Course

Entrepreneurship

Launching and growing a project

Understanding entrepreneurship from end to end: its history, the method for validating an idea, tools and legal structures, financing, opportunities, risks and the future of the founder's job.

7 modules ~82 min read Open to all, no prerequisites

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The path

Module 1 12 min

HistoryFrom the merchant to the start-up

From Cantillon to Silicon Valley: how the risk-taker became the innovator, then the venture-backed start-up founder.

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Module 2 13 min

How it worksThe entrepreneurial method

Fall in love with the problem, build an MVP, measure, learn: the method for validating an idea before building it big.

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Module 3 11 min

Legal structures and toolsThe French framework for launching

Micro-enterprise or SASU, incubators, no-code, Bpifrance grants: the practical toolbox to go from idea to launch.

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Module 4 12 min

Financing & ecosystemRaise, dilute, exit

Business angels, venture capital funds, funding stages, cap table and BSPCE: how a growing start-up is financed and structured.

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Module 5 11 min

OpportunitiesMarkets, sectors, successes

A million companies created each year, booming sectors (AI, greentech, health) and leading French success stories.

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Module 6 12 min

The risksCash, co-founders, mental health

No market, cash flow, conflicts between co-founders and burnout: the real causes of failure, and how to guard against them.

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Module 7 11 min

OutlookThe future of the founder's job

AI-native start-ups, solo founders, deeptech, mission-driven companies and European sovereignty: what is reshaping entrepreneurship.

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7 modules, readable in order or separately. No unnecessary jargon, always sourced.

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