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Idea Center

Idea Center

Innovation | Digital & Data | Entrepreneurship | Acceleration

The HEC IDEA Center has recently been created to enhance HEC's reputation as the leading European Business School for Entrepreneurial and Digital Innovation, meeting the aspirations of a new generation of students and the needs of businesses. As well as overseeing the coordination of the Business School's programs, the IDEA Center runs an innovation laboratory for developing cutting-edge ideas and it will soon have a research center dedicated to data science.

Key Facts

400

projects supported each year

100%

of students sensitized to entrepreneurship & innovation

+40

years of entrepreneurship program

32

StartUp Launchpad Projects supported per year

65

start-ups currently hosted at the HEC Incubator

40

HEC Challenge+ innovative projects trained each year

Success Stories

Behind every great idea is a great entrepreneurial team. Discover our success stories.

Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet
Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet
Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet was the founder of PriceMinister.com in 2000. He left PriceMinister.com in 2014 and has subsequently established two investment funds, ISAI and Kernel Holding Investments. BACKGROUND PriceMinister.com was founded in Paris in...
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François Pelen - POINT VISION
François Pelen - POINT VISION
François Pelen is the co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Groupe Point Vision. The company boasts 23 ophthalmologists centers in France, and hopes to expand to 50 over the next five years. BACKGROUND Almost 6 out of 10 French people have, at one...
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Céline Lazorthes
Céline Lazorthes
Céline Lazorthes is the founder and CEO of the Leetchi Group, which has more than ten million users in over 150 countries! BACKGROUND Created in 2009 by Céline Lazorthes, Leetchi.com is a secure web service that provides a fun and easy way for people...
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Nathalie Gaveau - SHOPCADE
Nathalie Gaveau - SHOPCADE
Nathalie Gaveau is the founder of Shopcade and the General Manager of Lagardère Active Shopping. She was also the co-founder of PriceMinister that was sold to the Rakuten Group in 2010 for $250 million. BACKGROUND Shopcade was founded in 2011 in the...
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Events

Apr 16
2019

Discover the subversive and inclusive side of blockchain!

6:30 pm

In partnership with the Paris Blockchain Week, HEC & Polytechnique have organised a conference on "The impacts of Blockchain on governance and collaboration in companies and the society".

 Register now!
Apr 18
2019

Office Hours with Experts in Entrepreneurship

2:00 pm
Jouy-En-Josas

Every week in HEC Campus, eLab, S124

 Registration to Office Hours
Apr 30
2019

HEC Seed Edition 2019

1:00 pm
Paris

For the 5th time, the HEC Entrepreneurship, Summit of the year will regroup students, entrepreneurs and firms around the theme "innovation for Good".

 Attend the summit

News

Kabo bowls

Healthy bowls grow on HEC Paris campus..

After the very successful experience of Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux who tested their Italian Big Mamma catering concept on the HEC Paris campus in 2014, it is now Fadel Bennani (H19) and Othman...
The X-HEC Entrepreneurs master class is in Silicon Valley

Think big or go home!

The 2019 X-HEC Entrepreneurs master is in Silicon Valley! The LEX - or "Learning Expedition" is a study trip that takes place just after the final jury of the development mission and lasts one week.
Start'hec Incubit

5 Life lessons learnt in Israël

The Start'HEC student club organized a unique technology trip to Israel. 17 students left for 6 days during the February break to discover Israel's formidable entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem.
Demooz

HEC Incubator Cohort part #2

We have already presented you with 4 projects out of the 8 that joined the HEC Incubator on the 3rd of January. Today, meet the other 4 new projects that are currently benefiting from a tailor-made...
Toutes Mes Aides Team

Interview with Cyprien Geze, founder of Toutes Mes Aides, SocialTech & AI startup supported by the HEC Incubator

Read this interview of Cyprien Geze, H2014, CEO of Toutes Mes Aides , a french startup enabling people to search for all the social benefits and subsidies they are eligible for, thanks to an Artificial...
Data Soluce

Data Soluce: a fast-growing Start-up

Data Soluce, the fast-growing start-up hosted at the HEC Incubator gets the French Tech Brest + Pass
Winter Intake 2019

HEC Incubator: Winter Intake

The HEC Incubator presents its Winter 2019 cohort : 8 selected projects that are currently benefitting from a tailor-made program at the heart of Station F.
Kazidomi

Interview with Alain Etienne, co-founder of Kazidomi, an eCommerce of healthy products

Learn more about Alain, his background, his links to the HEC Community and his promising start-up!
HEC Paris x Ecole de Guerre

HEC Paris & Ecole de Guerre partnership

HEC Paris signed in January 2019 a partnership with Ecole de Guerre to share a program involving mixed teams of students from both schools.
HEC Mercure 2018

HEC Mercure 2018 Award - The Winners

The Mercure HEC 2018 awards ceremony took place last month, January 23rd in Wework Lafayette, with the support of Banque Populaire .
L'accélérateur ESS Paris Ile-de-France

“L’Accelerateur” : First batch with 10 companies

The Region and its partners support through this program the major players in a more inclusive and sustainable Parisian economy.
Access2Europe and startup

Four European startups exploring the French Market hosted at the HEC Incubator

The French-German Chamber of Commerce is running Access2Europe, a European Commission’s H2020 programme, which gives European startups market access within the EU.
HEC Incubator call spring 2019

Incubateur HEC x Station F – Summer 2019 Batch

The HEC Incubator launches its new call for application: join one of the largest entrepreneurship network at Station F!
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Knowledge articles

Benedicte Faivre-Tavignot S&O
Reinventing Business Education

Making a change: teaching sustainable and inclusive business

By Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot

Students in MBA lounge
Reinventing Business Education

Posing dilemmas: an MBA ethics course incites students to question themselves and their beliefs

By Afshin Mehrpouya

Whistleblowers research
Law

The protection of whistleblowers: What does the law say in France and in the US

By Nicole Stolowy, Luc Paugam

Art Market vignette
Finance

Art Markets: What you should know before investing in art

By Christophe Spaenjers, Stefano Lovo

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