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Guide to entrepreneurship

Embark on your entrepreneurial journey at ESSCA: “From idea generation to project launch, a multi-stage rocket”.

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Working in harmony with our programmes, professors, corporate relations staff, campuses, student experience team, continuing education department, and alumni, we aim to achieve 5 main missions:

  • Inform, Engage, and Connect: We introduce students to the mechanisms of both internal and external entrepreneurial ecosystems. Our dedicated entrepreneurial semester, specialist faculty working across all campuses, and campus-specific entrepreneurship coordinators are all geared towards fostering your entrepreneurial spirit. You’ll also have the opportunity to attain national student-entrepreneur status with the Pépite scheme (Student Centres for Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship), and join the ESSCA Entreprendre student society.
  • Inspire and Motivate: We host a variety of events such as entrepreneurial hackathons and marathons, award an annual Entrepreneurial Track Prize, and organize pitch competitions to fuel your entrepreneurial drive. You’ll hear from inspiring entrepreneurs, participate in the Vivatech Startup and Tech Event, visit Station F (the world’s largest start-up campus), and embark on international learning expeditions. All these experiences are further enriched through the opportunities offered by the ESSCA Entreprendre student society.
  • Educate and Support Entrepreneurs: Our faculty, along with resources including IGEU / BPI France 0% loans, ESSCA Foundation grants, and “Atypical entrepreneur passion tracks”, are all designed to nurture your entrepreneurial journey. We also organise “Find your co-founder” speed dating events, offer continuing education programmes, and provide support from the national FrenchTech volunteer entrepreneur community.
  • Welcome, Support, and Incubate Start-ups: Our INCUB’ESSCA Paris facility and the Business Nursery on the Bordeaux and Angers campuses offer comprehensive pre-incubation and incubation support. We provide coaching, expert workshops, residence and registration to help your start-up thrive.
  • Foster the development of future Scale-ups: We facilitate communication, cultivate communities and ecosystems, establish partnerships, organise competitions, manage investor relations, and provide financing to help your start-up scale up.

MOOC :

MOOC creative box: Embark on a four-week journey following an innovator, adopting their approach and tools to develop your creative skills in support of innovation.

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