La French Tech Australia

Climate change is already happening: temperatures are rising, drought and wildfires are starting to occur more frequently, rainfall patterns are shifting, glaciers and snow are melting and the global mean sea level is rising. To mitigate climate change, we must reduce or prevent the emissions linked to human activities.

An article from the serious and well-known national geographic says that unless humans act now, seafood may disappear by 2048, concludes the lead author of a 2006 study that paints a grim picture for the ocean and human health.

To tackle these subjects and to come up with a broader perception of climate change and how we can act at our scale to help fight global warming, we welcome Laure Legros fervent support of the climate and founder of 50by50, a consulting company Mobilising companies around the challenge of climate change and helping them address it within their organisations.

1 - The shift from Google to your own consultancy

Laure, can you tell us more about yourself and what brought you to Australia?

End of 2020, you exit Google, one of the most well-known tech companies in the world, to the unknown, losing stability, and a well-paid job. How does it feel at first?

What did you need to take into consideration when you decide to launch your own consulting boutique?

For those who are still in big companies but in the future want to create their start-up and/or have an impact: what her experience at Google brought to her to achieve her project?

Climate Fresk, actions plan,

What are the things you didn’t expect to find down the track?

Can you tell us more about the three projects you’re running simultaneously?

2 - What is your personal belief and how do you bring it forward in Australia?

How do you see your actions as part of a more global initiative of fighting against climate change?

What do you do about people who say that they do it for the wrong reasons?

What are the people and companies who inspire you the most by their actions to protect mother earth?

Do you see any technologies which can really make a difference in our race against global warming?

3 - The actions on the ground

What actions are you taking yourself and what influence do you have in your community?

What is the single most important thing companies can do right now to make an impact?

Also, in Australia, people are often not very aware of climate change. Given this context, how do you find new clients?

How do you deal with climate anxiety?

Conclusion:

• How do we keep up with research on the subject? Do you have some favourite books and podcasts to recommend?
• What can we wish you for the next few years ahed?

With Australia embracing its closed borders policy, it's the landscape of the foreign entreprenurship Down Under that takes a hit. Today's guest, Leo Denes, is one of the most reputable connector. His domain of expertise? Leo leverages his experience and network to assist international businesses and professionals succeed in Australia. Through his company, Australliance, he has advised numerous French startups, including the future French unicorn Aircall.io since March 2020, and Australian startups in their strategy and recruitment.

In this episode, Leo breakdowns the ins and outs of the Aussie market for international startups. We take a look at his journey to become one of the key figures as a local point of contact, and forecast what's next on the startup scene Down Under.

In today’s episode, we want to emphasize the importance of aligning your career with your values and your passions. Our guest, Michel Pirog, is the Head of Sales of Sport Heroes, a startup offering SaaS solutions to create, manage and animate communities around sport and well-being.

With a very international background that led him to experience first-hand the demanding world of corporate life, Michel is now thriving working for a startup whose focus is on guiding, motivating and valorising human beings.

Turning an idea into a business is already a challenge in itself. But bringing this idea into a long-established industry is on another level. In today's episode, we take a look at one of the most long-standing industries in Australia: the real estate market. Ewan Le Bourhis is the guest of this 4th episode, and together we dive into the story of Early match, his second start-up.

Beginning with the initial observation that buyers suffer from the lack of visibility of the real estate market, Early Match is first the story of a start-up focused on collecting public data to predict market variations. Going through the usual tweaks provided by a start-up accelerator, Early Match ends up being a matchmaker between buyers and sellers, based on expressions of interest.

Now a high-volume platform, the start-up is thriving thanks to a business model that is disrupting the typical agent-centric operations of the real estate market.

In this episode, Ewan shares with us his toolkit to succeed in penetrating entrenched industries.

Bringing an idea to life is probably the most critical step for any entrepreneur. We have all gone through phases of incubation, throwing around ideas in our minds or with our first circle. The problem is usually that the conversion rate fails to take off. Ideas tend to remain frozen at an embryonic stage. But today's guest has cracked the code. Jacques Lépron is a French entrepreneur who has managed to take the leap to entrepreneurship several times. Jacques shares his experience and his toolkit to overcome the various obstacles that stand in the way of wannabe entrepreneurs. Delidoor is Jacques's latest startup, and is on a mission is to make premium food available to everyone while minimizing food impact on the environment.

• Intro: Background
• 5min: WHen is the right time to launch a business?
• 11min: From ideation to MVP, the pitfalls that got in the way
• 17min: Jacques' toolkit to face setbacks and push through
• 23min: the importance of the tech component of his business
• 26min: from a startup accelerator to teaming up with a business partner, the different paths to launch
• 32min: how the Aussie startup ecosystem has changed in the last 15 years

Today's guest, Elise Perpetua, is part of this wave of young social entrepreneurs that have put social issues at the core of their mission. In 2018, Elise launched The Good Good, a sustainable and organic tea brand; 50% of the profit of which are founding education for disadvantaged kids.

After working for almost a decade as a Digital Transformation Consultant, she took the plunge of giving up her full-time job to dive into driving positive social impact. 

Introduction - Working as a Digital Transformation Consultant for Accenture France & Australia

12:00 - The first steps to entrepreneurship & The birth of The Good Good 

32:00 - Social entrepreneurship, the vision

43:05 - Expertise & inspiration

54:30 - Conclusion

In this episode, Thib and Alex welcome the 2 women that have taken over the helm of La French Tech Australia, Marion Vigot and Nathalie Taquet. Together, we get a look at the rebuild of the community and the expectations for the months to come. We also dive into their entrepreneurial journey, and Marion & Nathalie share the lessons learned on the path to start a business in an industry in which they were not particularly versed.