GET THE REAL STORY ON BEING AN EARLY-STAGE FOUNDER
Tuesday, May 18 - 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm CEST
Want to launch your first startup? Find out how they did it!
We’re all looking for meaning in our lives.
The world has problems, and we want to solve them. Entrepreneurship is one of the most powerful tools we have to make a difference and help others.
Still, it takes courage to make the leap. Hearing from other founders who have already done it can give you a burst of motivation, setting you in gear to launch your own startup. At this summit, you’ll be able to interact with dynamic founders and other experts on topics like:
1. SOLUTIONS : How do you validate them?
2. CLIENTS : How do you find them?
3. PRICE : How do you decide on it?
4. MVP : How do you code it?
5. INVESTORS : How do you convince them?
LEARN FROM FOUNDERS
UNDERSTAND HOW STARTUPS WORK
GET INSPIRED
TAKE THE LEAP
Free Tickets ✨
✨We are thrilled to organize this online summit in partnership with:
Even beyond their incredible cloud solution, AWS are long-term advocates for startups and we are thrilled to be working on initiatives to support the community with them.
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Great customer experiences and innovation are driven by data.
Mixpanel helps anyone answer questions about user behavior in seconds, without analytics expertise. This enables product development teams to act faster to improve experiences, engage users and drive growth.
Fiverr is a global marketplace that connects freelancers and businesses for digital services. We change how the world works together.
Remote help companies of all sizes hire top talent all over the world, in full compliance with local laws.
CANELLE CHOKRON
Cofounder of Vybe
Canelle is the co-founder of Vybe, the neo-bank for teens. She met her co-founder Vincent at a startup event and they hit it off thanks to their shared desire to build something that actually spoke to their generation. And they’ve cracked the code, both creating the product users want and the virality that creates a positive growth loop. Today Vybe has raised multiple rounds of funding to keep growing and reaching new clients.
EMMANUEL
STRASCHNOV
CEO of Bubble
Emmanuel Straschnov is co-CEO and founder of Bubble, a no-code platform that makes it possible for anyone to build a web application without writing code. Emmanuel started Bubble with Josh Haas in 2012; they bootstrapped for 7 years and grew the product based solely on revenue before going through the VC world. Born in Paris and based in New York, Emmanuel started his career consulting for Chinese companies for a few years before moving to the United States.
CLYDE LAHEYNE
CEO of Dark
After becoming a mission lead at leading aerospace companies, Clyde wanted to bring together two of his lifelong passions: rockets and space. So he launched Dark, aiming to revolutionize the satellite industry with a new vision on how to put objects into orbit.
EWA TREITZ
Biz Dev, EMEA Startups at AWS
Ewa is responsible for strategic growth-stage startups at AWS. She helps them move through the common growth pains related to international expansion, lead generation or preparing for a large equity event. She pulls in all her creative muscles, the Amazon execs and her investor network to make things happen! She is an ex-investor and ex-founder, an avid skier and a mom of 2 future female founders.
MAX COUTTE
CEO of Unai
At 15 years old but lacking the money to buy an Oculus, Max built his own VR headset from scratch–including both hardware and software–for less than $100. He open-sourced it, creating a global community of fans who have used his design to access affordable VR as well. He is now the founder of Unai, where they've raised money to build a virtual world inside a proprietary headset and take VR from the sidelines into the mainstream.
CHRISTELLE
LACCHIA LEMAIRE
Sales director at AWS
Christelle Lacchia-Lemaire is currently Sales Director at Amazon Web Services. Prior to this role she's worked as Sales Director for Nutanix, Microsoft and Refinitiv (previously known as Reuters). With 23 years of sales experience, Christelle has developed strong skills in BtoB selling. Her workshop is aimed at sharing concrete sales techniques for selling to corporates.
FLORIAN DOUETTEAU
CEO of Dataiku
Florian is the Chief Executive Officer of Dataiku, the platform democratizing access to data science and enabling enterprises to build their own path to Artificial Intelligence. The company has raised $246M to date and has spurred this journey to Enterprise AI for hundreds of large enterprise customers around the world. Florian started working in the startup world at age 20 and hasn't stopped since.
CORENTIN
GUILLEMARD
CEO of Refty
Corentin is the co-founder and CEO of Refty, the easiest solution to make better hiring decisions, improve onboarding and analyze the quality of new hires thanks to data. Before that, he co-founded breaz.io, a tech-talent marketplace that was acquired by Hired Inc. in 2016.
CLAUDETTE LOVENCIN
Cofounder of Fempo
Claudette is the cofounder of Fempo, which bloomed out of a an ambition to make women feel comfortable and confident during their periods. Fempo designs mainly menstrual underwear but they are so much more than your regular underwear brand. Claudette built a community of 50,000 customers and a profitable company from just a simple survey. Today, her efforts lie in perfecting their products and eliminating a daily barrier for women everywhere.
JADE FRANCINE
Cofounder of WeMaintain
Jade Francine is the Co-Founder and COO of WeMaintain, a Proptech startup that is disrupting the regulated maintenance market. Jade spent five years studying and working in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Bangalore before returning to France to launch WeMaintain which raised a total of 8.8M€ to this day, proofing that any market can be turned upside down with the right philosophy and ambition.
MAXIME HUZAR
CEO of SpaceFill
Maxime is the CEO and co-founder of SpaceFill, the platform giving access to the largest European Warehousing & Logistics network. They are building a connected logistics infrastructure, adapting logistics capacities to the growing businesses' needs, all integrated with their clients' systems. They work with thousands of logistics providers and hundreds of customers, raised €8M less than 18 months after inception and operate in France, Germany and Spain.
OUSSAMA AMMAR
Cofounder of The Family
Oussama is a serial entrepreneur and business angel, along with being cofounder of The Family. Passionate about entrepreneurship and startup stories, he's been accompanying founders through the highs and lows of entrepreneurship for more than 10 years now.
ALICE ZAGURY
CEO of The Family
Alice has been supporting entrepreneurs for more than a decade, first with France's first accelerator, Le Camping, and for the past 8 years as CEO of The Family. Her ambition is to create a space where entrepreneurship is encouraged and individuals are given room to grow, a place with big dreams where serendipity is always possible.
BALTHAZAR
DE LAVERGNE
Director at The Family
After joining The Family as an entrepreneur launching his own logistics startup, Balthazar is now Managing Director at The Family. He works hand-in-hand with our fellows on a daily basis, asking the tough questions and learning the details of their growing businesses. He loves both the tiny details that have outsized impacts on a business as well as the macroeconomics of our changing economy.
MATHIAS PASTOR
Director at The Family
Mathias was a student at Oxford when he was running his first company, raising money with VCs while also working on his philosophy degree. He later joined The Family to help other young entrepreneurs steer their companies while also applying his entrepreneurial spirit to all of The Family's activities.
ELI BOGDAN
Biz Dev Manager at Fiverr
Eli Bogdan, from the business strategy team at Fiverr is leading the business development and partnerships for Fiverr Business and developing Fiverr's Startup Program. Eli is part of the investment group CJV and was involved in several startups as co-founder and is a co-founder and on the board of directors of an Israeli nonprofit.
PROGRAM
Tuesday, May 18 - 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm CEST
5:30 - 6:00 PM
Genius or Crazy?
INTRO by Alice Zagury from The Family, Clyde Laheyne from Dark & Max Coutte from Unai
6:00 - 6:30 PM
How do I disrupt banking with 0 experience
KEYNOTE by Canelle Chokron from Vybe & Mathias Pastor from The Family
6:00 - 6:30 PM
Making the best of your resources
WORKSHOP by Eli Bogdan from Fiverr
6:00 - 6:30 PM
How do I find my first 50 clients?
KEYNOTE by Florian Douetteau from Dataiku & Oussama Ammar from The Family
6:30 - 7:00 PM
What does traction feel like?
KEYNOTE by Claudette Lovencin from Fempo & Alice Zagury from The Family
6:30 - 7:00 PM
How did I manage to find the right pricing?
KEYNOTE by Maxime Huzar from Spacefill & Balthazar de Lavergne from The Family
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Early B2B Sales
WORKSHOP by Christelle Lacchia Lemaire from AWS
7:00 - 7:30 PM
How did I code my MVP?
KEYNOTE by Emmanuel Straschnov, from Bubble & Corentin Guillemard from Refty
7:30 - 8:00 PM
How to find smart early stage money?
KEYNOTE by Ewa Treitz from AWS & Jade Francine from We Maintain
8PM
Wrap up
CONCLUSION
8:15 PM
Serendipity time
CHATROULETTE