THE PATRONS' CLUB
BSB START-UP STUDIO

THE PATRONS' CLUB "BSB START-UP STUDIO

Founded in 2009, The Entrepreneurial Garden (TEG), BSB's dedicated entrepreneurship space, is an Entrepreneurship Expertise and Innovation Center. Located at the heart of TEG, theBSB Incubator supports its student entrepreneurs through a process tailored to their individual needs, unfolding in two phases: pre-incubation and incubation.
Within the incubator, BSB students benefit from the advice of experts and research-professors throughout their creation process. They receive support on legal and accounting aspects, are trained in pitching, and guided in their search for funding.
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Numerous events are also organized to facilitate meetings and exchanges with the School's network of partners.

By creating its Patrons' Club in 2020, the BSB Foundation aims to foster the development of theBSB Incubator :

by granting "Incubator" Scholarships intended to help incubated students finance their living expenses alongside their entrepreneurial journey
by the dissemination of calls for projects from grant-making Foundations (Pierre Ledoux International Youth Foundation Scholarships, Rotary Scholarships, etc.)
by encouraging students in their student association activities at BSB to support high-impact projects (Call for Projects "Associations Fund", etc.)
by connecting and facilitating contacts (BSB alumni, BSB Foundation networks, donors, etc.)
by covering the costs of learning expéditions

CLUB PATRONS

DONOR TESTIMONIALS

I founded Eurogerm 30 years ago, starting with a dream: to "create my own business." My boldness, determination, and curiosity were my driving forces, and today Eurogerm has surpassed €100 million in revenue with 500 employees in France and internationally, and over two-thirds of its activities abroad. As a self-taught individual, sharing and knowledge transfer are values that drive me: for several years, I have dedicated myself, like a business angel, to helping project leaders create their companies in France. With this in mind, I created the Steva holding company, which holds two investment funds founded in Dijon, Star’Terre and Eat’Vallée, aiming to promote better production, better eating, and better living, and to change the world for the better.

Having been close to BSB for many years, it seemed coherent and relevant for me to be involved with the BSB Foundation to support the School's incubator and guide young generations in their entrepreneurial journey.

Jean-Philippe Girard

Founding CEO of Eurogerm and Institut Arpèges, Co-founder of the Dr Wine group

This year's addition of an Entrepreneurship component addresses two important motivations: one that recognizes that value creation comes from individual entrepreneurship, this desire to see new ideas, new products, new platforms, and new ways of doing business emerge; the other recognizes that entrepreneurship requires particular courage and resources that are not available in current curricula focused on corporate internships.

Our donations to the Foundation therefore take on a new, ambitious dimension: to give a boost to young people who want to advance their entrepreneurial projects.

Consider your donations as a way to enable a young person to complete their entrepreneurship internship!

Laurent Vernerey

BSB'83

An entrepreneur at heart and convinced of the importance of actively pursuing one's ambitions, I founded two companies: InPact Partners, in the financial sector, and the DrWine Group, in the wine sector. Also keen on knowledge transfer, the uninhibited new generation of Millennials surprises and fascinates me with their boldness and creativity.

Being able to offer talented and motivated young students the chance to bring their ideas to life through trust and support, financial aid, mentoring, or networking opportunities, so they can achieve their goals and embark more confidently on the wonderful adventure of entrepreneurship, is paramount to me.

When I joined the BSB Foundation in early 2020, getting involved in the Foundation's entrepreneurship initiatives to support the actions developed by the BSB incubator teams was a natural fit.

Antoine Prudent

Founding Partner at Inpact Partners & Co-founder of the Dr Wine group