Starter program: 6 months to develop and launch your product

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105M

funds raised.

76%

survival rate of our startups at N+3.

300

coaches and experts within our network.

Starter is a 100% digital program that accompanies entrepreneurs from the creation of an MVP to the acceleration of a sustainable business to public and/or private funding to achieve true Product-Market-Fit and the creation of more environmentally and socially conscious companies.

Starter

Summary of the program for innovative startups

  • Know your market
  • Create a persona
  • Find early-adopters
  • Build traction to begin validating the concept
  • Understand the issues related to the impact
  • Define new acquisition channels
  • Develop an expansion and development strategy
  • Set up a process and structure the activity for scaling up
  • Develop the first version of your product with your users
  • Create a plan of action
  • Find your beta testers
  • Define a clear value proposition in order to attract your first customers
  • Develop a more robust product
  • Implement a more professional product roadmap
  • Industrialize and scale up to production
  • Evaluate its potential for impact.
  • Set up an impact measurement.
  • Understand the issues involved and how to obtain impact labels.
  • Establish an impact and business strategy for impact investors.

 

  • Implement a prospecting strategy using Growth Hacking techniques
  • Learn how to sell your product to accelerate your sales
  • Accelerate your sales
  • Develop a structured sales strategy
  • Learn growth marketing techniques
  • Build a strong brand image to increase your acquisition channels
  • Learn to communicate the impact of your project
  • Create a rational lead acquisition roadmap
  • Prioritize your actions by impact and resource
  • Set up your financial strategy and discover the financing possibilities according to the maturity of your project.
  • Complete coaching on fundraising.
  • Review of your vision, your deck and your pitch.
  • Access to our Roadshow management tool.
  • An additional coach dedicated to fundraising.
  • Feedback from entrepreneurs who have raised.
  • Q&A sessions with investors.
  • Workshop with experts (legal, financial, and fundraisers).
  • Connections with key partners.
  • Connections with investors during the Roadshow.

+70h

of training content.

+6

thematic workshops/month.

+20

individual meetings proposed by an expert/month.

Option Paris Innovation Fund

We are proud to be a Paris Innovation Fund (FPI) accredited incubator and welcome you to our Schoolab startup community.

If you are an impact entrepreneur looking for funding and support for your innovative project, the Starter option of the FPI program offers you access to the Paris Innovation Fund grant.

Indeed, as an incubator accredited by the FPI, we can offer you the following benefits

Assistance in accessing the FPI grant;
Personalized support for the implementation of your project, with regular monitoring by experts in innovation and impact entrepreneurship;
Access to a network of partners and renowned experts in the fields of innovation and impact entrepreneurship to help you develop your business.
To learn more about the requirements, click on the link below.

The Starter program is accredited by:
Starter

Alumni talk about Schoolab

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Sylvain Delangue
“As a Solo entrepreneur, loneliness can sometimes be felt. By participating in the Starter program, I found myself with a lot of energy around me: incubates + coach + top Schoolab team. In addition, the techniques, tools and contacts of Schoolab saved me time. And time is $$$! ”
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Marine BRAQUET
“Great team, a lot of benevolence, relevant connections that allow us to accelerate on subjects... The work with our coach was really a meeting full of kindness that allowed us to structure our approach and to ask ourselves the right questions to start a serene growth. The strongest point was precisely this mental support and open-mindedness.”
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Programs

Starter Program

Product, sales, marketing, financing, legal
  • Access to a community of over 1000 entrepreneurs, alumni and experts.
  • 1h/month individual coaching.
  • Daily accompaniment by the program referent.
  • +70 hours of training content.
  • +6 thematics workshops/month led by an expert.
  • +40 individual meetings per month, proposed by an expert in a specific field.
  • 2 sessions/month of collective intelligence between entrepreneurs.
  • +10 000 euros saved on many softwares used by startups.
  • Networking with investors.
  • Exceptional discount at WeWork coworking spaces.
  • Accompaniment & coaching for fundraising.
  • Networking with entrepreneurs who have raised money.
  • Participation in the Demo Day (pitch your startup to investors).

Starter Option FPI

For eligible projects
  • Access to a community of over 1000 entrepreneurs, alumni and experts.
  • 1h/month individual coaching.
  • Daily support from the program's referent.
  • +70h of training content.
  • +6 thematic workshops/month led by an expert.
  • +40 individual meetings per month, proposed by an expert in a specific field.
  • 2 sessions/month of collective intelligence between entrepreneurs.
  • +10 000 euros saved on many softwares used by startups.
  • Networking with investors.
  • Highlighting to impact investors.
  • Accompaniment & coaching for fundraising.
  • Networking with entrepreneurs who have raised money.
  • Coaching for the creation of a mission-based company.
  • Coaching focused on the development of responsible economic models.
8000 euros*
*VAT per project.

French Tech Starter Visa Program

For eligible projects
  • Access to a community of over 1000 entrepreneurs, alumni and experts.
  • 1 hour/month of individual coaching.
  • Daily coaching by the program referent.
  • +70h of training content.
  • +6 thematic workshops/month led by an expert.
  • +40 individual meetings/month, proposed by an expert in a specific field.
  • 2 sessions/month of collective intelligence between entrepreneurs.
  • Connection with our partner IzyPeper.
  • Connection with our partner RemoLab.
  • Access to the French Tech for Founders Visa for eligible projects.
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Accelerate your community's projects with Schoolab's digital platform

Applications

Public page presenting the program. Customizable participant registration and project submission forms.

Communication

News board. Scheduling of newsletters. Automatic notifications and reminders.

Selection

Jury evaluation session (scorecard). Public voting (likes).

Courses & Resources

A structured collaborative workspace. Modules with deliverables repository. Resource library.

Coaching

Setting up a mentor relationship. Coaching session reporting. Integrated video and chat.

Control

Content management: rights and access. Real-time tracking of engagement. Deliverable statistics and Net Promoter Score.
A collaborative digital platform, available in white label and compliant with the IT requirements of large companies: dedicated infrastructure, high-level of security, and data protection (GDPR).
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Slack Community

Be able to exchange with our community via our internal messaging system to help each other, ask for advice and recommendations, share good tools and best practices:

  • More than 1700 members: 400 active every week.
  • 450,962 messages sent: 9,648 in the last 30 days.
  • More than 40 thematic discussion channels.
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  • Adapt the concept to your clients.
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Common questions

Starter is a paid early-stage startup incubation program. This program does not take equity. The price of the program is:

  • 2000 euros TTC/Start-up, that is 333 euros/month.
  • 2200 euros TTC through the CPF, Pôle Emploi or the French Tech Visa.

Yes. The price and support of the Starter program is applied per startup or project and not per number of founders.

Our acceleration programs are designed to be available and accessible anywhere in the world.
Whether it’s for training workshops or exchanges with experts, everything can be done remotely.

We also organize a monthly “drink” with incubated entrepreneurs and alumni in our Schoolab Saint-Lazare office, 15 rue de Milan 75009 in Paris.
Entrepreneurs can also come to our Schoolbar, a coworking space/Café.

Starter is an incubation program designed for all types of entrepreneurs who are starting their own early-stage startup:

  • entrepreneurs in transition
  • students
  • international entrepreneurs
  • etc.

It is essential for Schoolab that entrepreneurs come from all backgrounds and all educational backgrounds (business, engineering, design, medicine, pharmacy, psychology, law, journalism, art, etc.) and that they set up all types of startups (tech, social business, art, etc.).
It is fundamental that the startups in our incubator are passionate and have a good understanding of their target market’s needs.

The Starter program lasts for 6 months. There are 2 sessions per year.
The first session starts in May.
The second session starts in November.

  1. Fill out the application form.
  2. Applications are reviewed by a selected jury.
  3. You are made aware in the next few weeks if you have been selected.
  4. A dedicated team member gets you through all the documents and payments.
  • Personal Training Account (CPF).
  • Pôle emploi (with the help of your advisor).

No. However, our café “Schoolbar” always welcomes entrepreneurs who wish to work there during the day.

Additionally, Schoolab offers office space for rent to entrepreneurs who wish to do so. With this in mind, access to office space is to be added to the cost of the Starter Accelerator program coaching. 💡
If you are interested in an office at Schoolab, please mention it during your application process.

🍺 Finally, we host monthly meetups with entrepreneurs from our programs every first Wednesday of every month. A great time to meet the Startup community.

  • Access to a community of over 1000 entrepreneurs, alumni, experts, etc.
  • 6 months of training leading to a certification, eligible for the CPF.
  • 1 hour/month of individual coaching.
  • Daily support provided by the program’s referent.
  • +70 hours of training content.
  • +6 thematic workshops/month led by an expert.
  • +40 individual meetings/month, proposed by an expert in a specific field.
  • 2 sessions/month of collective intelligence between entrepreneurs.
  • +10,000 euros in savings on the software most used by start-ups.

Yes, we will send you an invoice that you can deduct from your expenses once your business is created.

The mentors and experts of the Starter program are successful business entrepreneurs. They understand the issues of an early-stage startup. The Schoolab mentors and experts will help you with your strategy and in your decision-making process, and can also open up their network.

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