SKEMA Ventures Raleigh recently held the kickoff meeting to discuss the plan of action at SKEMA’s Raleigh, USA, campus. At the meeting, plans for the spring semester were discussed, including conducting the Startup Kafe on January 29 and the BootCamp between April 16 and 18.
The pivot, a radical change in strategic positioning and/or business model, has become a reference and buzzword in the startup universe. To help entrepreneurs better understand its causes and the stakes, SKEMA has organised a conference in Lille on January 18.
The FAMAE Foundation has launched the PRECIOUS WATER! challenge with €2,000,000 as the prize amount. Participants are required to design a “simple and innovative product or service to preserve water, and make it cleaner and accessible to everyone all over the world.”
Startup Kafe, the stimulating entrepreneurial Happy Hour conducted by SKEMA Ventures, is back! Test your business idea by presenting it through a two-minute pitch and get the feedback and inspiration you need.
This MOOC will enable entrepreneurs to hone their negotiation skills and better manage interpersonal relationships. It is divided into 4 parts that explain and demonstrate the essential aspects. Watch it now!
SKEMA a été fière d’accueillir un évènement phare organisé par UCA qui célébrait la création d’entreprises, notamment issues du monde de l’enseignement et de la recherche.
Investments in early-stage startups have more than quadrupled between the first semester of 2015 and the first six months of 2018, according to a report by Tech.eu developed in partnership with Stripe and Techstars. Read for details.
UPComingVC, a startup and venture capital education platform, is conducting the third edition of its Venture Capital Investment Challenge on January 28, 2019, at Station F in Paris. The SKEMA-supported challenge aims at training SaaS and consumer goods startups to understand how to raise funds. Read for details.
SKEMA alumni Cédric Allin and Thibaut Desseignes’ Bieropolis, the innovative e-commerce company that delivers the best selection of craft beers, recently received the 2018 Young Company Award at the Entreprenariales contest organized by UPE06 and University Côte d’Azur. Read for details.
La Tribune, the popular French financial newspaper, is conducting the seventh edition of the ‘10,000 Startups Pour Changer le Monde’ competition which aims at promoting innovative young companies from different regions in France. Read for details.
