My guest today is Hajar Chokairi, associate of ONORIENT, a mixed media website that highlights lesser known artists of all sorts from North Africa and the Middle East. Hajar and her co-founders started the project in 2013, and have since built

#43: Ben Costantini

Aug 6th, 2018 31m

My guest today is Ben Costantini, CEO and Founder of Startup Sesame, the global network of Tech events and Connectors. With more than ten years' experience in conference organisation, he has one of the most extensive and trusted networks of eve

#42: Julien Callede & Mohamed Haouache, La French Touch Conference

Jul 30th, 2018 26m

A little something different for you this week: I had the privilege of attending La French Touch Conference here in Paris in May of this year-- it’s an event that brings together French and international entrepreneurs to discuss what makes Fran

#41: Joel Halpern

Jul 24th, 2018 24m

My guest today is Joel Halpern, a creative brand strategy consultant, among other things. Joel has worn many hats, including art student in France, marketing director in New York City, founder of a full-service brand development firm in the US,

#40: Hélène Mérillon

Jul 17th, 2018 23m

My guest today is Helene Merillon, co-founder and CEO of Yooboox, the Spotify of books. It’s a startup that provides a streaming, subscription-based model to read the books and magazines of your choice, anywhere, anytime. Their content is curre

#39: Sylvain Tillon

Jul 10th, 2018 21m

My guest today is Sylvain Tillon, co-founder and CEO of Tilkee, a software that allows you to track what recipients do with the documents you send them. Sylvain has founded three companies, co-written three books, and is passionate about entrep

#38: Santiago Lefebvre

Jul 3rd, 2018 22m

My guest today is Santiago Lefebvre, co-founder of the ChangeNOW Summit! It’s an event taking place this September 28th and 29th at Station F and around Paris, and includes a huge conference, a film festival, super inspiring guests, and much mo

#37: Sharon Sofer

Jun 26th, 2018 23m

My guest today is Sharon Sofer, Founder of Startup for Kids. They’re an organization that runs events to introduce young people to the concept and experience of entrepreneurship and facilitate working together on group projects. Startup for Kid

#36: Anne-Charlotte Vuccino

Jun 19th, 2018 29m

Anne Charlotte transitioned away from the corporate world and into entrepreneurship by a very different path than she’d originally planned. In this episode, she shares the incredible and harrowing story that ultimately led her to build Yogist i

#35: Weerada Sucharitkul

Jun 12th, 2018 24m

Weerada launched FilmDoo a few years ago-- it’s a global media company helping people to discover and watch great and often lesser-known or hard to access films from around the world. Originally based in London, FilmDoo was one of the recipient

#34: Laurin Hainy

Jun 5th, 2018 26m

My guest today is Laurin Hainy, CEO and co-founder of Predictus. Predictus is a mobile lending platform for emerging markets that draws on users’ data to help give them access to loans where and when they’re needed. Laurin has lived, worked, an

#33: Vincent Nallatamby

May 29th, 2018 30m

My guest today is Vincent Nallatamby, CEO and co-founder of Tempow, a software solution that enables you to simultaneously connect your smartphone or other tech to multiple Bluetooth speakers or headphones. They’ve just raised a round of $4 mil

#32: Elsa Hermal

May 15th, 2018 23m

My guest today is Elsa Hermal, the co-founder of Epicery, which is a great grocery delivery service that allows busy people to have products delivered directly from their favorite local artisanal shops, including butchers, green grocers, fishmo

#31: Fabrice des Mazery & Bruno Margueritat

May 1st, 2018 47m

This week, I had the privilege of having a fascinating conversation about ethical product development with two great guys, both experts in their field: Fabrice des Mazery, who’s currently CPO of Thiga, and is a former serial entrepreneur and fo

#30: Alain Maisonneuve & Sabri Said

Apr 24th, 2018 22m

Today we have something a little different for you, this is Part Two of the STATION F Fighters miniseries! For those who don’t know, Station F is the world’s largest startup campus, located here in Paris. They house over 30 incubator and accele

#29: Mohammad Asim Maqbool & Alexis Fartek

Apr 17th, 2018 21m

Welcome back to the Radical Departures podcast. Today we have something a little different for you, this is Part One of the STATION F Fighters miniseries! For those who don’t know, Station F is the world’s largest startup campus, located here i

#28: Maeva Botrel

Apr 10th, 2018 19m

Our guest today is Maeva Botrel, co-founder of Sextech Lab. Unlike some of our other guests, Maeva runs this innovative association in her free time, in addition to a demanding day job! Sextech Lab seeks to increase awareness of sexuality, norm

#27: François Véron

Apr 3rd, 2018 28m

Our guest today is Francois Veron, Managing Partner of the venture capital firm Newfund. In this episode, Francois shares about Newfund’s development over the last 10 years, methods they use to choose where to invest, how they have managed to b

#26: Arthur Nobel

Mar 27th, 2018 25m

Our guest today is Arthur Nobel, Founder of Flexpat, a platform that hosts remote work programs for digital professionals and freelancers of all stripes. In this episode, Arthur shares with us how Flexpat works to open new horizons for people t

#25: Matthieu Lavergne

Mar 20th, 2018 22m

Our guest today is Matthieu Lavergne, Entrepreneur in Residence at L'Atelier BNP Paribas. Matthieu works on the two Boost startup accelerator programs run by L’Atelier, and in this episode, he shares with us their innovative way of pairing corp

#24: Sven Deichfuss

Mar 13th, 2018 35m

ur guest today is Sven Deichfuss, co-founder of Neuland Alliance, a multi-pronged agency that provides strategic and support services to European startups so they can hit the ground running when expanding to the US market.

#23: Adrien Mennillo

Mar 6th, 2018 33m

Our guest today is Adrien Mennillo, founder of uTip. He created his startup with the goal of making it simpler and faster to support your favorite internet content creators. In this episode, Adrien discusses how the online advertising landscape

#22: Tim Mevel

Feb 27th, 2018 34m

Our guest today is Tim Mevel, co-founder of HelloZack, a startup based in Paris that buys back your old Apple devices, hassle-free. In this episode, Tim discusses his entrepreneurial background, how HelloZack has pivoted to their now super well

#21 (fr): Thomas Ollivier

Feb 20th, 2018 38m

Thomas Ollivier nous explique comment la MAIF comprend l'avenir en y contribuant, grâce à des partenariats et investissements d'#innovation avec des startups sur l'économie collaborative et les pratiques émergentes.

#21: Thomas Ollivier

Feb 20th, 2018 20m

Our guest today is Thomas Ollivier, the Head of Sharing Economy & Emerging Practices at French insurance company, MAIF. In this episode, he shares how his team at MAIF have been pioneers in disrupting their own industry, and have been working w