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Daily Report: In Paris, They Do Start-Ups With Style

June 30, 2017June 30, 2017 Senior Editor35-hour workweek, Benoît Morenne, brass ring, cause célèbre, earnest parents, Elian Peltier report, enviable French lifestyle, Facebook’s Mark, industry success, Liz Alderman, old train station, President Emmanuel Macron, public policy, recent exaltation, Roberto Frankenberg, Silicon Valley, star executives, start-up incubator, stylish Station, sweet summer villa, tech workers, venture capital backer, wishful thinking, work-life balance

Photo An office in Station F that will be home to Daphni, a venture capital firm. Credit Roberto Frankenberg for The New York Times In Silicon Valley, people famously work long hours. Do what it takes. Perfect that gadget or widget. Help your wealthy venture capital backer raise the money necessary to buy that sweet summer villa on Capri. But in recent years, work-life balance has become a cause célèbre among tech workers, who are questioning whether a shot at the brass ring is really worth it if you…