ENTREPRENEURSHIP - Anna Salaun (GE 2007) and Ludovic Thievon (GE 2007) : Next Level Formation

I/ Identity
Anna SALAUN, EDHEC Grande Ecole (2007) – anna.salaun@nextlevelformation.fr
Ludovic THIEVON, EDHEC Grande Ecole (2007) – ludovic.thievon@nextlevelformation.fr
 
II/ Business start-up project:
Next Level Formation is a registered training company specialized in Soft Skills development. Our website:  www.nextlevelformation.fr

Next Level Formation provides :

• Innovative and tailor-made trainings to develop Soft Skills : Art of speech, Leadership & Management, Managing emotions, Negotiation, Business Efficiency, Creativity, Project Management.
• Unforgettable events: seminars, conferences, hoax, shows, teambuilding sessions…

Originality of the project:

• An innovative tool: based on the use of different arts and artistic techniques, mainly theatrical improvisation. Theatrical Improvisation is a very powerful tool since it allows trainees to work on efficient communication skills, which are listening, precision, benevolence, fast understanding of any situation and fast problem-solving mindset. These skills are immediately and simply transposable in the business world
• A unique approach: pleasure, thanks to unusual methods, assures sustainable performance when it comes to Soft Skills.  
• An efficient method: learning by doing ! Practicing is a major key to develop reflexes.
• A specific Business Model: all the trainers are associates, and the company is almost run as a co-operative.

 Added-value: all of consultants have a quadruple background, allowing them to deeply understand clients’ issues:
1.    Alumni from « Grandes Ecoles »: EDHEC, HEC, ESSEC, Centrale Paris, …
2.    Experience in companies (in average 5 years)
3.    Professional actors (5 to 15 years)
4.    Experimented Trainers (in average 5 years)

Market:
Next Level Formation can work with Firms, Public communities, Associations, Business or Engineering Schools, etc…
Some of our clients today:

Our contacts are:
•    Regarding Training, HR managers and top managers,
•    Regarding Events, Communication managers and top managers.

Team: 14 people including 2 EDHEC

Capital raised: €8k

Growth prospects: very high thanks to a booming trend: HR managers and top managers pay more and more attention to develop these skills among their team of for themselves, to make the difference in terms of global performance of the firm, and in terms of sustainable business relationships.
Our goal is to go further in building partnerships with companies, but also, beforehand, with Business and Engineering Schools, in order to help students to be the Managers of tomorrow!

II/ What do you expect from the EDHEC community?
We are looking for all opportunities to promote and develop Next Level Formation:

• Development of new partnerships.
• Expertise and contacts: bring your expertise or your contacts, which could help us (e.g. in the press, in web marketing…).