Launch of Challenge Jeunes Pousses in Weekend Startup mode. Take part in the launch weekend and create your team. Details: https://bit.ly/2ZXCIAB

Startup Kafe is an event that allows SKEMA students to test their business idea by presenting it through a two-minute business pitch. Make sure you register ASAP to ensure that you do not miss the opportunity to pitch your innovative entrepreneurial idea, or listen to your classmates. Register at: bit.ly/KAFE-RSVP

Prof. Philippe Chereau, director of SKEMA Ventures, will be delivering a talk on an entrepreneur’s guide to a successful business model experimentation at the Lille campus on October 7. The talk will also be live-streamed online. It is open to SKEMA students and alumni. To participate, please register here.

On October 8, Prof. Philippe Chereau, director of SKEMA Ventures, will be delivering a talk on “Frugal innovation for social entrepreneurs” at the Paris campus.

Summary: Social entrepreneurs always face tougher barriers. This is why the development of new approaches to innovation needs to be transferred to them. Frugal innovation is one of the best approaches that allows social entrepreneurs to do more with less. During his talk, Prof. Chereau will connect social entrepreneurship with frugal innovation practices and explore different ways through which one can become a frugal entrepreneur.

Time: 6.30pm to 8pm

The talk will also be live-streamed online. To participate, please register here. For more information, please send an email at philippe.chereau@skema.edu.

Speaker: Mr Shian Ding, dean of Ye Maozhong Conflict School of Business
Date: October 20
Time: 6.30pm (Suzhou time)
Where: Lecture Hall, SKEMA Suzhou campus

Register here

Startup Kafe, a simulating entrepreneurial event conducted by SKEMA Ventures, is back at the Lille, Paris and Sophia Antipolis campus! If you have a startup idea in mind and are looking to explore it, attend Startup Kafe and pitch it in 2 minutes. More details coming soon.