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Discover the many facets of entrepreneurship, get inspired by joining our great ecosystem!
Discover the many facets of entrepreneurship, get inspired by best practices by joining our great ecosystem!
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Let's talk entrepreneurship, innovation, positive impact, business, creativity... :
- Accelerateur ESS playlist (masterclass, interviews)
- HEC Stand Up playlist (inspirational interviews, masterclass)
- Incubateur HEC Paris (webinar serie and interviews)
"Let's Talk program", composed of 10 episodes that bring together a young woman entrepreneur and an experienced woman who is the boss or head of a start-up. Pitch, career path, advice during 5 minutes of complicity, dialogue, to allow young women to take example, to start a debate and to share with inspiring women.
Testimonies
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Ning Li - Entrepreneur
MSc X-HEC Entrepreneurs Skydive 2020
News
Every season, a new cohort, and every cohort, a new set of bets on the future. On May, thirteen founding teams walk through the doors of Station F with one thing in common: the conviction that the problem...
From strategic necessity to civilian infrastructure, today’s defence technologies could reshape industries far beyond geopolitics. Key findings Defence-funded innovation has historically generated major...
The 6th edition of the WomenEntrepreneurs4Good (WE4G) program has revealed its 10 laureates. Discover the women founders selected this year to join the HEC Paris Incubator and pitch at the Women's Forum...
Who shapes innovation when entrepreneurs navigate ambiguity, AI disruption, and shifting regulatory and capital regimes? Entrepreneurship has long been described through the lens of risk. Yet, as recent...
HOPES (HEC Ouvre la Porte à l’Entrepreneuriat Social in French) is a large-scale initiative led by HEC Paris and supported by the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller. More than a program, HOPES is a long-term...
Built From the Field, Designed for the Future Most startups begin with technology. DutyAdvisor began with experience. The company finds its roots in the day-to-day reality of Stéphane Margand, an...
In 2024, atmospheric CO₂ reached 421 ppm, far exceeding the critical 350 ppm threshold, as natural carbon sinks become saturated. With emission reduction strategies proving insufficient on their own...
On March 5, 44 students from HEC Paris’s Grande École and Master’s programs gathered at Station F, the world’s largest startup campus, for the first-ever edition of Pitch & Hire, an event designed to...
A new cohort of the HEC Paris Startup Launchpad kicked off on January 19, 2026. This year, the program supports 38 startup projects across a wide range of sectors, including Banking & Finance, Education &...
For years, HEC Paris has solidified its reputation as a leading institution for generating high-growth ventures, playing a pivotal role in the French and global technology landscape. We take great pride...
In January, as every year, the Incubateur HEC Paris welcomed a new cohort of 13 startups, bringing together ambitious founders building high-impact solutions across AI, cybersecurity, data, foodtech...
At the crossroads of HEC Paris’ entrepreneurial spirit and its ambition to drive change, the Master of Science X-HEC Entrepreneurs stands as one of the School’s most distinctive learning experiences...
The year 2025 marks a new period of recognition for the HEC Paris entrepreneurial ecosystem, reaffirming our status as a leading institution in the creation and acceleration of technological champions in...
At the 2025 Women's Forum Global Meeting , the central theme was as demanding as it was inspiring: “Courage: Bold Move for A Better World”. Amidst the 1,500 participants and global leaders gathering in...
Biotechnology holds the promise to transform sectors ranging from healthcare to data storage. Yet few areas of innovation face barriers as structural, costly, and time-intensive. To explore what it takes...
Sucess Stories
Céline Lazorthes is the founder and CEO of the Leetchi Group, which has more than ten million users in over 150 countries! Created in 2009 by Céline Lazorthes, Leetchi.com is a secure web service that provides a fun and easy way for people to collect...
Anaïs Barut is the Co-founder and CEO of DAMAE Medical, a pioneering medtech startup revolutionizing skin cancer diagnosis with its non-invasive imaging technology. Recognized by MIT Technology Review in 2015 as one of France’s top 10 innovators...
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...
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...
François Pelen is the co-Founder of Groupe Point Vision. He is an ophthalmologist, pharmacologist, HEC Paris graduate (EMBA.91) and HEC Challenge + professor. After a career in pharmaceuticals that began at Sanofi and culminated in a position as Vice...