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In mid-May, we invited our alumni community to take part in the "Problem Solvers" 03/06-14/06 entrepreneurial challenge, organized by Romain Buquet, Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at ISAE-SUPAERO. We invite you to share the conclusions of this 2-week seminar, in which some fifty alumni took part by proposing one or more topics for entrepreneurial reflection and, if possible, accompanying the first-year students who chose the corresponding topic, the aim being to build an entrepreneurial project to tackle the proposed subject.

These 2 weeks, which were a first for ISAE-SUPAERO, were an opportunity for a rich exchange of ideas, and overall a great experience appreciated by the 216 first-year general engineering students for whom it was organized.

After two weeks of theory and work, students were able to pitch their projects in teams. Evaluated by juries of professors and alumni, finalists were determined and a grand final was organized!

The three finalist teams in this challenge of 54 teams of 4 students worked on the following topics proposed by alumni:

• Hunterr
• Echowork
• Savings Unions

These weeks were punctuated by meetings with alumni, get-togethers, coaching sessions, inspiring presentations, theoretical workshops, lunches with entrepreneurs and convivial events such as Olympiads, board and video game tournaments, and a guinguette to round off the weeks.

The Problem Solver presentation is attached to this article.

The finalists' and semi-finalists' presentations have been recorded and are available on YouTube(https://youtu.be/cd_7hjhKRqo), indexed as follows:

• Presentations of the semi-finalists:
  • 0:49:35-0:59:40 - project Blazure
  • 1:04:32-1:21:30 - Project Hunterr
  • 1:22:15-1:33:55 - Project Syco
  • 1:37:23-1:42:01 - Fanfare interlude
• Presentation of finalist projects to final jury of investors:
  • 1:49:52-1:56:40 TONTONS ÉPARGNEURS project
  • 1:58:23-2:06:51 ECHOWORK project
  • 2:07:25-2:19:23 Project HUNTERR
• 2:40:32-2:45:23 Conclusion and announcement of the winner: Projet HUNTERR

This challenge has created a very favorable dynamic for the entrepreneurial spirit.