When you think of 7, 8 or 9 years ago, before
the age of unicorns - "startup" was still
a very exotic word.
I remember talking with some of my clients
and I was telling them: Why don't you go work
with startups?
And they were telling me: Julien, we are a 25 billion euro company and those guys work in garages
and they wear blue jeans, there is no way
we can work with them.
So there has been a shift of mindset. And
so the big question I want to ask you is:
Could it be, is it possible that working with
social entrepreneurs will be just as obvious
and necessary in 5 years from now, as it is
today to work with startups?
We see this kind of shift of mindset in the
coming years. And this is the bet we're doing:
We believe that social entrepreneur is the
new startup. We believe that it will be the
norm to engage with social entrepreneurs when
you are a big company. When you think about
it, it makes a lot of sense because all the
advantages we saw of engaging with startups,
make a lot of sense when you engage with social
entrepreneurs as well!
