The document summarizes the goals and plans of the Student Entrepreneurs Club (SEC) at SBS Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. The SEC aims to boost entrepreneurship among Solvay students by organizing workshops, connecting students to experienced entrepreneurs, and preparing student teams to compete in startup competitions. The SEC will launch on November 6th with an event co-hosted with other entrepreneurship partners to introduce the SEC, recruit members, promote upcoming competitions and events, and facilitate networking. The SEC leadership team is outlined and milestones for the year are presented, with the long-term vision of establishing a thriving entrepreneurial network and hosting their own startup competition.

1. October 2013
The SBS Student Entrepreneurs Club
(S.E.C.)

2. Who we are
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Thomas Paris - INGE4
• Winner of Startup Weekend Liège in November
2012 & participant of the 2013 edition
• Founder of Pictawall
• MIC Boostcamp & Solvay Entrepreneur’s training
program participant
Gilles Kartheuser – INGE5 (Entrepreneurship)
• Master thesis on business planning
• Erasmus in Finland with major in entrepreneurship
• Project leader at the ‘mini-entreprises’ contest organized
by ‘les Jeunes Entreprises’

3. The problem
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Lack of entrepreneurial initiatives among
Solvay students.
Can
I
really
do
that
?
It’s
soooo
hard
and
complex
Where
should
I
start
?
I
don’t
have
the
network…

4. One solution
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“The Student Entrepreneurs Club is the first Solvay Students
Association whose main goals are to boost entrepreneurial
initiatives among Solvay students by organizing workshops given
by professional coaches with various skills, connecting them to
experienced entrepreneurs and challenging their projects at startup
competitions.”
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5. What we want to achieve
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5
SEC
LET’S DO SOMETHING
REAL!
AUDIT
FINANCE
CONSULTING
The
@pping
point

6. A product approach
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Promo@on
of
entrepreneurship
through
conferences
&
communica@on
thanks
to
our
plaGorms
Iden@fy
5
startup
compe@@ons
yearly
and
promote
them
at
Solvay
Gather
teams
to
be
sent
to
each
of
them
(4-­‐8
students)
Gather
teams
for
one
or
two
small
idea
challenge
event(s)

7. Positioning
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2
3
4
5
Accessibility
for
students
Events
promo@on
Events
organiza@on
Team
forma@on
Project
challenging
Project
coaching
Starters
ULB
Solvay
Entrepreneurs
SEC

8. Lifecycle of a project for a Solvay student
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I’ve got an awesome
idea!
What now? I’ll ask
the SEC…
Ok, I have a cool team
and a nice
business model,
I’m going to win!
Competition
My business model was bad,
But now I know how to create a
startup! Let’s get some help
and leverage my network to
boost my project.
Solvay entrepreneurs
training program ABE
Funding
The sky is
the limit…
SEC
Exis@ng
support
organiza@ons
MIC

9. Values for Solvay students
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1. Start of an entrepreneurial network
2. New mindset for new career options (might be
intrapreneurship of entrepreneurship)
3. New skills & tools (very much hands-on!)
4. So much fun!

10. Milestones
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Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Fev
mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
22nd
:
Startup
Weekend
No[hingham
Other
compe@@on
STARTUP
WEEKEND
@Solvay
Independent
cell
Of
10
mo@vated
people
Conference
+
launch
Workshop

11. Vision
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Short-term Long-termMid-term
• Committee of 5 motivated
people + 15 helpers/students
who go to competitions
• Have stakeholders gathered
around the same project
• Creation in the Finance Club
• First conference on the 5th of
November 2013
• Send students to a competition
each month
• Team of 10-15 core team
students + 20-25 students who
go to competitions
• TBD
• Hosting a startup competition
(Startup weekend like)
• Conquer the world!

12. Partners
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Already:

13. Core team (until 01/02/2014)
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Olivier Witmeur
Director Solvay Entrepreneurs
Advice & Assistance
Thomas Paris & Gilles Kartheuser
President & Vice-President
Vincent
Ghyssens
IT
Florence
van
Tieghem
Secretary
&
Treasury
Lucka
Wabha
&
Mar@n
Delens
Public
Rela@ons
Jehan
Coppé
Communica@on
Julien
Gossé
Events
Brice Moureau & Pierre van Oosterzee
Presidents Finance Club
Advice & Assistance

14. Launch + first event
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• When : Wednesday 6th of November in partnership with
Solvay Entrepreneurs, BE, CS,Starters ULB, ABE & MIC:
• Objectives : Launch of SEC + recruiting + promotion of Startup weekend
and partners + networking
• What :
1. Presentation of SEC
2. Testimonials + Presentations partners
3. Pitches
4. Walking dinner

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Thank you!
More info?
thomas.paris@sbs-sec.be
OR
gilles.kartheuser@sbs-sec.be
The
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