I just boarded a plane back to NYC and sadly we won’t have wifi on this flight so I’ll share some quick thoughts from my “breakfast chat” with Loic at LeWeb this morning and you can all discuss them as I fly home.
Six or seven years ago Loic and I had a very nice breakfast outside at a French bakery in San Francisco. So Loic decided to recreate that vibe on stage today and we sat at a table with coffee, croissants, and juice while we talked about where we are right now in the world of tech.
We covered a lot of ground but I thought the most interesting themes were
– the maturing/mainstreaming of the sharing economy and the likely IPOs of these companies in the next year or two which will cause them to become even more mainstream.
– whether wearables means watches (I don’t think so) or a whole ecosystem of devices/our personal mesh (I think so).
– the downturn in bitcoin which Loic thought means it’s over and I think means it’s a good time to invest
– European discomfort with tech innovation. Loic mentioned the Uber Paris issues and I mentioned Merkel’s wrongheaded stance on net neutrality
I’m fairly certain the video of our breakfast chat will be online soon and I will post it then. See you on the other side of the pond.
