant. Absolutely fantastic, great service, unforgettable view on the St Jean Bay “by night”. We have also seen some turtles in the ocean. Just unbelievable :)

St Barth 2008 – 15th day (part I)

Today was a windy day, but hot! We were at the Flamand Beach. Impressive, huge, almost nobody.

This evening, very good dinner at Do Brazil (first time in 4 years, definitely too many good restaurants here ;). Very special atmosphere because this restaurant is directly on Shell Beach (cf. 12th day)!

St Barth 2008 – 14th day


St Barth 2008 – 14th day, originally uploaded by didierbeck.

Back to the normal relaxing routine today. Hot and a bit windy, 25°C at 07:00 in the morning, 29°C during the day, 27°C in the ocean. Too cool :)

Also back to St Jean (east) Beach this morning.

Again, simple dinner at Le Bouchon, other places just too crowdy because of St Valentin’s Day!

St Barth 2008 – 13th day


St Barth 2008 – 13th day, originally uploaded by didierbeck.

This morning, it was raining cats and dogs! So, it was time to do some shopping again in Gustavia (Blanc Bleu, Carat, Vuitton, Pati de St Barth).

After lunch, the weather was again “normal” and we could intensively benefit from the swimming-pool at the villa. Good simple dinner at Andy.

I have just finished to read a bit more than 800 new pages, on top of the “first” 1’500. No book anymore now…