{{short description|French entrepreneur and blogger (born 1972)}} {{Infobox person | name = Loïc Le Meur | image = Loïc Le Meur at the 2014 LeWeb Conference.jpg | image_size = 300px | caption = Le Meur at the 2014 LeWeb Conference | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|7|14|df=y}} | birth_place = France | alma_mater = HEC Paris | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Entrepreneur, blogger }} '''Loïc Le Meur''' (born 14 July 1972) is a French entrepreneur and blogger. He served as Executive Vice President EMEA at software company Six Apart after merging French blogging company Ublog with Six Apart in July 2004.<ref>{{cite web |author=Nicholas Kolakowski |url=http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1623723,00.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102165558/http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1623723,00.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 2, 2013 |title=July 14, 2004 eWeek - Six Apart Hires New CEO, Nets European Bloggers |publisher=Eweek.com |date=2011-09-07 |access-date=2014-07-22 }}</ref> In late 2006 Le Meur became a public backer of French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy and joined Sarkozy's campaign team as an advisor on Internet-related topics.<ref>[http://www.sarkozy.fr/video/index.php?intChannelId=13 Nicolas Sarkozy's Campaign Team] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426001538/http://www.sarkozy.fr/video/index.php?intChannelId=13 |date=2007-04-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2007/01/15/for_frances_bloggers_cest_la_guerre.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121042016/http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2007/01/15/for_frances_bloggers_cest_la_guerre.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2007 |title=January 15, 2007, Guardian Unlimited - For France's bloggers, c'est la guerre |publisher=Blogs.guardian.co.uk |date=2008-08-19 |access-date=2014-07-22}}</ref>
==Career== In 1996, Loïc Le Meur founded his first company, interactive agency B2L{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}}, after graduating from HEC Paris.<ref>[https://www.lesechos.fr/2008/03/loic-le-meur-484436 Loïc Le Meur]</ref>
He also founded RapidSite France with his wife <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idf.net/articles/g-fleurence.html |title=Entretien avec Geraldine Fleurence (Rapidsite) |publisher=Idf.net |date= |access-date=2014-07-22}}</ref> a web hosting company for small businesses in France.<ref name=01net>{{cite web|url=http://www.01net.com/editorial/273879/cinq-ans-apres.../loic-le-meur-si-j-avais-du-temps-je-ferais-un-parti-politique-completement-base-sur-les-blogs-/ |title=April 15, 2005 01.net - Interview with Loïc Le Meur |publisher=01net.com |date=2012-01-01 |access-date=2014-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717191857/http://www.01net.com/editorial/273879/cinq-ans-apres.../loic-le-meur-si-j-avais-du-temps-je-ferais-un-parti-politique-completement-base-sur-les-blogs-/ |archive-date=2011-07-17 }}</ref> In 1999, he sold RapidSite to France Télécom where it became part of Wanadoo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/265561 |title=December 22, 1999 internetnews.com - France Telecom Acquires RapidSite France |publisher=Internetnews.com |date=1999-12-22 |access-date=2014-07-22}}</ref>
In 2000, he founded application service provider Tekora.<ref name=01net/>
In 2003, he got involved with French weblog hosting company Ublog which he purchased from its founder, fellow Breton Stéphane Le Solliec in October 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journaldunet.com/0311/031125ublog.shtml |title=November 25, 2003 Le Journal du Net - Ublog, l'aventure blog de Loïc Le Meur |language=fr |publisher=Journaldunet.com |date=2003-11-25 |access-date=2014-07-22}}</ref> He then grew Ublog and merged the company with Six Apart where he became Executive Vice President in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3381121 |title=July 15, 2004 internetnews.com - Six Apart Blogs in Europe |publisher=Internetnews.com |date=2004-07-14 |access-date=2014-07-22}}</ref> He held his role as EVP EMEA until March 2007 when he handed his job over to long-time business partner Olivier Creiche. Le Meur remains ''Honorary Chair of Six Apart Europe''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loiclemeur.com/english/2007/03/after_six_apart.html |title=March 27, 2007 Loic Le Meur Weblog - After Six Apart, what should I do? |publisher=Loiclemeur.com |date=2007-03-27 |access-date=2014-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626163133/http://loiclemeur.com/english/2007/03/after_six_apart.html |archive-date=2013-06-26 }}</ref>
In 2015, he founded leade.rs, a platform for keynote speakers.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} In 2019, leade.rs was acquired by Animoca. Le Meur joined Animoca as a venture partner to assist in growth and expansion opportunities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/219702/animoca-brands-to-acquire-tech-industry-networking-and-event-platform-leaders-219702.html|title=Animoca Brands to acquire tech industry networking and event platform Leade.rs|date=2019-05-05|website=Proactiveinvestors UK|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>
==Blogging and LeWeb== In 2004 Le Meur became part of the team behind the official World Economic Forum blog.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forumblog.org/blog/ |title=Forumblog.org |publisher=Forumblog.org |date=2008-01-14 |access-date=2014-07-22}}</ref>
Since 2004, Le Meur has organized a conference focused on blogging and the web world with Géraldine Le Meur, his wife until recently.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techrepublic.com/article/loic-le-meur-entrepreneur-angel-investor-expatriate/ |title=Loïc Le Meur: Entrepreneur. Angel investor. Expatriate. |publisher=TechRepublic |date=2015-02-15 |access-date=2015-04-22}}</ref> In December 2006, he managed to get Shimon Peres, Nicolas Sarkozy, and French politician François Bayrou on stage at ''LeWeb '03''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loiclemeur.com/english/2006/12/the_end_of_blog.html |title=The end of blogger conferences Loic Le Meur |publisher=Loiclemeur.com |date=2006-12-17 |access-date=2014-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403192343/http://loiclemeur.com/english/2006/12/the_end_of_blog.html |archive-date=2014-04-03 }}</ref> More than 2,600 people from 60 different countries attended in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.leweb.net/community/2010/participants-leweb10 |title=Participants LeWeb'10 | LeWeb'10 |publisher=2010.leweb.net |date=2010-12-05 |access-date=2014-07-22}}</ref> Approximately 3200 attended in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoopnest.fr/user/leweb/479910686743887872| title= LeWeb scoopnest |publisher=scoopnest |access-date=2014-12-11}}</ref>
==Seesmic== In 2007, Le Meur moved to San Francisco to launch a new startup named Seesmic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2007/06/13/loic-le-meur-moves-to-silicon-valley-to-start-video-content-company/ |title=Loic Le Meur Moves To Silicon Valley To Start Video Content Company |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2007-06-13 |access-date=2014-07-22}}</ref>
Seesmic was initially focused on the creation of an online community of video bloggers. Following the 2008 economic crisis Seesmic's became a social media client company. In January 2010, Seesmic acquired Ping.fm <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blog.seesmic.com/2010/01/weve-acquired-pingfm-get-ready-to-update-50-social-networks-from-seesmic.html |title=Seesmic acquires Ping.fm |access-date=2010-04-15 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20100713020801/http://blog.seesmic.com/2010/01/weve-acquired-pingfm-get-ready-to-update-50-social-networks-from-seesmic.html |archive-date=2010-07-13 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> and allowed its users to update simultaneously more than 50 different social media statuses. In February 2011, Seesmic received funding from Salesforce.com and Softbank, bringing total funding to $16 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kara.allthingsd.com/20110201/seesmic-raises-from-4-million-in-funding-salesforce/ |title=Seesmic Gets $4 Million in Funding from Salesforce.com |first=Kara |last=Swisher |author-link=Kara Swisher |website= Kara.allthingsd.com |date=2011-02-01 |access-date=2014-07-22}}</ref> In September 2012, Seesmic was acquired by HootSuite.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sarah Mitroff |url=https://www.wired.com/business/2012/09/hootsuite-buys-seesmic/ |title=As Twitter Tightens Its Grip, HootSuite Buys Seesmic |publisher=Wired.com |date=1967-01-26 |access-date=2014-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://maxime.sh/2012/09/seesmic-hootsuite-rachat/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726131219/http://maxime.sh/2012/09/seesmic-hootsuite-rachat/ |archive-date=2014-07-26 |title=Voici le prix d'achat de Seesmic par HootSuite |language=fr |website=Maxime VALETTE |date=10 September 2012 |access-date=2014-07-22}}</ref>
==Bibliography== * ''Blogs pour les pros'' by Loïc Le Meur and Laurence Beauvais, Dunod {{ISBN|2-10-049395-7}}, November 2005 * ''La révolution podcast'' by Loïc Le Meur and Laurence Beauvais, Dunod {{ISBN|2-10-050059-7}}, September 2006.
== On social media == * On December 11, 2016, Le Meur shared his concern about Tesla Motors drivers using charging slots as parking space on Twitter. Elon Musk immediately took action and fixed the issue within 6 days.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/it-took-just-one-tweet-and-6-days-later-for-elon-musk-to-end-the-most-common-problem-tesla-drivers-face-268353.html|title = One Tweet & 6 Days - That's All It Took Elon Musk to End Tesla Drivers' Most Common Problem|date = 28 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.de/ein-nutzer-twitterte-elon-musk-eine-beschwerde-tesla-behebt-das-problem-in-nur-fuenf-tagen-2016-12 |title=Ein Nutzer twitterte Elon Musk eine Beschwerde — Tesla behebt das Problem in nur fünf Tagen - Business Insider Deutschland |website=www.businessinsider.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226211734/http://www.businessinsider.de/ein-nutzer-twitterte-elon-musk-eine-beschwerde-tesla-behebt-das-problem-in-nur-fuenf-tagen-2016-12 |archive-date=2016-12-26}} </ref>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Loïc Le Meur}} * Le Meur's personal blog [https://web.archive.org/web/20110112185612/http://www.loiclemeur.com/ in English] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20110119101702/http://www.loiclemeur.com/france/ in French] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011074538/http://uk.intruders.tv/Internet-World-2007-Interview-with-Loic-Le-Meur_a14.html Interview with Loic Le Meur] video * [http://atelier-us.com/editorials/loic,le,meur,introduces,seesmic,l,ateliers,readers-287-.html Interview with Loic Le Meur about his new company Seesmic] video
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