This document contains an interview with Shu Zhang, the co-founder and CEO of Pandobac, a French startup focused on reusable packaging and reducing waste. Some key points:
- Zhang has an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale Paris and pursued her passion for cooking by obtaining a culinary certificate.
- She opened her own restaurant in 2014 which gave her the idea for Pandobac after seeing the waste produced. Pandobac launched in 2018 with a team of 10 employees.
- Zhang believes identifying problems customers want solved and validating solutions with potential customers are critical success factors for startups.
- Pandobac aims to become a global leader in reusable packaging and help popularize zero
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Whilst some women entrepreneurs create a reality in which they climb the ladder of success and enjoy the many benefits that come with it, the truth remains, many other women have to face the reality of their present awareness of struggle, working long hours, and becoming fearful of what the future may hold.
For them the dream of building a successful business is very far into their future and out from their reach.
From working with hundreds of women entrepreneurs, I noticed that many of them who approach me for coaching are doing so for two main reasons. Some women are unhappy at work, they lack clarity of what they want to do, and are in the process of leaving their jobs to become Entrepreneurs.
Others, on the other hand already are Entrepreneurs, have an amazing business that they love and have worked very hard to build, but struggle to make meets end, have families that they need to support and lack the necessary mindset, skills and the processes that are required to expand their business.
The common mistakes most entrepreneurs do is that in the early stages of building their business many end up working in the business and forget to re-evaluate and to switch to a new role and start working on the business.
Silently they adopt “I can do it all attitudes” and due to some kind of fears they fail to take the next step and invest in building a team that they can use to delegate low priority tasks and free up valuable time. Time, which they can use to help them focus their energy on the high priority tasks and on the business itself.
Some of you that are reading this article maybe either of these women. You know that to quit, loose or leave a job to be an Entrepreneur is far from easy. You also may be aware of the many struggles, obstacles and the failures women entrepreneurs go through on their journey to climb the ladder of success.
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Entrepreneurs have certain ways of thinking in certain modes of behaviour and operation that is quite different to 99 per cent of the population. Your success is fundamentally particularly when you run your own business your responsibility and your responsibility said you need to think and act as an entrepreneur.
That's where we'll start.
We are fast becoming a real challenger brand in all of our markets. Our ambition has seen us grow globally in eight short years. The plan is to keep going. This is where you come in.
Forget everything you thought you knew about executive search and recruitment. We are passionate about reinventing the world of recruitment for our clients, our candidates and just as importantly, the people who work for us
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An economy that supports entrepreneurship, weakens the profession by wrapping it in destructive myths. A great number of social and cultural myths have been formed around the idea of what it really takes to be an entrepreneur.
Because nowadays being average is simply not good enough, we help you find new paths to growth.
We believe that if you understand people intimately, and if you build the supporting skills and capabilities, you’re unbeatable.
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Learn more from the video on my Youtube Page:
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1. Shu Zhang
Co-fondatrice & CEO
Portrait réalisé par Sébastien Bourguignon
#5
#PortraitDeStartuper
En partenariat avec
2. À propos
Commentvous décririez-vousentantqu'entrepreneur?
Je suis optimiste et j'aime développer mon réseau et
les partenariats avec d'autres projets. Je suis une
entrepreneure enthousiaste et curieuse, je suis
toujours ouverte pour échanger sur mes expériences et
partager mes enseignements. Je suis également une
entrepreneure engagée en étant active parmi plusieurs
associations.
Quelleestvotreformationinitiale?
J'ai un diplôme d'ingénieur généraliste de l'Ecole
Centrale Paris. J'ai également un diplôme de CAP
cuisine, que j'ai passé en apprentissage après mes
études d'ingénieur. J'étais passionnée de cuisine et
de gastronomie et je voulais absolument créer mon
restaurant. J'ai passé ce CAP pour mettre un pied à
l'étrier.
Qu’est-cequi vous passionne ?
Comme je l'ai dit, je suis passionnée de cuisine et
de gastronomie. Je suis très gourmande et j'aime
énormément manger. C'est un de mes plus grands
plaisirs dans la vie ! Je suis également passionnée
de cinéma : l'année 2020 n'a pas été la meilleure
année pour profiter de mes 2 passions !
3. #PortraitDeStartuper
Interview.
Quela étévotreparcoursd’entrepreneur?
Suite à mon CAP cuisine, j'ai ouvert mon propre restaurant à Paris en 2014. J'y ai travaillé non-stop pendant 4 ans, à
occuper tous les postes. C'est en observant tous les déchets que je recevais et que je produisais que j'ai eu l'idée et
l'envie de créer Pandobac.J'ai commencé à chercher des associés fin 2017 et nous avons créé Pandobac enaoût 2018.
Noussommesmaintenantuneéquipede 10 personnesàPandobacet nouscontinuonsdegrandir!
Depuis quandêtes-vous entrepreneur?
Ça a été très rapidement une évidence pour moi : je ne me voyais pas du tout à travailler dans un bureau, pour une
entreprise déjà installée. J'ai suivi le parcours entrepreneurial à l'Ecole Centrale Paris en 2010-2011. Et j'ai pu créer
monrestauranten2014,quiest ma premièreaventureentrepreneuriale,trèsdifférentedel'actuelle.
Quelles difficultés avez-vousrencontrédans cetteaventure?
Pour la création de mon restaurant, j'ai rencontré énormément d'imprévus : travaux en retardde 6 mois pour cause de
vice caché, problème avec la propriétaire et les voisins, problèmes de personnel, mauvaise gestion financière etc...
Tous les nombreux problèmes qu'un commerçant rencontre au cours de sa vie. Pour Pandobac, je connaissais déjà les
erreurs à ne pas commettre : la première était de ne pas se lancer seule. Etre plusieurs associés permet de prendre du
recul lorsqu'on rencontre des difficultés et de trouver des solutions plus rapidement ! Pour le moment avec Pandobac,
nous avons juste été confrontés comme beaucoup d'autres à la crise sanitaire, qui a beaucoup affecté notre activité :
beaucoupdenosclients ont arrêtéleur activitépendantlesconfinements,et nousavonsdûnousréinventer.
4. Interview.
D’aprèsvous quels sont les facteursclés desuccès pourréussir dans l'entreprenariat?
Le plus important est d'avoir bien identifié une
problématique et un point de souffrance suffisamment fort
auprès d'une population, pour qu'elle soit prête à changer
pour un nouveau produit ou service. Bien poser sa valeur
ajoutée, en échangeant avec un maximum de potentiels
clients, en amont de la création de l'entreprise et du
lancement.
Quelmode definancement avez-vousretenupourlancervotresociété?
Nous avons suivi un parcours classique de financement :
prêt d'honneur, complété de subventions et dotations
financières de concours, puis emprunt bancaire pour lancer
l'activité. Une fois l'activité lancée, avec des clients et
un historique probant, nous avons fait une levée de fonds
avec des investisseurs, pour permettre l'accélération du
déploiement en France.
S’il n’y en avait qu’un, quelserait le point d’attention à surveiller en priorité lorsqu’on se lance
dans l’aventurestartup?
Être bien accompagné et entouré ! Que ce soit d'associés ou
de conseils, de la famille et des amis. C'est important de
ne pas rester enfermé avec son projet.
Quels conseils donneriez-vousàquelqu’unqui voudraitlancersa proprestartup?
Cela reprend beaucoup mes précédents conseils : savoir
demander de l'aide, savoir se remettre en question et ne
pas tomber "amoureux" de son projet, toujours le
challenger.
5. #PortraitDeStartuper
Interview.
Commentdécririez-vousvotreentreprise?
Pandobac est l'expert du réemploi de contenants et d'emballages : nous accompagnons les acteurs publics et privés
dans leurs projets de réemploi, depuis l'étude de faisabilité jusqu'à la mise en place opérationnelle. Nous remplaçons
tous les jours des emballages à usage unique par des emballages réutilisables et contribuons ainsi à la réduction des
déchets.
Pourquoi cechoix de produit /service ?
Avec mes 2 associés, nous sommes très sensibles à la question des déchets et du gaspillage et nous pensons qu'il faut
trouver des nouveaux modèles de consommation, basés sur le zéro déchet et le réemploi. Nous souhaitons contribuer
à notreéchelleauchangementdesmentalitéset desparadigmes.
Quels sontvos ambitions, vos objectifs pourvotreentreprise?
Je souhaite faire de Pandobac une référence mondiale de l'emballage réutilisable et j'espère pouvoir contribuer à
traversmonentrepriseà la démocratisationduprincipeduzérodéchet.
6. L’auteur.
Sébastien Bourguignon
🚀 Auteur | Influenceur | Speaker ►
Expert Digital & Blockchain ►
Pour une transformation digitale réussie !
Directeur Conseil au sein de Sopra Steria Next et CEO de la société
Chain Guru, il est dans le domaine du Digital, du Management, de
l’Innovation et de l’Agilité depuis 2000. Sa vision de demain est un
monde numérique dans lequel les changements profonds de comportements
des hommes, les interactions au sein des entreprises, la compétition
internationale des grands groupes, le management et les organisations
seront complètement remis en question. La société bouge vite, très
vite, l’innovation et la nécessité de plus d’agilité dans les
organisations doivent être une préoccupation majeure, il n'y a plus de
doute là-dessus.
Passionné par l’innovation, le numérique et le management, il
s’intéresse particulièrement aux mécanismes liés à l’entreprenariat et
en particulier aux startups. Cela l’a amené à réaliser une série de
portraits de startupers pour les partager sur son blog. Son objectif
est multiple, comprendre les parcours de ces créateurs de startups, les
difficultés qu’ils ont rencontrées, et comment tout cela se matérialise
concrètement, finalement un vrai feedback d’entrepreneur.
Par ailleurs, il est auteur de nombreux articles sur Les Echos, La
Tribune ou encore Siècle Digital. Il est aussi l’auteur des livres
blancs de « #80PortraitDeStartuper » et « 100 #PortraitDeStartuper –
Saison 2 », ainsi que du livre « Portraits de startupers – édition
2017 » aux éditions Maxima. Il est enfin co-fondateur et animateur du
podcast Tech Me To The Moon.
http://sebastienbourguignon.com/ http://www.sebastien-bourguignon.fr