Episode 44 - Hajar Chokairi - Art, innovation, and identity: ONORIENT at the cultural crossroadsBy OuiStart Media

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Episode 42 - Julien Callede of Made.com and Mohamed Haouache of Storefront, in conversation at La French Touch Conference, ParisBy OuiStart Media

Episode 41 - Joel Halpern - Creativity and Brand Strategy in French StartupsBy OuiStart Media

Episode 40 - Hélène Mérillon - Youboox and the Unlikely Path of the EntrepreneurBy OuiStart Media

Episode 39 - Sylvain Tillon- Tilkee, Failure, and TransparencyBy OuiStart Media

Episode 38 - Santiago Lefebvre - Building the ChangeNOW Summit from Scratch: Bringing Together Change-Makers from Around the WorldBy OuiStart Media

Episode 37 - Sharon Sofer - Teaching Entrepreneurship to the Next GenerationBy OuiStart Media

Episode 36 - Anne-Charlotte Vuccino - How Yogist became the first corporate yoga methodBy OuiStart Media

Episode 35 - Weerada Sucharitkul - FilmDoo and the French Tech TicketBy OuiStart Media

Episode 34 - Laurin Hainy - Predictus: Bringing Loans to Emerging MarketsBy OuiStart Media

Episode 33 - Vincent Nallatamby - Tempow and Expansion to AsiaBy OuiStart Media

Episode 32 - Elsa Hermal - Epicery: Intuition, and Courage Use the coupon code OUISTART to take €8 off your first order with Epicery! Try it out here.By OuiStart Media

Episode 31 - Fabrice des Mazery & Bruno Margueritat - Ethical Product DevelopmentBy OuiStart Media

Episode 30 - STATION F Fighters Part 2: Alain Maisonneuve & Sabri Said, Tynkle English translation coming soon!By OuiStart Media

Episode 29 - STATION F Fighters Part 1: Mohammad Asim Maqbool & Alexis Fartek, StreetyFood English translation coming soon!By OuiStart Media

Episode 28 - Maeva Botrel - It's ComplicatedBy OuiStart Media

Episode 27 - François Véron - Newfund: Nearly a Decade of Adventures in CapitalBy OuiStart Media

Episode 26 - Arthur Nobel - Beyond the Digital NomadBy OuiStart Media

Episode 25 - Matthieu Lavergne - No Hype, Just Business For more information about applying to WAI Boost, BNP Paribas' business acceleration program, click here.By OuiStart Media

Episode 24 - Sven Deichfuss - Paving the Way for European Startup Success in the States Key Points: Neuland Alliance was a result of a failed attempt to splash into the US market, like many other Europeans who thought it was easy Moving your European business to the US is not as simple as just showing up The US market is large and has great potenti…

Episode 23 - Adrien Mennillo - uTip, They Benefit Key Points: This is Adrien’s second round as a startup founder, learned from previous venture Learned to code, to build initial PoC, later partnered with CTO to build out Experience working with banks as a consultant helped form the idea Noticed the growth of creators, but poor revenue options for t…

Episode 22 - Tim Mevel - HelloZack, Hello Convenience Key Points HelloZack noticed the difficulties of selling used products, sought to make it easier Started initial pilot in California, buying up anything and selling on consignment In the beginning, nothing was automated but they have gradually introduced tech tools to help streamline processes S…

Episode 21 - Thomas Ollivier - Exemplary Leadership in Corporate-Startup Partnerships Key points: Responsible for MAIF’s partnerships with startups Company board decided to create this team to address market changes and build for the future The team focuses on engagement with startups, as well as sharing best practices and market information MAIF c…

Episode 21 - Thomas Ollivier - Comprendre l'avenir en y participant Points clés : - Responsable d'une équipe qui explore des pratiques émergentes comme la nouvelle économie collaborative. - Une grande entreprise d'assurance née comme une startup en 1934 et qui continue d'innover. - Une grande entreprise qui investit dans 25 startups, avec deux sort…

Episode 20 - Thomas Perret - Revolutionizing Personal Investment Key points: During school, worked two different internships that helped provides ideas and inspiration for Mon Petit Placement Saw the need for diversity of investments but also need to educate younger people Gamifying investing using technology could have better results for young inv…

Episode 19 - Kurt Muehmel - Selling Dataiku Key points: Kurt joined Dataiku in 2015 following a varied career, including a stint in consulting Wanted to move into tech; started as sales for North America, based in Paris Now manages EMEA team outside of France and the UK Dataiku had cultural hiccups along the way, but quickly addressed them The comp…

Episode 18 - Florian Bercault - Estimating Equity Key Points Developed an interest in new kinds of investments while in school Started in crowdfunding world, saw a need to help identify new businesses for investment & startups needed help raising money Estimeo is a platform that brings together investors and startups Data is collected in six areas,…

Episode 17 - Marion Chapsal and Ken Homer - Collaborative conversations to build the office we all want Key Points: Instead of blame, bring everyone to the table and involve all of the stakeholders Men and women need to work together to rebuild the community and to create a different culture Training should focus on identifying agents of change wit…

Episode 16 - Ethan Pierse - Entrepreneur is not a dirty word Key Points Founder of Borderless Ventures, partner in new Silicon Valley fund targeting deep tech Engineering education, career started doing digital marketing & corporate training Business activity between France, Southeast Asia and the US Sees confluence of positive events in France com…

Episode 15 - Eva Peris - Once Upon a Dating App... Key Points: Dating market has been around for a while, first online and then apps, but market has been evolving Met Once founders soon after product developed Once’s concept was based on addressing dating app inefficiencies, including wasted time wading through countless profiles & embarrassment of…

Episode 14 - Jean-Francois Morizur - CAILabs: Bending light for better network bandwidth Key Points: Born in a research lab at Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, created partnership with the university for license Found new application for shaping light - can expand fiber capacity by 400%+ Working with SAFRAN, who also led the latest round of financing N…

Episode 13 - Damien Courbon - Swapcard: Bringing efficiency & engagement to events Key Points: The event market was ripe for disruption & innovation If you wait until you arrive at an event to organize, it’s already too late Attendees seek more efficiency, so planning ahead makes more sense Events are very expensive and there’s a lot of competition…

Episode 12 - Anne Ravanona - Opportunity Loss: Closing the $300 billion global funding gap between men and women Key Points: Anne is on a mission to get more women entrepreneurs funded Need to close the $300 billion funding gap between men and women Help women understand the funding system, including the language, the biases and how to navigate the…

Episode 11 - Robin Lepercq - The evolving click-and-mortar model Key take-away points Created after leaving an IT services company, noticed the inefficiencies of the market Freelancing was small compared to other countries but growing rapidly Pivoted from a broad offering to a very narrow market Strong focus on the market and focus on delivering hi…

Episode 10 - Tamara Brisk - How to successfully break into the French market Key take-away points: Tamara was experienced in consulting, real estate & startup cultures WiredScore was created in NY to highlight high end internet readiness for office space French market is largest in EU, third largest in world To succeed, it’s critical to study & ada…

Episode 9 - Timothée Rebours - Seald: Not your father’s encryption product Key take-aways: Formed team with complementary skills during UC Berkeley program No interest in working for a large company Always loved encryption, sought an easy answer to a serious problem More secure for large organizations, consultants, going to the cloud Paris makes go…

Episode 8 - Olga Egorsheva - Social media content that looks like you While working for a major brand covering Asia, the Middle East, and Russia, Olga came to the realization that the image databases available simply did not provide what she was looking for. Most of the available stock photos were Western European or US-centric; fine for those mark…

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Écoutez Leo partager avec Eric Lebigot son expérience dans le milieu du jeu de société, la réussite de son kickstarter récent et la préparation du suivant. En français.By OuiStart Media

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Episode 1 - Intro - The many roads to success A few years ago it was said that George W. Bush claimed that “the problem with the French is that they don’t have a word for entrepreneur.” Even though he didn’t say this (and sure, we had to confirm this on Snopes because it does sound like something he could have blurted out) it’s fair to say this was…