Startup & Entrepreneurship

Hailing from Iran, Bahargol’s class of 2023 journey encapsulates the fusion of passion, determination, and the pursuit of a brighter future. After an MBA in EMLV, StationF chose her to launch and grow her startup, BFit, an innovative health and sports platform dedicated to serving special populations, including the elderly and individuals recovering from injuries or […]

Charlotte Alaux, co-founder of the start-up Omni, graduated from EMLV in 2015. In a competition, Omni was selected as one of 100 start-ups to invest in 2020. Here is her story. It was the inclusive approach of Omni’s proposed motorised solution that convinced Charlotte to get involved. The multidisciplinary nature of apprecenticeships at EMLV, coupled […]

How to support startups to go global? It became the core question for International Business students at EMLV, which are challenged to develop consulting plans for newly-created companies wishing to internationalize. As part of their capstone project for the Master’s in Management programme, EMLV students act as consultants for startups to help them expand internationally. […]

Many international students who choose France to study abroad go to business school with entrepreneurial aspirations. But why wait until done with the business school to launch a startup in France? Higher education in Paris is a great time to start a business! Starting a business in France while in business school is a dream […]

Devinci Startup is a startup accelerator and an intensive, highly-focused on-campus program aimed at early-stage entrepreneurs pursuing higher education at Pole Leonard de Vinci. Every year, the Devinci Startup program welcomes students from the three schools of the Pole Leonard de Vinci  – EMLV, ESILV and IIM – to help them verify and optimize their […]

Devinci Startup, the Pole Leonard de Vinci’s incubator for business ideas, held an online conference on “How to launch a startup in France”. This event focused on entrepreneurship has unpacked examples of how three local business creators successfully ventured into self-employment by starting their coaching companies. Are you interested in entrepreneurship? Don’t know how to […]

While the health crisis is taking a toll on employment growth, the Devinci Start-Up incubator program is on the right track. To help EMLV alumni create their jobs instead of looking for it, the Pole Leonard de Vinci’s entrepreneurship support centre has organized a series of training workshops focusing on how best to use tools […]

On Tuesday, March 10, the special event-day “Devinci Startup Day” was held at the Pole Leonard de Vinci. The event programme has featured a round table with various entrepreneurs behind some French success stories, including Louis Marty, co-founder of Merci Handy, and Steve Abou Rjeily, co-founder of Doctolib. The two startup entrepreneurs are EMLV alums. […]

When starting a business, both successes and failures make an unforgettable learning lesson for entrepreneurs. Some are bound to happen, but this doesn’t mean that others can’t be avoided.

When asked about the entrepreneurship journey, any business entrepreneur says that it’s fueled by the excitement of starting a business, especially if it’s their passion to make a new idea come to life. Despite the misconceptions certain people have about being a business entrepreneur, millennials paved the way for so many aspiring innovators to take […]

Aside from the usual stress factors of running a business, young entrepreneurs, especially millennials, are being subject to certain stereotypes that are making their job even more difficult and creating insecurities that will not allow them to properly position themselves in the market. Millennial entrepreneurs are known for their innovative ideas, creativity, and will-power. But […]

Entrepreneurship myths have been scaring business owners or anyone with a new idea for a very long time, and a lot of them end up giving up before giving their business a chance. As more people aspire to become entrepreneurs, it is important to debunk myths about what makes them succeed or fail.