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SUMMARY:Campus Lecture by Steve Anavi "9 Lies About Entrepreneurship - Les
 sons From Building a Unicorn"
DTSTART:20260304T173000
DTEND:20260304T193000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Campus Lecture by Steve Anavi - Co-Founder of Qonto\, a Digita
 l Financial Services Company for Professionals and Alumni Award 2025\n\n"9
  Lies About Entrepreneurship - Lessons From Building a Unicorn"\n\nEntrepr
 eneurship is often shrouded in myths. Drawing from personal and concrete e
 xperience\, this lecture deconstructs 9 common misconceptions - from the '
 revolutionary idea' to the famous 'founder's freedom.' No magic formulas\,
  no academic theories. The goal is to share raw insights from the field: w
 hat it actually takes to get started\, to endure over time\, and to build 
 something that works in the real world. And who knows? It might just give 
 you the spark to take the leap!\n\nBiography\nSteve Anavi studied at EPFL 
 (MSc Microengineering 2006)\, the University of Tokyo\, and INSEAD\, begin
 ning his career at Deloitte and Groupon. In 2013\, he co-founded Smok.io w
 ith Alexandre Prot - later acquired by a Fortune 500 company - where he ex
 perienced the frustrations of business banking firsthand. Steve and Alexan
 dre joined forces again to launch Qonto in 2017 with a clear mission: to s
 implify everyday banking for SMEs and freelancers across Europe. Qonto has
  since raised €622M from top-tier global investors and is a member of Fr
 ance’s Next40. Steve is a Knight of the French National Order of Merit a
 nd received the Alumni Award from EPFL in 2025.\n\nProgramme\n5:00 p.m. Do
 ors open\n5:30 p.m. Welcome address - Leïla Ojjeh\, Director of EPFL Alu
 mni\n5:35 p.m. Introduction - Isabel Casado Harrington\, Head of Startup L
 aunchpad EPFL\n5:40 p.m. Campus Lecture by Steve Anavi:\n"9 Lies About Ent
 repreneurship - Lessons From Building a Unicorn"\n6:10 p.m. Q&A session\n6
 :40 p.m. Networking aperitif\n7:30 p.m. End of event
LOCATION:CO 2 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CO%202
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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