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Collaborating Across HEC Paris Programs Helped this Entrepreneur and EMBA Student Breathe Life into his Business

HEC Paris in Qatar alum and Doha-based serial entrepreneur, Nuwaid Pocker, EMBA ‘22, found out firsthand about the vast network of entrepreneurial resources made available to him at HEC Paris. Nuwaid laid the groundwork for his exciting contact management app, Moniqa, by tapping into HEC Paris’ sprawling entrepreneurship network. EMBA Professor Sihem Ben Mahmoud, who… Continue Reading

Posted on May 11, 2023

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EMBA Alum Takes the Entrepreneurial Route to Pivot from Fossil Fuels to Renewables

Thierry Gahamanyi, EMBA ’19, founded his startup, MAGMA Energy, in the effort to reduce the production costs of gas for renewables. The idea for MAGMA Energy came gradually to the 41-year-old over a successful, 18-year career in negotiating and justifying purchases of biomethane injection stations for Engie and GRDF, two French energy behemoths. There, he… Continue Reading

Posted on November 29, 2022

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How the HEC Paris EMBA Helped Me Launch My Own Energy Consultancy

Rui Retagi, EMBA ’20, is, first and foremost, an energy enthusiast. The Mozambique-born consultant, polyglot, and entrepreneur is a 19-year veteran of energy and mining firms around the world. After breaking into the mining industry in Brazil and the United States, he made the leap— both in industry and in geography—to oil and gas in… Continue Reading

Posted on January 27, 2022

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HEC Paris EMBA in Hand, Patrick Aisenberg’s Firm Linkbynet Acquired by Accenture

“Doing the EMBA helped me understand that I had the capabilities that I needed and helped me find solutions to my problems.” Entrepreneur Patrick Aisenberg, EMBA ’2016, has had an eventful year. In May, Linkbynet, the SaaS (Software as a Service) firm he and his brother founded 25 years ago, was acquired by Accenture as… Continue Reading

Posted on September 27, 2021

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EMBA Participants Lending Wisdom, Know-How to HEC Paris EPV Circle Entrepreneurs

Oftentimes, the most difficult part of entrepreneurship is knowing how to start. This is the niche that Maxime Arnulf, MBA ‘21, and Armin Rachwalik, MBA ’22, wanted to fill when they launched the HEC Paris EPV (Entrepreneurship, Philosophy, Value) Circle, a 35-person cohort that offers a laser-focused first entrepreneurial step for HEC Paris students and… Continue Reading

Posted on August 30, 2021

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MBA Programs Professor Spotlight: Corinne Dauger

Since her debut at HEC nearly 13 years ago, Professor Dauger has consistently ranked among participants’ favorite professors in exit surveys. This is of course a testament to her aptitude as an instructor, but also to an astonishingly well-rounded professional background; her résumé glitters with the requisite polish of a multifaceted graduate of HEC Paris’… Continue Reading

Posted on June 7, 2021

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How My EMBA is Helping Me Empower the African Diaspora

Bola Bardet, EMBA ’18, founded Susu, a healthcare startup, as an innovative solution to offer access to superior healthcare for the individuals in Africa that need it most. Though the germ of the idea was planted by personal tragedy, it came to fruition via careful tending at the HEC Paris EMBA. In December 2017, Bola… Continue Reading

Posted on May 31, 2021

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How to Maximize Your Time at the EMBA with Atalian Asia CEO Roland Salameh

Roland Salameh has been the Singapore-based ATALIAN Asia CEO for a year, after having spent most of his career in Europe, Africa and Middle East. Still new to Asia, he arrived during a pandemic with the challenges of navigating a diverse region under extraordinary circumstances. “Singapore is a very progressive country and running a business… Continue Reading

Posted on April 12, 2021

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Bringing Back the Diaspora: Alum Uses his EMBA to Help Reverse the African Brain Drain

Lawyer, HR Managing Director, and EMBA alum Joel-Eric Missainhoun heads Africsearch, an Abidjan-based HR consultancy. Its mission, he says, is “to bring young professionals living in Western countries back to Africa.” “We want to bring back the diaspora.” According to the AFD (Agence Française de Developpement), a French government non-profit, the African diaspora in France… Continue Reading

Posted on March 18, 2021

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Going Beyond Borders: Why the HEC EMBA Was My Next Logical Step

The richness and diversity of student experience before entering the program is a hallmark of the Executive MBA program at HEC Paris. In his rich life and professional experiences, the well-travelled René Azeez, EMBA ’22, works at Toronto’s vaunted MaRS Discovery District, embodies that idea perfectly. He explains why the HEC EMBA is the right school… Continue Reading

Posted on January 27, 2021

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Collaborating Across HEC Paris Programs Helped this Entrepreneur and EMBA Student Breathe Life into his Business

EMBA Alum Takes the Entrepreneurial Route to Pivot from Fossil Fuels to Renewables

How the HEC Paris EMBA Helped Me Launch My Own Energy Consultancy

HEC Paris EMBA in Hand, Patrick Aisenberg’s Firm Linkbynet Acquired by Accenture

EMBA Participants Lending Wisdom, Know-How to HEC Paris EPV Circle Entrepreneurs

MBA Programs Professor Spotlight: Corinne Dauger

How My EMBA is Helping Me Empower the African Diaspora

How to Maximize Your Time at the EMBA with Atalian Asia CEO Roland Salameh

Bringing Back the Diaspora: Alum Uses his EMBA to Help Reverse the African Brain Drain

Going Beyond Borders: Why the HEC EMBA Was My Next Logical Step

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