Who am I?

I am a french entrepreneur in new tech, automotive and real-estate. I come from Annecy, close to Geneva. I managed a successful exit for one of my company in 2009, so I decided to move in San Francisco to get this famous american power!

"Good ideas always welcome!"

During my life, I always admired people who have done extraordinary things. In the Silicon Valley, I can meet them. Every day is awesome here.

On this blog, I share my doubts, my feelings and the problems I face during my move to this brand new life in the US. I also share interviews of entrepreneurs based here, cool new products or services.

By the way, if you are french and you plan to move here, don't hesitate to contact me. I'll really try to help you.

To contact me:

sam.hickmann@gmail.com
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twitter.com/samhickmann
linkedin.com/in/samhickmann/en
foursquare.com/user/samhickmann
facebook.com/samhickmann
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samhickmann.tumblr.com
youtube.com/samhickmannblog
google.fr/reader/shared/sam.hickmann
 flickr.com/photos/samhickmann/

plancast.com/samhickmann

My companies

Internet business

In France:

Since 2001 - Talentueux.com/MyFrenchCompany (web agency sold in october 2009)

Since 2007 - Compare-le-web

In the US:

2010 - iShareMySpeech

Some websites to visit: twwit.com, peetch.com, compare-le-net.com
2011 - Kwarter inc.

Automotive business

Since 2007 - supercarLEASE

Real-estate business

Since 2003 - Skylab 5, 6 et 7

In 2009 - Dingy Construction

My passions

If you are based in the Bay and if you like one of these sports, please contact me!

- Golf

- Snowboard

- Aviation

- Skydiving / parachutism

- Poker

- Racing (car and kart)

- Moto
- ... and US sports of course