{"id":1956,"date":"2015-01-27T10:55:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T02:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2015-01-27T10:55:58","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T02:55:58","slug":"startup-movies-3-love-entrepreneurs-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/startup-movies-3-love-entrepreneurs-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup movies #3: We love entrepreneurs (France)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One movie at a time, I think we&rsquo;ll be able to make a virtual world tour of startup ecosystems! <strong>We Love Entrepreneurs<\/strong> is about the <strong>French tech ecosystem<\/strong> in 2015, its journey so far, the new generation of entrepreneurs, and, overall, a lot of good signs and stories that even in a very centralized, big corporation loving country, things change.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1958\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/we-love-entrepreneurs-startup-movie-france-frenchtech-xavier-niel-halle-freyssinet-frenchtech-innovation-is-everywhere-martin-pasquier-1.jpeg\" alt=\"we love entrepreneurs startup movie france frenchtech xavier niel halle freyssinet frenchtech innovation is everywhere martin pasquier\" width=\"290\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The movie itself is powered by a few big companies such as BNP Paribas (a bank which has quite a track record on innovation through its subsidiary L&rsquo;Atelier, both a digital and innovation agency) and Orange, on <strong>an original idea of Richard Menneux, founder of<\/strong> <a title=\"FRenchweb\" href=\"http:\/\/frenchweb.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frenchweb<\/a>, arguably the \u00ab\u00a0historical\u00a0\u00bb resource on the startup world in France and in French.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s also powered by the sheer reality of what the digital economy brings to France. The <strong>revenues of French startups in 2012-2013 jumped by +43%, and jobs by +22%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x2fa1lk\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x2fa1lk_we-love-entrepreneurs-a-documentary-about-tech-startups_tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We Love Entrepreneurs &#8211; a documentary about&#8230;<\/a> <i>par <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/We-Love-Entrepreneurs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We-Love-Entrepreneurs<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>The country is also reputed for its <strong>high level of education<\/strong>, especially engineers, the <strong>ease of starting a business<\/strong> there, and <strong>a large natural market<\/strong> of 66 million, and a broader one of 75 million native speakers, and 220 million French speakers in the world.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>We love entrepreneurs: sharing the energy of a new generation<\/h2>\n<p>The first few minutes of the movie make a tough assessment: <strong>among the top 40 French companies, non was born in the 21st century.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new generation of entrepreneurs think <strong>in a global ecosystem<\/strong> (people going in China at <a title=\"Haxlr8r\" href=\"http:\/\/www.haxlr8r.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haxlr8r<\/a>, or in Chile for <a title=\"Startup Chile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.startupchile.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Startup Chile<\/a>), French people are not afraid of that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Being in a global ecosystem also helps acquire, or be acquired<\/strong>. Recent big acquisitions include women lifestyle newsletter <a title=\"MyLittleParis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mylittleparis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MyLittleParis<\/a> by women portal <a title=\"Au Feminin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aufeminin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AuFeminin<\/a> to go global, productivity startup <a title=\"Producteev\" href=\"https:\/\/www.producteev.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Producteev<\/a> by Nasdaq listed <a title=\"Jive\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jivesoftware.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jive<\/a>, and <a title=\"Deezer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deezer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deezer<\/a> and <a title=\"Orange\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orange.com\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orange<\/a> to reach new customers on both sides).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support organizations like incubators<\/strong> (there are about 200 in France) also help connect, bring entrepreneurs to the Silicon Valley, and put them overall in an environment with people and skills around them.<\/p>\n<p>Two parts of the movie also show that <strong>French entrepreneurs have now the mindset many in the Silicon Valley deem important<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>They manage to pivot<\/strong>. <a title=\"Mathieu Nouzareth\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mathieunouzareth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mathieu Nazareth<\/a>, CEO of FreshStart shows how he tried a first startup in 2009, and <em>\u201call went wrong. In 2012, we only had a few weeks of cash-flow\u201d<\/em>. He then shares how during a walk under the Golden Gate bridge, he got the idea of <a title=\"Songpop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.songpop.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Songpop<\/a>. 2 months and a half later, he releases the game, with only 3 weeks of cash-flow left, <em>\u201cnot even enough to close down the company\u201d.<\/em> After Mark Zuckerberg shares a status saying, on Facebook, it was one of the best games he played, they became #1 on the Appstore in almost all countries. Today, SongPop has 100m players all over the world. Pivot is key, rapid pivot upon assessing a first failure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1957\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/songpop-mark-zuckerberg-we-love-entrepreneurs-movie-richard-menneveux-innovation-is-everywhere-martin-pasquier-1.jpeg\" alt=\"songpop mark zuckerberg we love entrepreneurs movie richard menneveux innovation is everywhere martin pasquier\" width=\"520\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>They turn into mentors, and bring skills, experience, advice and money after their initial success<\/strong>. <a title=\"Jacques-Antoine Granjon\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques-Antoine_Granjon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marc-Antoine Granjon<\/a>, CEO of <a title=\"Vente-Privee\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.uk.vente-privee.com\/authentication\/portal\/EN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vente-Privee<\/a>, says it&rsquo;s like <em>\u201cpaying back a social tax. <\/em>my father gave me some seed money when I was young, it was a lot of money at that time, so if I can give $25k to 100 entrepreneurs, it can help\u201d. Since then, Jacques-Antoine has partnered with <a title=\"Xavier Niel\" href=\"en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xavier_Niel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xavier Niel<\/a>, often thought to be France&rsquo;s leading tech entrepreneur, and <a title=\"Marc Simoncini\" href=\"http:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marc_Simoncini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marc Simoncini,<\/a> founder of European dating leader Meetic, to launch<a title=\"101 Projets Simoncini Niel Granjon\" href=\"http:\/\/101projets.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 101 Projets,<\/a> where they collectively granted \u20ac25,000 to 101 projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1959\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/101-projets-xavier-niel-jacques-granjon-marc-simoncini-we-love-entrepreneurs-frenchtech-france-startup-ecosystem-martin-pasquier-innovation-is-everywhere-2-1.png\" alt=\"101 projets xavier niel jacques granjon marc simoncini we love entrepreneurs frenchtech france startup ecosystem martin pasquier innovation is everywhere 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"201\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Startups and France? A good match for the years to come<\/h2>\n<p>The latest moves from the French startup ecosystem are also very encouraging. Two of them deserve a special mention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The first one is the <a title=\"La French Tech\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lafrenchtech.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FrenchTech<\/a> umbrella brand,<\/strong> set up by entrepreneurs and supported by the government, not reputed in France to have a very good knowledge of what entrepreneurship is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-ks_large wp-image-1960 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/frenchtech-logo-france-startup-brand-ecosystem-we-love-entrepreneurs-movie-innovation-is-everywhere-martin-pasquier-1-571x350.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/frenchtech-logo-france-startup-brand-ecosystem-we-love-entrepreneurs-movie-innovation-is-everywhere-martin-pasquier-1-163x100.jpeg 163w, http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/frenchtech-logo-france-startup-brand-ecosystem-we-love-entrepreneurs-movie-innovation-is-everywhere-martin-pasquier-1-326x200.jpeg 326w, http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/frenchtech-logo-france-startup-brand-ecosystem-we-love-entrepreneurs-movie-innovation-is-everywhere-martin-pasquier-1-571x350.jpeg 571w, http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/frenchtech-logo-france-startup-brand-ecosystem-we-love-entrepreneurs-movie-innovation-is-everywhere-martin-pasquier-1.jpeg 620w\" alt=\"frenchtech logo france startup brand ecosystem we love entrepreneurs movie innovation is everywhere martin pasquier 1\" width=\"571\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We showed <a title=\"French Tech Las Vegas 2015\" href=\"http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/thoughts-las-vegas-frenchtech-reach-maturity\/\">how during the CES in Las Vegas in early January 2015, this brand reached maturity<\/a>, as even <a title=\"French Tech the economist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/business-and-finance\/21638048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Economist<\/a> recognized you could hear and see French startups all over the place.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, the FrenchTech brand <strong>has been able to embrace the regional diversity of French entrepreneurs<\/strong>, which is a second surprise in a highly centralized, Paris-centric nation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1961\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/halle_freyssinet-we-love-entrepreneurs-xavier-niel-france-startup-frenchtech-innovation-is-everywhere-martin-pasquier-2.jpg\" alt=\"halle_freyssinet we love entrepreneurs xavier niel france startup frenchtech innovation is everywhere martin pasquier\" width=\"640\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The second one, yet to be open <strong>in 2016, is the <a title=\"Halle Freyssinet 1000 Startups\" href=\"http:\/\/1000startups.fr\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Halle Freyssinet<\/a> project, which self proclaims to be <em>\u00ab\u00a0the world&rsquo;s largest digital incubator\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>,<\/strong> with enough space to host <strong>some 1,000 startups<\/strong>, as well as a few of France&rsquo;s best known tech companies. The project is supported both by the government (through its sovereign wealth fund la Caisse des D\u00e9p\u00f4ts et Consignation and Xavier Niel, whose net worth is assessed at $6.6bn).<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SxqB8lvE15s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"We love entrepreneurs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.we-love-entrepreneurs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We love entrepreneurs <\/a>is now also a website with news &amp; tips about the French ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One movie at a time, I think we&rsquo;ll be able to make a virtual world tour of startup ecosystems! 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