EDHEC Business School creates a business incubator for students and alumni aiming to start their own business: EDHEC Young Entrepreneurs - EYE.
EYE was created to provide EDHEC students and alumni with adaptable and effective support for their start-ups. As such, it follows on from the academic content provided by EDHEC’s different programme, and is in perfect keeping with the School’s values of excellence.

All students and alumni from EDHEC, ESPEME or the MSc, MBA, CSM programmes, etc. who have a business start-up idea and with a certain degree of professional experience can submit their projects to the incubator. EYE also has an agreement with a job centre (the MIE) in Roubaix to help promote local employment and to develop the local economy.
Students and alumni from Nice or Paris who are interested will also be able to get specific help on a distance basis.
All the projects sent in are first examined by Jean-Michel Ledru, the consultant attached to the EYE project. Those selected are invited for interview with a committee which makes the final choice. The first committee meeting was held on 20 September and the next meeting will be in January 2011.
Successful projects will then be eligible for specific help and support from EYE. This takes the form of structured coaching to help the applicants to develop and validate their business plan, present it to financial partners, and to structure the HR, technical, legal, fiscal, operational, marketing and communication aspects with the help and expertise of EDHEC’s teaching staff, then to look for funding for the project, help set it up, and support it for 2 years.
Unsuccessful applications will be given a debriefing to help them to rethink their project.

Do you have an idea that you would like to present to the committee? Send a message to Jean-Michel Ledru: jean-michel.ledru@edhec.edu who will get in touch as quickly as possible for an initial meeting where you can present your project.

For more information, sign up now for the presentation in Paris on Tuesday 16.

 
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