Sep16

Why and how to become a digital nomad?

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 16 Sep, 2022

Becoming a Digital Nomad was one of the great aspirations of the confined workers during Covid. Few, however, have dared to take the plunge. Indeed, digital nomadism implies a renunciation of a geographical anchorage and reorganizing one’s personal and professional life. In this article, we share the testimony and experience of a real digital nomad. Olivier Caeymaex has taken the plunge and now lives in a mobile home. For us, he...

Jun24

Look&Fin: n°1 in crowdlending in Belgium

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 24 Jun, 2022

Crowdfunding is part of the wider world of participative financing. Look&Fin is an intermediation platform specialized in crowdlending. It allows individual investors to invest directly in small structures carefully selected by an intermediary: Look&Fin is the intermediary between lenders and borrowers. Today, Look&Fin is the leader in crowdlending in Belgium and is also present in France and Luxemburg. Since its creation,...

May20

SiPearl develops the microprocessor for the European supercomputer

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 20 May, 2022

Philippe Notton is the happy owner of SiPearl, a very prominent start-up in the European digital ecosystem. Indeed, SiPearl is developing the microprocessor for the future European supercomputer. The stakes are colossal, both from a scientific and strategic point of view. The complexity of the project (new processor, 6 nm engraving) and the diversity of the R&D websites are criteria that favor SiPearl. Attracting the best...

Mar18

War in Ukraine and energy crisis: companies remain confident

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 18 Mar, 2022

IntoTheMinds realized a survey of 472 company executives to measure their perceptions of the impact of the war in Ukraine on their business. Through this research, we sought to understand whether the tense geopolitical situation affected their morale and impacted their employment and investment decisions. The results are surprising in more than one way, as they show tremendous psychological resilience and positive expectations for...

Mar17

Opendatasoft: the all-in-one platform for open data

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 17 Mar, 2022

In today’s podcast, we are pleased to welcome Jean-Marc Lazard, co-founder of Opendatasoft. Opendatasoft is an all-in-one data platform that aims to democratize access to and use of data. Today, the solution is used in 25 countries, underpins more than 2000 data platforms, and is marketed to nearly 300 customers. The challenge facing Opendatasoft is a big one. Indeed, the world of data leads to regularly evolving its solution to...

Mar04

900.care: the solution that changes personal hygiene habits

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 4 Mar, 2022

900.care is a Parisian start-up founded by Aymeric Grange and Thomas Arnaudo, whose ambition is to make refills the new standard in the hygiene products market. For a long time, hygiene has been based on the single-use plastic system. However, it is now possible to adopt a zero-waste behavior. This is what 900.care proposes with its refillable products solution. The principle is based on sending active ingredients to be mixed with...

Feb17

Fairly Made: the Greentech that improves the impact of the textile industry

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 17 Feb, 2022

Fairly Made is a company with a mission to improve the social and environmental impact of the textile industry. To do so, Green Tech has developed two solutions: Fairly Made Impact: a SaaS platform that enables fashion brands to make progress on the traceability of their supply chain. Impact measurement: through the criteria of social, environmental, and sustainable impact, and the recyclability of clothing From her meeting with...

Jan21

Editions En Cavale: the children’s game publisher [Podcast]

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 21 Jan, 2022

En Cavale is a start-up from the Lyon area that has developed an innovative concept of games for children. Unlike computer games, En Cavale’s ambition is to take our little ones off their screens and make them live adventures… by mail. When the pace of life in our society is accelerating, En Cavale games advocate the long term. It is, therefore, a “Low Tech” start-up whose results, in barely 3 years, show...

Jan14

Ethik’Hotels: the platform for eco-responsible tourism [Podcast]

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 14 Jan, 2022

Ethik’Hotels is a start-up that allows travelers to find eco-responsible accommodations worldwide. Passionate about eco-responsible tourism, its founder, Anne Chéné, has taken advantage of the Covid crisis to turn her passion into a business. In this podcast, she talks about her entrepreneurial adventure and her ambitions. The project she is carrying is also a transformative experience for her. With expertise in the construction...

Dec17

Goodvest: the promise of responsible investing [Podcast]

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 17 Dec, 2021

Goodvest is a start-up that offers responsible investment solutions. In this Podcast, its CEO, Joseph Choueifaty, talks about his entrepreneurial adventure and ambitions for Goodvest. He also explains how he inexpensively tested the market’s interest in his idea before launching and how this allowed him to find his first clients. You can also watch Joseph’s video on our YouTube channel. Only for our subscribers: exclusive...

Dec03

Assurly disrupts the mortgage insurance market [Podcast]

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 3 Dec, 2021

Assurly is a company that belongs to the insurtech sphere, the meeting point between the insurance sector and technology. It brings an innovative vision to the real estate credit insurance market, and its recent fundraising (€6m) is a testament to its potential. We had the pleasure to welcome Toufik Gozim, its CEO, in our Podcast. He explained his recipes for testing his market-fit and disrupting the customer experience in a very...

Nov19

Coding Park introduces children to programming [Podcast].

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 19 Nov, 2021

Coding Park is an interactive platform that allows children to learn to code. Its two “masterminds,” Amine Lajmi and Adrien Elkaim, told us about the development of Coding Park and their ambitions for the future. The start-up is a winner of the 2021 ranking of the French business magazine Challenges. Only for our subscribers: exclusive analyses and marketing advice Email address * Subscribe By signing up, you agree...

Nov08

Fundraising in Europe: only 8.1% women!

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 8 Nov, 2021

In our latest research on the fundraising of European companies in 2020-2021, we highlighted the total under-representation of women. They represent barely 8% of the founders of these companies. Today’s research goes deeper into the subject to understand which countries women are best represented and which ones have raised the most money for their start-up / scale-up in 2020-2021. Summary 8.1% of women in companies that have...

How TaData allows Internet users to monetize their data

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 5 Nov, 2021

TaData is the first platform for monetizing personal data. It proposes to 15-35-year-olds (for now) to earn money with their personal data. In this podcast, we welcome Laurent Pomies, one of the 2 co-founders of TaData, to tell us about his entrepreneurial adventure. Only for our subscribers: exclusive analyses and marketing advice Email address * Subscribe By signing up, you agree to our Terms of use and privacy policy. "I...

Oct25

Fundraising: UK and retail in the lead [Research 2021]

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 25 Oct, 2021

IntoTheMinds has analyzed 841 fundraisings announced by European start-ups between September 2020 and July 2021. Our results show that the retail sector has concentrated the most investments, that British start-ups dominate the ranking, and that fundraising has increased sixfold in May-June 2021. The research on the profile of the 1374 founders of the companies that have raised funds shows that only 8.1% are women. The results in a...

Oct20

Listminut becomes Ring Twice: the background of the rebranding

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 20 Oct, 2021

Listminut, the platform for exchanging services between individuals, has changed its name. It has become Ring Twice after a meticulously prepared rebranding operation. In a podcast recorded on the eve of this change, Jonathan Schockaert, the founder of Listminut / Ring Twice, tells us all about the origin of this rebranding, its preparation, and the expectations it raises. Ring Twice in figures 300,000 people registered on the...

Jul19

Entrepreneurship : 7 key differences between women and men

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 19 Jul, 2021

Starting a business is a complex adventure. The research we conducted with 840 European entrepreneurs shows that there are fundamental differences related to gender. This affects the dynamics of female entrepreneurship. Women and men don’t do business in the same way, which has practical consequences on their chances of success. In this article, we reveal the results of our research and outline solutions to address these...

Mar31

Omie: a brand that advocates total price transparency

Posted By Lorène Fauvelle on 31 Mar, 2021

Does the Covid crisis sound the awakening of consciences and the dawn of a new day in responsible consumption? In any case, I had the sensation of awakening after seeing the receipt of the online sales platform Omie, a ticket on which are displayed in all transparency the margin, the price paid to the producer, the cost of raw materials. In this article, I first question the global context in which this platform operates. Then I...

Feb15

Formalizi has digitized the legal formalities for setting up a business

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 15 Feb, 2021

For this new episode of our podcast, I had the pleasure of welcoming Pascal Asselin, CEO of Formalizi. His company, launched in 2019, allows entrepreneurs to settle their legal formalities entirely online. Only for our subscribers: exclusive analyses and marketing advice Email address * Subscribe By signing up, you agree to our Terms of use and privacy policy. "I thought the blog was good. But the newsletter is even better!"...

Dec18

France’s best craftsman does everything to ensure customer satisfaction [video]

Posted By Lorène Fauvelle on 18 Dec, 2020

In this 19th (and last) episode of “The Business World with Pierre-Raffaele“, our star presenter goes to meet Philippe Rhéau, Best Craftsman of France (MOF). Philippe Rhéau is a craftsman with a passion for products, respect for taste but also a tireless pursuit of customer satisfaction. In this episode, after overcoming the stress of the camera, Philippe reveals himself as a professional who has at heart to enhance the...

Nov30

[Podcast] Typewise would like to simplify typing on smartphones

Posted By Lorène Fauvelle on 30 Nov, 2020

Typewise is a tech start-up launched by David Eberle and his partner Janis Berneker with the idea of helping smartphone users by simplifying typing. This entrepreneurial adventure is proving to be particularly rich in twists and turns. Discover this entrepreneurial adventure in this new podcast. Only for our subscribers: exclusive analyses and marketing advice Email address * Subscribe By signing up, you agree to our Terms of...

Nov27

Jérôme Grimonpon, a French chocolate specialist, is an entrepreneur like no other

Posted By Lorène Fauvelle on 27 Nov, 2020

In this episode of “The Business World with Pierre-Raffaele“, our star presenter (10 years old at the time of the shooting) receives a very talented French chocolate specialist: Jérôme Grimonpon. Jérôme Grimonpon has been elected chocolatier of the year by the Gault&Millau guide and as such has seen his popularity skyrocket. Of French origin, he has made Belgium his new home. Passionate, daily he does what he loves,...

Nov09

[Podcast] Optimising sales prices with Pricing HUB

Posted By Lorène Fauvelle on 9 Nov, 2020

Discover this entrepreneurial adventure in this new podcast. Only for our subscribers: exclusive analyses and marketing advice Email address * Subscribe By signing up, you agree to our Terms of use and privacy policy. "I thought the blog was good. But the newsletter is even better!" Esteban Hendrickx, Reaklab Sommaire Chapter 1: your entrepreneurial experience in 3² point Chapter 2: The genesis of the business idea Chapter 3:...

Oct12

[Podcast] Flowlity, a solution to revolutionise the Supply Chain with AI

Posted By Lorène Fauvelle on 12 Oct, 2020

With 8 years of experience in the Supply Chain, Jean-Baptiste Clouard launches Flowlity in 2018 intending to revolutionise logistics with his software. Flowlity’s goal is to help companies to better plan and forecast their needs thanks to AI. Discover this entrepreneurial adventure in this new podcast. Only for our subscribers: exclusive analyses and marketing advice Email address * Subscribe By signing up, you agree to...

Sep28

[Podcast] Labtoo brings together project leaders and R&D service providers

Posted By Lorène Fauvelle on 28 Sep, 2020

Labtoo is a networking platform that connects project leaders and companies with laboratories. Since 2018, Sophie Hue and Guillaume Leboucher, co-founders of the start-up, aim to accelerate research projects and enable innovators to find solutions to their R&D problems more quickly. Discover this entrepreneurial adventure in this new podcast. Only for our subscribers: exclusive analyses and marketing advice Email address *...

Sep07

[Podcast] Groover, the platform that connects artists and the media

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 7 Sep, 2020

Groover was thought up by three young entrepreneurs to simplify relations between artists and the media, labels and professionals in the music sector, and thus solving the promotion of artists. To this end, Romain Palmieri and his associates have conducted, and are still conducting, numerous test phases to boost their project and improve their valuable proposal permanently. Discover this entrepreneurial and musical adventure in this...

Aug31

Post Covid-19 strategy: keep cost-cutting or start investing?

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 31 Aug, 2020

The return to work and school in September 2020 is atypical and is subject to uncertainty. Companies are wondering whether the long-awaited recovery will finally take place. Nothing is more uncertain. Nevertheless, companies that wait too long could be the ultimate casualties. And here’s why. If you only have 30 seconds The end of the year 2020 will see only a slow economic growth from September 2020. Companies will remain on...

Jul17

Shayp, an already successful entrepreneurial story

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 17 Jul, 2020

It’s well known, at IntoTheMinds, we love entrepreneurs and success stories. So how could we have missed Shayp? This start-up is located in the same building as us and has already had great success (including an excellent fundraising campaign of €450,000 in 2020). So, it was natural for us to follow its progress and decide to give it a little media boost. A compelling and valuable proposition Shayp provided a technological...

Jun10

4 questions you should ask yourself to handle the post-COVID-19 period

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 10 Jun, 2020

The Covid-19 crisis is going to make many losers and very few winners. A definite recovery will undoubtedly occur in 2021. In the meantime, some things can be done to come out a winner in 2021 and after that. Only for our subscribers: exclusive analyses and marketing advice Email address * Subscribe By signing up, you agree to our Terms of use and privacy policy. "I thought the blog was good. But the newsletter is even better!"...

May15

Interview with Google’s CEO, conducted by a 10-year-old child

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 15 May, 2020

Does Google dominate the world? That’s what 10-year-old Pierre-Raffaele is going to ask Thierry Geerts, Google’s CEO in Belgium. Thierry Geerts launched his first company while he was still a student and then worked in several other companies before joining Google. Pierre-Raffaele asks him about his career path and the role of Google in our daily lives. Thierry insists on his mission of educating companies to use Google...

May08

How to turn a podcast into a business

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 8 May, 2020

Over 500 episodes. This is the record that David Shriner-Cahn can be proud of, a podcaster from New-York whom I had the pleasure to interview. David started his podcast in 2014 and has a lot to teach us about his secrets of longevity and success. Not only has he never missed a single deadline for his publications, but he has also managed to turn them into a business. In this article that I dedicate to him, I would like to highlight 2...

May02

[Podcast] Philippe Rhéau, the Best Craftsman of France … in Belgium

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 2 May, 2020

Philippe Rhéau is Best Craftsman of France, at the head of a pastry shop … in Belgium. He is a character who makes an impression. Tall, strong, imposing, he has his passion for pastry pegged to his heart. Quiet, his interview was not the easiest to do. But as the minutes went by, we discovered a real entrepreneur and a lucid manager. He is also a man steeped in values, convictions, love of work and customer satisfaction. He is...

Apr24

[Podcast] Jérôme Grimonpon entrepreneurial career path, chocolate maker of the year 2020

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 24 Apr, 2020

Jérôme Grimonpon was elected Chocolatier of the Year 2020 by the Gault&Millau guide. It is a very endearing, humble personality that I had the opportunity to interview in this podcast. Together we look back at his career as an entrepreneur and the recipes he has put in place to maintain his enthusiasm and develop his business. A belated entrepreneur Jérôme Grimonpon is French. He was trained to work with chocolate in Belgium, but...

Apr17

[Podcast] San Hoon Degeimbre puts people at the heart of his success

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 17 Apr, 2020

San Hoon Degeimbre is the double-starred chef of the restaurant l’Air du Temps. It is less well known that he is also at the head of 5 other establishments open between 2015 and 2019. In this podcast recorded in February 2020, he shares his vision of entrepreneurship and explains how he manages to motivate his staff and attract young talent. With Pierre-Nicolas Schwab, he retraces his entrepreneurial path and explains how he...

Apr10

[Podcast] Jean-Philippe Couturier started Whoz with 19 other co-founders

Posted By Lorène Fauvelle on 10 Apr, 2020

Jean-Philippe Couturier is not starting his first business. His first was created in 2005, and for nearly 10 years he has been exploring the needs of his clients in terms of competency management. It is to serve these needs that he launched Whoz in 2016. And rather than start it alone, he did it with 19 other people! A unique case study that allowed the company to face serenely 18 months of R&D and then to take off quickly with a...

Apr03

Where is the NERF coming from and why is it a marketing success?

Posted By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab on 3 Apr, 2020

Have you never heard of the NERF? There are several possible explanations: either you don’t have children, or they are no longer of an age to play with guns, or you have passed the age to play yourself. The NERF would appear to be played with at all ages, and especially in start-ups. Go to YouTube and see for yourself. There are plenty of videos of NERF battles in the workplace. The NERF is a pistol game that shoots foam...

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