This week has been very productive (and it’s only Tuesday morning):

First on Monday, VentureBeat published my guest column on the winning pitch at the Founder Conference. It’s worth watching the video and reading the analysis, if you ever wondered why no one calls you back after you pitch your idea.

Then this morning TechCrunch Europe published the write-up of my Founder Institute Paris graduation speech. I received very positive feedback from European entrepreneurs about the points I raise. If you want to help spread entrepreneurship to the old continent, read this and do something about it.

Finally, FrenchWeb became the media partner for the Founder Conference Paris and also did a write-up today (in French).

That’s it!

I’m posting the videos of the Founder Conference here on my blog until we revamp the Founder Conference website… By the way, if you want to be the first one to know about the next Founder Conference, there is a sign-up form on the right.

Here is my favorite excerpt of the panel on getting PR. I was dying to find out: “does PR 2.0 really work?”. Listen to the panel answer. I’m hearing a strong “NO”.

The panelists (from left to right):

• Anthony Ha, VentureBeat
• Ryan Singel, Wired
• Chris O’Brien, San Jose Mercury News
• Hooman Khalili, Alice FM

Recently, I was contacted by a major TV show, looking to do a segment on what it looks like to be an entrepreneur building a startup from scratch. I am talking major TV show, with an audience in the millions, not some local news channel.

So I e-mailed a few entrepreneurs I know to see who was interested and doing something remotely interesting for a camera: maybe a VC meeting, or attend some networking event.

Believe it or not, but they all turned me down. They were too busy that week. Or at home coding stuff, no meetings scheduled that the TV crew could film.

All turned me down except one. She e-mailed me back right away with a detailed schedule of stuff that could be featured on the show. And she was willing to adapt her schedule.

I was not surprised. I had noticed before how she was the most pro-active of that group of entrepreneurs. A simple tell-tale sign: she was the first to friend me on LinkedIn, when everyone else didn’t dare yet. Think of it: what is the risk of friending someone? Online rejection doesn’t bite.

So she was the one.

What I learned from this: next time you watch TV or hear about a successful entrepreneur and think that it could have been you, ask yourself if you are really pro-active about seizing each and every opportunity. I believe that’s the difference between successful entrepreneurs and dreamers.