“Those who do not engage in open and collaborative models are not in a position to win the digital battle” – Interview with Gilles Babinet

“Those who do not engage in open and collaborative models are not in a position to win the digital battle” – Interview with Gilles Babinet

Gilles Babinet is an entrepreneur. He represents France at the European Commission as a “Digital Champion”. He published The Digital era, a new age of humanity, 5 changes that will turn our lives upside down (Le Passeur, 2014). His credo? Go far from ideologies, experiment, discuss, fail, and try again! This article is an excerpt […]

Open Data: show me the money!

Open Data: show me the money!

Four years after the first moves toward opening public data in France, the economic question remains the same – why do we always have so much difficulty determining the economic impact of open data other than in a McKinsey-like style, in billions of dollars? Where is the start-up that will revolutionize the world and that […]

“SoScience is serving social entrepreneurs” – Interview with Mélanie Marcel (SoScience)

“SoScience is serving social entrepreneurs” – Interview with Mélanie Marcel (SoScience)

Co-founder of SoScience, a start-up which promotes responsible research while favoring high level scientific technological development for social entrepreneurs, Mélanie Marcel believes that before looking at profitability, it is necessary to first convince that open science is useful to society.
 



 This article is an excerpt of the book Open models published in French in 2014 […]

Mozilla created a hybrid model combining contribution, affiliation and an audience traffic business – an interview with Tristan Nitot

Mozilla created a hybrid model combining contribution, affiliation and an audience traffic business – an interview with Tristan Nitot

This article is an excerpt of the book Open models published in French in 2014 and translated in 2016. Tristan Nitot has been part of Mozilla right from the beginning, and was until 2015 its Principal Chief Evangelist and Firestarter. He is now looking back on his time at Mozilla, its history and business models. […]