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We are finalists at NEXT Berlin!

The NEXT Berlin Conference will take place on April 23rd & 24th in one of the most active ecosystem in Europe!  More than 100 experts will share their knowledge with an expected audience of 2000 attendees.

If you follow our newsletter or social presence, chances are you saw our call for help to participate in the NEXT Berlin startup competition. We sincerely thank you for your votes! They placed us in the 30 top startups to be considered for the final. The judges then selected us as one of the 12 finalists to pitch during the conference. We are thrilled to be able to present Algolia to the Berlin ecosystem!

If you happen to be attending NEXT Berlin, ping me if you’d like to meet! (@dessaigne on twitter, or nicolas at algolia dot com).

Round table at Microsoft TechDays 2013

Nicolas (center) at Microsoft TechDays 2013 round table about dev on Windows8 (photo by ITExpresso)
Nicolas (center) at Microsoft TechDays 2013 round table about dev on Windows8 (photo by ITExpresso)

I had the pleasure to be invited by David Catuhe to participate in a round table about Windows8 development during Microsoft TechDays 2013! I was joined by Christopher Maneu from Deezer and Guillaume Leborgne from MCNext, both deeply involved in Windows development. David (cropped from the photo) led the discussion with Jean Ferré, who leads the developers, platform and ecosystem division at Microsoft France.

The discussion was very interesting and openly addressed the late start of Microsoft on mobile. They seem to have spared no effort to ease the work of developers, for example by opening the platform to development in HTML5/Javascript. I confess I initially thought it was a strange choice for native apps but it seems to have attracted quite a few web developers.

This round table was a great opportunity to meet smart people and gain insight into the Microsoft platform! Thanks also to the journalists in attendance who covered Algolia in the IT press.

We ranked Second at Start In Paris!

Start In Paris is a monthly event where 5 startups have the opportunity to pitch their service to the Paris startup community. After a first selection and then a public vote, we were selected as one of 5 finalists of the #22 edition that took place yesterday, January the 28th!

Algolia has greatly evolved over the last few months, so it was an excellent occasion for us to test a new pitch! And the response has truly exceeded our expectations. After a 5 minute pitch we received a rush of questions, displaying interest and insight from the 400-strong audience!

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Seedcamp: Tips and Advice From a Finalist

About one month ago, we were given the opportunity to participate in Seedcamp Paris 2012. In this post I’ll try to think back to that time and provide feedback, along with some advice if you’re considering going in that direction. In short, I can already say that this experience has revolutionized the way we drive the company!

The Application

Everything starts with a good application… or a rushed one in our case! At that time (end of October) we were fully focused on product development and finishing everything needed for our launch (documentation, video, etc.). While we knew about Seedcamp coming to Paris in early December, we initially saw it as a potential distraction from more important stuff… we could not have been more wrong!
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We are SeedCamp Finalists!

 

Hey, we are thrilled to announce our nomination among the Seedcamp Paris finalists! The event will take place next week on Monday, just before LeWeb 2012 (by the way we’ll be there, feel free to ping us if you’d like to meet).

From what we learned from all over the place, the day’s mentorship alone is worth it. We’re now fully committed to the event preparation! I’ll try to write a followup post with our impressions :)  [Edit 15-Jan-2013] Here it is with some tips and advice [/Edit]

A few thoughts after Apps World

Last week provided me with the occasion to feel the tempo of the mobile ecosystem at Apps World in London. Here are a few thoughts about what I saw.

There were many many mobile agencies exhibiting… and local UK agencies were dwarfed in number by offshoring ones, mainly Indian. Eastern European countries had also an important presence, especially Poland. It seems that golden days of apps development are behind us. Most big companies now outsource their apps offshore. It also means that it’s becoming very important for local agencies to differentiate themselves. Continue reading…

Upcoming events: Appsworld, Mobility for business, Appdays

With the summer behind us, the period is pretty active. It’s really difficult to attend all the great events, big and small, organized out there. After Mobile Monday, Failcon and the first meeting of Appsterdam Paris this week, here are the major conferences we’re attending in the next few weeks!

  • Appsworld, the 2nd and 3rd of October in London. It’s a major event attended by lot of mobile industry professionals. There are expecting up to 5000 participants!
  • Mobility for business, the 11th and 12th of October in Paris. A big event too, they are expecting about 3000 attendees!
  • Appdays, the 9th of November in Paris. A more human sized event (200 participants) and definitely a place to be!

If you happen to participate to one of these, get in touch for some passionate discussion around mobile apps development!

 

Free marketing @ WWDC2012!

Let’s rewind time a bit. Back in June was the famous Apple Developer Conference, aka WWDC2012. Algolia didn’t even have a website at that time, but what we did have is a friend who would attend: Thomas! That was an occasion we could not pass!

Thomas agreed to speak about us a bit and to invite people to visit our website. That simple action defined our deadline to have a website up and running. But wait! That would be better if people could also find the site when googling our company name. That meant a few days to allow for indexing… and a tight deadline!

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