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Silicon Valley - July 2008 - InterFrench and Ale Gicqueau in `Le Journal du Dimanche' (JDD) - Les Aventuriers de la Silicon Vallee

Silicon Valley - February 2008 - Laurence Nadeau, journalist for L`Entreprise, meets entrepreneurs of the San Francisco Bay Area to understand how to live the American Dream by creating one own company.

Silicon Valley -- September 2006 -- France 2 - Vive la France? - Ale Gicqueau helps Fabien Degaugue, Ketady CEO, to raise capital.

Paris -- September 2006 -- Pierre-Jean Charra is the keynote speaker at an event bringing together all French Ecole Centrale

Silicon Valley-- April 2006-- Partir travailler dans la Silicon Valley... Une expérience sans aucun doute unique et profitable. A condition, toutefois, de se fondre dans le moule.

San Francisco -- 2006-- Ale Gicqueau become chef d'ilot of San Mateo county Dans la perspective d’une catastrophe naturelle majeure, possible en Californie, dont l’une des conséquences serait...

The Virtual Handshake blog -- August 2005 -- San Francisco -- Septembre 2005-- Les tribulations d'un entrepreneur par Jean-Marc Liron A French entrepreneur visits L'Executive Club...

The Virtual Handshake blog -- August 2005 -- Angelika Blendstrup, Ale Gicqueau and Pierre-Jean Charra have been kind enough to contribute this analysis of network-oriented groups in the Francophone diaspora...

Provence-- April 2005-- Is Ale Gicqueau some sort of new colonist, carrying French passions to the other side ... Ale Gicqueau : I arrived in the United States somewhat by chance, ... http://www.siliconfrench.com/documents/interfrenchgb.pdf

Paris-- May 2004-- Kudos pour Interfrench de la part de Pascal Berneau
Notre ami Pascal Berneau qui a fait le STEGE Innover & Entreprendre 2002 (?), m'écrit à propos d'Interfrench:
Ils m'ont adressé à Siliconfrench, dont j'ai rencontré le CEO, Ale Gicqueau, à San Francisco. Ale a obtenu un premier rendez-vous professionnel pour moi dans un délai record (3 jours !) et j'ai adressé une première proposition de coopération à l'entreprise en question cette semaine.
http://www.innover-entreprendre.net/category/9/blogid/1.html

San Francisco-- October 2004-- InterFrench CEO Ale Gicqueau speaks about the importance of networking in the Silicon Valley on RadioBFM. Listen to it at:
http://www.interfrench.org/~web/siliconfrench/audio/networkingSV-gicqueau.mp3

Paris, France-- Thursday, November 13, 2003-- The New York Times mentions InterFrench in an article titled "France and America: Opposites, but still attracted": « The exodus of young French to Silicon Valley is so dramatic that it has led to the creation of organizations like Interfrench, a nonprofit group of 5,000 French-speaking members who share business intelligence and even advice about French restaurants. »

Television, France-- Tuesday October 7 2003--(in French) France 2, la grande chaîne française, fait un reportage sur le marche de l'emploi en Californie pour le journal de 13h dans un entretien avec Jean-Jacques Enser, un membre d'InterFrench et le groupe carrière d'InterFrench Écoutez (téléchargez le segment en audio MP3) > >

Marseille, France-- September 2003-- La Croix publishes an article about Provence-Promotion (in French): "L'appel de la Provence". Continue > >

California-- May 2003-- France-Amérique publishes an article about L'Executive Club (in French): "Un laboratoire d'idées dans la Silicon Valley". Continue > >

California-- April 2003-- Ale Gicqueau on the list of the `Conseil Supérieur des Français de l'Etranger (CSFE)`Continue > >

California-- March 18, 2003-- France-Amérique publishes an article about French Education in the Bay Area: "L'éducation française selon SiliconFrench". Read on > >

France-- February 21, 2003-- Le Point publishes an article about SiliconFrench: "Ale Gicqueau : « Le » Frenchie de la Silicon Valley". Read on > >

Mountain View, CA-- February 18, 2003-- SiliconFrench releases their first newsletter.
Download it (190KB) > >

New York, NY-- January 8, 2003-- France-Amérique publishes an article about InterFrench: "InterFrench ou l’entraide à la française". Read on > >

Mountain View, CA-- December 5, 2002-- "Business Objects' CEO, Bernard Liautaud, to address the francophile community at SiliconFrench". Read on > >

Mountain View, CA-- November 25, 2002-- L'Executive Club, the newly launched group of French-speaking CEOs and VCs in the Silicon Valley, gets together on "The future of the Silicon Valley". Read on > >

Mountain View, CA -- October 28, 2002-- Launching Interfrench, the Only Franco-American Non-Profit Organization that Aims to Further Business Ventures, Professional Developments and Cultural Exchanges. Read on > >

Paris, France -- September 23, 2002 -- Interview of Ale Gicqueau, co-founder of SiliconFrench, with Les Echos. Read on > >

Palo Alto, California -- April 19, 2002 -- SiliconFrench announces the appointment of Emmanuelle (Emma) Lee as the 6th member of their Executive Board. Emma is a corporate and securities attorney with HiTech Law LLP and will bring her knowledge and experience to support the SiliconFrench community in legal matters.

France -- April 9, 2002 -- Les Echos newspaper mentions SiliconFrench in an article about a partnership between Centrale (Graduate School of Engineering) and ESSEC (Graduate School of Business). Read on > >

Burlingame, California -- April 9, 2002 -- SiliconFrench announces the appointment of Benjamin Hautefeuille as Director of Engineering. Mr. Hautefeuille is also the CEO of Victoire Multimedia, a company that provides Web Application Development and Integration services.

Stanford University, California -- April 4, 2002 -- SiliconFrench holds another coordinator meeting to prepare for the upcoming Workshops event and propose improvements to the association's efforts.

Mountain View, California -- March 6, 2002 -- SiliconFrench says it names Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker as its new Director of Web Development. Ms. Hendryx-Parker brings 7 years of Marketing experience to SiliconFrench and is the co-founder and Director of Marketing for Six Feet Up, a web development and hosting company.

Palo Alto, California -- February 6, 2002 -- SiliconFrench holds their first coordinator meeting. The organization presented their goals and strategy to fifteen enthusiastic professionals and executives in Silicon Valley. SiliconFrench's structure was adopted by the majority.

Mountain View, California -- November 2001 -- Pierre-Jean Charra, Ale Gicqueau and Jean-Claude Rosichini create SiliconFrench, a new dynamic network that gathers French speaking and francophile professionals in Silicon Valley.

Cupertino, California -- September 2000 -- Pierre-Jean Charra announces the creation of Interfrench, a non-profit organization gathering French and francofile individuals around leisure and cultural events. The new organization aims at bringing the French and American cultures closer through friendly contacts.


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