Students at the Cluny campus submitted, defended, and validated their business creation ideas before a jury of experts in the field of entrepreneurship during the PEPITE BFC Hackathon , where students from various institutions in the Bourgogne Franche-Comté region propose a business model, in just a few hours, for projects on the theme of "Entrepreneurship for others and the planet."
Back with Emmanuelle Banse and Maude Dias, two students in Grande Ecole Engineering Programme the Arts et Métiers campus
Beyond the price, it is the ideas and recommendations that emerged from the students' brainstorming session.
Emmanuelle Banse and Maude Diashad already ticked the box for the Les Entrep’ Bourgogne challenge in 2022 by winning the Innovation award last year. Building on this experience, they proposed a new project for the first edition of the Hackathon: sorting and recycling small cosmetics.
We had already been working on the same project for two years: glass recycling. This new topic, focused on small cosmetics, allowed us to be more creative and daring, Maude points out.
This touch of madness paid off, as they won the Grand Jury Prize.
The competition was divided into three stages:
- Pitch for the five winning projects in the "Entreprends pour les autres et la planète" (Entrepreneurship for others and the planet) ideas competition.
- Working in tables by project
- Work on the economic model for projects
The group was very energetic and dynamic. The table leader immediately joined in with the group and immersed himself in the camaraderie that existed between all the members. The evening was full of surprising human discoveries and knowledge sharing, says Emmanuelle.
Two of the ten groups chose to work on the two students' project.
They set out with two different approaches. We can't wait to see the results of their work.
The sequel
Emmanuelle Banse wants to work in entrepreneurship next year, alongside her dual degree in industrial engineering in Spain. Maude is wondering whether to continue with this entrepreneurial project as she is pursuing her dual degree in civil engineering in Canada.
