Analysis

June 2, 2020

Why Covid is your ticket to working by the beach

If everyone’s working remotely, will Europe’s tech capitals lose to smaller hubs with lifestyle perks? Marseille for one is making a push to shine.


For Matthieu Somekh, who runs a startup campus in Marseille, in the south of France, it’s not uncommon for phone calls to end with people moving city.

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A portrait of Matthieu Somekh, who runs startups campus Zebox in Marseille
A portrait of Matthieu Somekh, who runs startup campus Zebox in Marseille.
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