The immersion week takes place in the fall, in one of the seven ecosystems of the program (Boston, San Francisco, Washington DC, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and Atlanta). Various events are organized during that week: training workshops, groups visits, and personal meetings.
Atlanta’s startup ecosystem is thriving, producing successful new businesses across a variety of sectors: fintech, healthcare, digital security and entertainment, to name just a few. In addition to being home for many large companies, the world’s busiest airport and an established network of successful entrepreneurs, Atlanta has several advantages that aspiring entrepreneurs should consider and leverage. Lire la suite...
Southern California includes two world-class cities, Los Angeles, considered the "capital" of the region, and San Diego in the south, both are experiencing a significant scientific and technological dynamism. It is one of the most densely populated regions in the United States with approximately 24 million inhabitants, and it is part of the richest state in the United States, California, which is the 4th largest in the world in terms of GDP. Read more...
Far from the rural frame depicted in the movies, Texas is on the foreground of the US economy. Second most populated state of the country with one of the highest population growth (1.43% in 2017), it would stand as the 10th economy in the world as a stand-alone country. Strongly rooted in the oil industry since the 1900s, the state significantly diversified its activities by the end of the WWII into the aerospace, defense and renewable energy sectors (Georgetown was one of the first 100% wind-powered city worldwide – Texas is the 1st wind power producer in the US). 2nd commercial exporter in the nation ($23B in 2017), counting 51 of the 500 Fortunes companies, Texas nowadays acts as one of the main player of the Sun Belt economy, reaching closely Canada GDP on its own. Read more...
Chicago is the third largest city in the US, population wise and it is situated in North East Illinois. It is the biggest city in the Midwest and is its main economic and cultural center. Chicago is the second industrial center in the US and belongs to the “manufacturing-belt”. The city is also one of the principal financial center in the world and the first agricultural stock exchange center in the world. The price of wheat and soya dor the US are decided in Chicago. Read more...
Massachusetts and New York are among the most innovative states in the United States; according to a study conducted in 2018 by the Milken Institute, they rank first and 16th respectively in the American ranking. The four pillars of this innovation economy on the North-East coast of the United States are : 1- academic excellence, 2- the level of education of the working population, 3- significant state investment, 4- an environment extremely favorable to the emergence of startups. The North-Eastern region of the United States is one of the most prestigious universities and institutions in the world (Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Yale, etc.), representing more than a quarter of the American university potential. Read more...
In 2017, California ranked fifth in the world in terms of economic wealth, and the San Francisco Bay Area, which encompasses both the city of San Francisco, Berkeley in the East Bay, and the Silicon Valley itself, in the south bay remains more than ever the epicenter of technology, with the cohabitation of information technology giants spanning four successive generations: the "the founding fathers” (HP, Intel), the "elders" (IBM, Apple, Oracle), the "mature" (Google, Facebook, Amazon), and the "new" (Twitter, Netflix, Uber). Read more...
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