Startups are born in France every day, and Ile-de-France is Europe's innovation champion. The French capital is home to more startupsthan either London or Berlin.

If you'd like to embark on the wonderful adventure of creating your own company, startup is a word that tickles your fancy and teases your most creative DNA.

Entrepreneurship is an adventure you have to prepare for!

This Career Evening, which will be largely participative, will enable you to benefit from the experience of several startupers who have already taken this path, and who will share with you their "tips" for getting started, staying the course, finding the right support, achieving the viability of the project and above all living this new phase of life with enthusiasm, confidence and pride. They'll share their "tips" for getting started, staying the course, finding the right support, achieving a balanced project viability and, above all, living this new phase of life with enthusiasm, confidence and pride.
It's for everyone, whether you're just starting out in your professional life, an experienced executive looking for a better balance between personal and professional life, or an employee looking for a new way to realize your potential...

Several witnesses will share their experience to help you make the most of your business start-up project.

The evening will feature

• Vincent Flament, X- Mines (P2010), Ignition program
• Guillaume Carpentier, Mines Nancy 2012, creator of the startup Wave me up
• Didier Launay, Mines St Etienne 74, XMP entrepreneur club
• Yoann Hodeau, 32, Mines St-Etienne 2006, founder of Prowd
  
• Romain Niccoli, Mines Paris 97, co-creator of Criteo and Less
• Timothée Rambaud, Mines Paris 2000, co-founder of the digital legal document creation platform Legalstart
• and a designer .... Antonella Benhamou, Mines Paris 2012

Yoann Hodeau: 32, Mines St-Etienne 2006, founder of Prowd: the digital coach that helps you save money through eco-friendly gestures. After starting his career in industry, the desire for meaningful work (as well as the desire to roll up his sleeves) led him to "social entrepreneurship", a form of entrepreneurship that reconciles economic efficiency with positive social and environmental impact.

Didier Launay: PhD in Economics, Mines St Etienne 1974, Master of Science in Mathematics, Graduate of the Institute of Directors in London, Certified Director ILA Luxembourg.
An independent director, he is Vice-Chairman of XMP Entrepreneur's Club des Créateurs d'Entreprise. He is also General Secretary of the Club des Investisseurs de long terme of the Centre des Professions financières in Paris. An asset manager for 20 years, notably in private equity, he has participated in the creation of several companies, including start-ups, and remains active in this sector.

Romain Niccoli:Mines Paris 97, he's always had the startup bug.
His 1st experience as a Manager at Microsoft only prepared him for the man-orchestra role of a startup. In 2005, with his classmate Franck le Ouay (P 97) and Jean-Baptiste Rudelle, Romain founded Criteo, a specialist in Internet advertising.
In 2013, the "Frenchies" of Criteo were listed on the Nasdaq, but Romain soon set off on a new adventure with Less, an urban car-sharing startup.

Timothée Rambaud: Mines Paris 2000, he launched legalstart.fr in 2013, after starting his career as a Financial Analyst atBNP Paribas in New York and then Goldman Sachs.His entrepreneurial streak was mainly forged during his experience at H.I.G. Capital, an investment fund in which he participated in the development of the Paris office. This gave himthe opportunity to support entrepreneurs in the creation and development of their projects, and to observe the inadequacy of the services offered by traditional legal players to meet the needs of small businesses.

PAF :
- 10 € : contributor
- 25 € : non contributor and outside
- Free : student
- 20 € : Accompanying person

Intermines conference in partnership with Ponts Alumni: REGISTER on the Intermines website.