Lyon Saint-Étienne Entrepreneurship Center

Young and entrepreneur, it's possible!

The Lyon Saint-Étienne Entrepreneurship Center (Centre d'Entrepreneuriat Lyon Saint-Étienne) is the PEPITE (Pôles Étudiants pour l’Innovation, le Transfert et l’Entrepreneuriat) of the Université de Lyon.

Raising awareness of the entrepreneurial spirit, acquiring entrepreneurial skills, supporting business creation but also preparing for acceleration, etc.: the Entrepreneurship Center mobilizes the best professionals in the area for students.

Its mission is to raise awareness of the entrepreneurial spirit, to train in the key skills of an entrepreneur and to support young entrepreneurs from the creation of the idea to the development of their project.

Created in 2014 under the name BEELYS by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and subsequently joined by the Manufactory incubators, the Entrepreneurship Center ensures the link with the players in the ecosystem and contributes to the exchange between the academic and socio-economic worlds of Lyon and Saint-Étienne.

The Entrepreneurship Center is a system supported by the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Métropole de Lyon and Saint-Étienne Métropole.

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AN OFFER ADAPTED TO YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS

The Entrepreneurship Center offers different programs to support students and young graduates, from ideation to business development:

A simulation exercise in the creation of fictitious companies, the Campus Création competition promotes creativity and teamwork. It offers students from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region the opportunity to live an original experience together and defend their business creation project in front of a jury of experts. Brought together in multidisciplinary and inter-institution project teams, candidates discover all the aspects of business creation, from the idea to its operation.

Why participate?

• Live a concrete and professionalizing experience
• Highlight your work and creativity (prize, pass, stand, prestigious final)
• Benefit from bonuses or even ECTS credits in your training, depending on the policy of your institution
• Develop your professional network during your studies
• Promote an experience recognized by training managers and employers
• But also... win a financial prize!

What are the conditions for being able to participate?

• Be a student in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
• Have or join a team of eight people maximum
• Have an idea to transform or be creative enough to find one
• Respond to the theme of the year

The Entrepreneurship Center offers young people with a project the opportunity to apply for the national status of student entrepreneur (SNEE - Statut National Étudiant-Entrepreneur). The most advanced as well as young graduates under 28 can enter the "student entrepreneur" training program (D2E - Diplôme national d'étudiant entrepreneur). Two paths:

• The national status of student entrepreneur (SNEE)
  

This status, granted for one academic year, allows you to request to replace your internship with in-depth work on your project and to have it recognized by your institution. Many resources are offered: financing, prototyping, accommodation, international mobility, PEPITE prize, etc.

• The Student Entrepreneur Diploma (D2E)
  

By joining the D2E, students or young graduates (under 28) benefit from support and training resources to structure and grow their business creation project. All entrepreneur profiles and all fields of activity are welcome.

In line with the D2E (see above, "TRAINING" section), the Entrepreneurship Center offers seasoned project leaders to continue their support in its incubation system. The Entrepreneurship Center's incubation follows the effective model of the Manufactory incubator.

The incubation provides access to:

• Co-working spaces in Lyon and Bron
• Collective workshops, led by thematic experts
• Technical training
• Individualized monitoring by one of the incubator managers
• Networking with the incubator's entrepreneurial ecosystem
• The community of entrepreneurs who have been through the Manufactory incubator

Sign up for information sessions to find out more (in French)