Unfortunately, with the health crisis and the confinement, we could not meet in a physical way. Thus, the 2020 edition of the event was cancelled. Which was a shame because it was in these times of social distancing that we needed to see each other the most. So Startup SAFARI became Startup SAFARI Virtual Experience.

This article is a summary of the presentation made by Ondrej Svoboda and Vincent Chauvet who are the organizers of Startup SAFARI Virtual Experience. You can watch the video through the link available at the bottom of the article.

Startup SAFARI Virtual Experience

This virtual edition took place in a 3D virtual world. Just like in video games, you could connect in this world and walk around thanks to an avatar. Just like in reality, you could run, jump, dance and even fly over an Eiffel Tower.

With this description, you may think it’s a video game, but it’s really an event in which there were several thematic presentations and meetings.

The creation of this world was possible thanks to the inventiveness of Confer-O-Matic and the financial support of our partner and friend Mangopay, who had also supported us during the 2019 edition.

The organization of this edition

Startup SAFARI Virtual Experience, it was 4 thematic stages that hosted several presentations. The organizers wanted to provide quality content to help entrepreneurs develop their startup:

The Impact scene

• Breaking the codes of entrepreneurship in culture with LAFAAAC & CINE CHITA
• Changing the norm of disability in entrepreneurship with H.A.S.C & H’UP
• Demystifying the relationship between impact and fundraising with La Ruche & Alliance for Impact
• Deconstructing preconceived ideas about the integration of refugees with Josiane Kijigo, project leader at La Ruche
• Reacting around entrepreneurship for health with Caring company project & TUTTIS

The Learn scene

• Augmented Reality for education and training with Foxar
• Stop wasting time on development environments by Myceleum
• The method to learn to code in the Montessori spirit from 3 years old without screen by COLORI
• Coding your first web page with HTML and CSS by Le Wagon

The Scale stage

• Scaling experience shared La Ruche qui dit Oui
• How to scale your project with crowdfunding ? by Kiss Kiss Bank Bank
• Incubator and third-party innovation center, what advantages and impacts for startups by Incubastreet
• Speakers’ Keys: Why is speaking well so important? by Faiza Chaarani
• How to scale with Mangopay by Romain Mazeries

The rebound stage

• How Immersive Media and Internet of Senses can create Unlimited Realities by Xplus
• La digitalisation des collectivités territoriales par Le Parapheur avec Vincent Chauvet – Maire d’Autun
• The story of our birth during the first lockdown by Confer’o’matic
• SAFARI Talks – Grandir c’est savoir rebondir avec RP-Digital, Woodoo, Fleurs d’Ici

With this rich and varied program, Startup SAFARI also allowed to meet coaches in specific fields. They were present on their stands to welcome anyone who wanted to. Thus, we welcomed :

• Emeline FOISSEY, CEO and cofounder at Adverti
• Eden Clairicia, Freelance Growth Marketer
• François Lespagnol SEO consultant at EpikWeb
• Ludivine Cherdo, Head of content at Aniwa
• Lucille Packo, freelance graphic designer
• Emeline Bosset, eco responsible designer at Boeme Design
• Killian Talin creator of Inspiration Créative
• And Tristan Jouguier, cybersecurity consultant at Protectam

Support the association

The goal of Startup SAFARI is to build bridges between people and countries, to allow people to integrate innovation ecosystems. In this context, the Start in France Association was created to continue to finance events such as Startup SAFARI and to be able to organize other events of this kind throughout the year.

To do this, we need your support and donations, which will be greatly welcome to achieve our goal. You can support us on this page.

To watch the video of their presentation, follow the link.

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Online calendars are created on several sites to allow you to have an accurate map of these events. They correspond perfectly to the needs of some, but not all. The need would be to have a calendar that reference all existing events, with their date, location, time, sector and how to access them.

We have embarked on the quest for such a Holy Grail, so that you can have all the informations you need. This article presents the conclusion of this research.

Web site agendas

By searching on Google “startup events calendar” you will find sites that aim is to publish content about startups. Thanks to the information they collect, they create a calendar of their own. The calendar differs from one to another depending on the site that offers it. This leads us to browse several sites so that we don’t miss any events. You will find sites like :

• Maddyness
• Les Echos entrepreneurs
• Les pépites tech
• Eventbrite

Facebook groups and pages

The event you need can be very specific and known just to few people. Become a member of the startup event Facebook groups. This way, you can find those hidden events and network on Facebook. By sharing information, you will keep each other up to date with the latest news.

A global agenda

After this journey to find the right event, you might like to have a platform that groups all the agendas into one. This is also our feeling. But we are forced to note that such a tool does not yet exist.

Start in France aim is to help startups to develop on their market. It would be simpler for you to have one place where you would quickly find the information you are looking for. We want to set up a contributory agenda where information will be shared by all. It will regroup all the other agendas and will be exhaustive.

This agenda being under construction, any help from you would be welcome, especially if you know of the existence of such an agenda. Thus we will be able to provide you with a tool that will make your task easier.

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