When you live and breathe tech and startups, you might get a skewed view on what truly are the most pressing issues of our era.
As it happens, today is World Toilet Day, which is actually way less funny than it sounds.
That day is a good opportunity to get reminded that more than 4 billion people (yes, billion) live without safe sanitation infrastructures, and close to 800 thousands people die each year due to lacking sanitation.
Oftentimes we are looking for problems to solve which are relevant to our immediate environment, and no-one could blame us for it.
But if you ever find yourself wondering where to direct your energy, don't forget that challenges still exist in democratising amenities that we consider basic, and popularising once high-end products has been the seed of many success stories…
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❄️ Our Winter 2021 batch application closes on Sunday!
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The two winning projects will benefit from 3 months of acceleration within the HEC-42 Launchpad program!
You can apply until the 22nd of November, don't miss out!
Top News
If you only have 2 minutes to read this newsletter, here are the essential news:
💼 Open Job Positions
👨⚕️ Hublo, the solution to ease the strain on HR needs in healthcare, is looking for a CFO.
📦 SpaceFill, the wizard of storage and logistics, is looking for a new CEO right hand intern.
👩🏫 Ecole M, the future of young children education, is looking for a new CEO right hand intern.
💁 Toutes mes aides, the map of government subsidies, is looking for a new CEO right hand intern.
📞 Mayday, which will make you hate less calling customer support, is hiring two new interns.
💰 Fygr, the solution to your cash flow issues, is hiring for a marketing & UX/UI position.
💎 Naker, which brings 3D to e-commerce websites, is looking for a sales intern.
🏗️ Kraaft, the whatsapp of construction sites, is looking for a project manager intern.
🗓️ Mercateam, the solution to skills and planning management nightmares, is hiring a new CEO right hand intern.
🖼️ TwicPics, which ensures you could access online pictures even with bad signal, is looking for a Business Development Representative.
🏆 Startups Prizes
👩🏿 ApiAfrique won the international award from "La France s'engage".
☁️ Omny Cloud won the OVH Cloud Pitch Contest 2020.
✖️ Tarmac Technologies and Escape are two of the three laureate of the Jean-Louis Gerondeau - Safran prize, awarded by the École Polytechnique and the Fondation École Polytechnique.
🎉 Newsworthy Achievements
🔥 Celsius has been selected by the UN and Bloomberg to be one of "50 Sustainability & Climate Leaders".
🌳 Lakaa just welcomed Julie Chapon, Alexandre de Gandt et Sylvain Thieullent to their Board of advisors.
🚆 Station F just announced the Future 40 selection, highlighting the most promising startups of the campus. Congratulations to Mercateam, Turgo, Fintecture, and Orion Semantics for making the cut.
🗓️ Mercateam is joining the Microsoft for Startups program.
🍾 Launches
🔍 Orion Semantics launches new e-commerce contextual targeting with MediaSquare.
🗞️ Laudatory Press
🖥️ Widoobiz talks with Marc from Viibe about the growth of remote diagnosis.
⏳ BSmart discussed with AdVitam the issue of data management after death.
🥈 La Tribune tells the story of Domani upcoming elderly co-living residence.
🧠 Agoranews interviews Mayday about their vision of knowledge management.
🏋️ Le Parisien recommends La Seche and its challenge to lose weight at home.
💃 La Boite Blanche discusses data and cultural life with Liuli from LeStudio.
🏗️ BSmart talks with Backacia about the environmental impact of the construction industry.
👓 BFM Business invited Emilie from My Job Glasses to discuss the future of young graduate employment.
🥼 TF1 highlighted Medadom solution to simplify physician access for all.
🚚 Challenges talks about CloudFret and its optimisation of empty trucks routes (p. 44).
Our Content
If you have a bit more time to read (or listen), here is some food for thought:
🔦 Incubee Highlight
🖊️ Edusign: Lockdown-friendly by Design
Edusign was created during the first days of the first lockdown.
Discover Elliot's advice on how to best manage a company remotely during and after a lockdown period.
🔦 Alumnus Highlight
💄 La Bouche Rouge: Winning the Blue Beauty race
Nicolas Gerlier is the founder of La Bouche Rouge.
Discover why he decided to quit his corporate job to create a maison that would combine luxury and sustainability.
👨🚀 Our Experts' Insights
⚖️ Marie-Véronique Lumeau from Woog & Associés explains which employment contracts are best for each situation.
🌱 Our Incubees' Content
⚖️ Don't miss SeedLegals' upcoming event on fundraising prep!
💧 DropContact explains a new, better way of prospecting on LinkedIn.
⚖️ Anomia shares advice on how lawyers should target key accounts.
🏠 Pauline from Luko tells us why she left Airbnb to join the team.
📦 SpaceFill analyses how the lockdown impacts the logistics industry.
💼 Guillaume from Lemlist shares advice on how to get hired by a startup.
💸 Fygr explains how projected cash flows statements can help navigate uncertain times.
Nostalgia Zone
🔗 Top clicked links of our last newsletter
Ubbyk got acquired by Workelo, read Etienne's retelling of the story here!
Guillaume from Lemlist is not a rookie of content creation! Discover his new YouTube challenge!
Automate your lockdown certificates with Luko's tips.
You can apply until the 22nd of November to HEC Design Sprint!
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