1. Made an appointment to take an EXCITING group photos of the association Thursday 8th March 9am in front of RU, Dress code: SUITS” (There is NO class scheduled this day!!) We are going to take photos that suits our motto “PLAYGROUND for Entrepreneurs”. Duration of photo shot 2hr + a good lunch in good ol’Jouy)

  2. Watched an introductory video of Skimm and a demo pitch from Valentin Lautier, one of the co-founder of Skimm  And talked about the business idea of Skimm, its challenges  etc.
    Skimm in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRlLHhs4WK4
    Demo Pitch : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4wCvOAN2U

  3. Found topics that we would like to ask about Valentin’s entrepreneurial journey.
    • Process of founding the company; from idea generation, to finding teams and funding
      How did you convince your partners?  What were the challenges and how did you overcome them? 
      Generating profit
    • Market and Challenges
      Why and How did you choose the market?
      Differentiation of product from competitors (MyBee, PayPal, Credit & Debit Cards)
      Have you launched in different countries? If so, how did you deal with international challenges?
    • Role as Entrepreneur
      What was your role when starting up Skimm?
      Your most exciting moment? And the toughest?
      What would you do differently if you start-up Skimm today?
    • What are the next steps for Skimm, expected difficulties and how would you tackle them?
      How would you reach critical level of customers and service providers (shops)?
     Arranged and took roles in preparing the talk (scheduled on 12th March 2012) - See below

  4. Walked through Patrick’s slides for HECreate Introductory presentation 

  5. Updates on current projects      
    • HECGarage; in process of searching storage space within Jouy or Velizy. Hopefully will not need to change the name to HEC Stockage 
    • Google Event:  Mr. Eloic Peyrache (Dean of Grande Ecole) showed interest in project and will reach back after contacting Google  (Detailed version of plans for Google workshop is available )