{"656603":{"#nid":"656603","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Now Arriving at Paris\u0027 Station F \u2013 the World\u2019s Biggest Startup Campus ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn September 2021, over 50 lucky Georgia Tech-Lorraine students visited Station F, the world\u0026rsquo;s biggest startup campus, located in Paris, France. Station F is an entrepreneurial ecosystem that offers the next generation of entrepreneurs, the resources (both on-campus and online)\u0026nbsp;to launch their own company or learn more about the ins and outs of startups. The campus, located in Paris\u0026rsquo; 13th district, covers\u202f34,000 square meters of space (366,000 square feet), and is housed in an old rail freight depot. It provides office space for up to 1,000 startups and early-stage businesses, access to venture capital\u0026nbsp;partners as well as space for corporate partners such as Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. \u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter a tour of the\u0026nbsp;Station F campus, undergraduates from Vicki Birchfield\u0026#39;s inaugural First-Year Semester Abroad cohort, and students from Tim Stoneman\u0026rsquo;s History, Technology \u0026amp; Society (HTS) \u0026ldquo;Regions of Europe\u0026rdquo; course met with two Georgia Tech alumni and serial entrepreneurs.\u0026nbsp;Gilles Chetelat, completed his MS in Management at Tech in 1997, and Duong Phan, went through Georgia Tech-Lorraine\u0026#39;s dual-degree master\u0026rsquo;s program, graduating in 2006 with a Master of Science in Computer Science. \u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to First-year Semester Abroad program director, Dr. Birchfield, \u0026ldquo;My students had eagerly anticipated the visit to Station F since learning about it and all things \u0026ldquo;French Tech\u0026rdquo; back in the summer when they met the dynamic Dr. Rami Abi Akl, Attach\u0026eacute; for Science and Technology\u202fat\u0026nbsp;the Consulate General of France\u0026nbsp;in Atlanta. Touring the impressive Station F in Paris in person and having the opportunity to meet two entrepreneurs with Georgia Tech and Georgia Tech-Lorraine degrees made the experience even more inspiring.\u0026rdquo; \u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGilles Chetelat told the story of co-founding his startup, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.stickyads.tv\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EStickyAds.tv\u003C\/a\u003E which he sold to the U.S. global media and technology company, Comcast Corporation, for 100 million euros in 2016. Chetelat\u0026#39;s achievement\u0026nbsp;is one of the best startup successes to come out of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lafrenchtech.com\/en\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELa French Tech\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026ndash; a French government initiative that is putting France on the map as one of the best places in the world to launch and grow a startup. Not one to rest on his laurels, Chetelat then started an EdTech startup called \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/thetimestamp.substack.com\u0022\u003EThe TimeStamp\u003C\/a\u003E (previously called Clind), before joining French startup, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mediarithmics.com\u0022\u003Emediarithmics\u003C\/a\u003E, a data marketing platform. \u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EComputer science graduate, Duong Phan, spent a decade working in finance and IT consulting, before co-founding \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pims.io\/en\/\u0022\u003EPims\u003C\/a\u003E, a ticketing and marketing innovation platform. In addition to being the CEO of Pims, Duong also launched \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.musictechfrance.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMusic Tech France\u003C\/a\u003E an association of music innovators. He is a clear example of of someone who looked\u0026nbsp;to his passions to find success as an entrepreneur.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETim Stoneman\u0026rsquo;s HTS students were impressed with the visit to Station F as well, although they had a different agenda from the First-Year Semester Abroad students. As Dr. Stoneman noted, \u0026ldquo;Our goal was to observe firsthand the activities of a special type of high-tech cluster and understand the role of both private investment and\u202fpublic policy\u0026nbsp;in stimulating high-tech entrepreneurial activity.\u202fWe compared the experience of start-up companies in Silicon Valley and Europe and considered the organization of space in Station F as a converted industrial heritage site\u0026nbsp;and start-up lab.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter the visit and meetings, students stuck around to have lunch and soak up the atmosphere. Lunch was at La Felicit\u0026agrave;, a giant Italian food court operated by the Big Mamma Group, known for its delicious pizza restaurants in Paris.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech-Lorraine students get a taste of the startup life with a tour of Station F."}],"uid":"28490","created_gmt":"2022-03-23 21:09:09","changed_gmt":"2022-03-28 16:38:08","author":"Andrea Gappell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"656600":{"id":"656600","type":"image","title":"GTL students meet with Georgia Tech alumni entrepreneurs at Station F in Paris","body":null,"created":"1648068651","gmt_created":"2022-03-23 20:50:51","changed":"1648068717","gmt_changed":"2022-03-23 20:51:57","alt":"GTL students meet with Georgia Tech alumni entrepreneurs at Station F in Paris","file":{"fid":"248887","name":"6-StationF.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/6-StationF.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/6-StationF.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":395806,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/6-StationF.jpg?itok=uqFM7HR7"}},"656601":{"id":"656601","type":"image","title":"GTL students visit Station F in Paris","body":null,"created":"1648068909","gmt_created":"2022-03-23 20:55:09","changed":"1648068954","gmt_changed":"2022-03-23 20:55:54","alt":"GTL students visit Station F in Paris","file":{"fid":"248888","name":"6-StationF-best group_hall.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/6-StationF-best%20group_hall.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/6-StationF-best%20group_hall.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":563626,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/6-StationF-best%20group_hall.JPG?itok=8_zbuW5V"}},"656602":{"id":"656602","type":"image","title":"GTL students get ready for lunch at Station F","body":null,"created":"1648069079","gmt_created":"2022-03-23 20:57:59","changed":"1648069109","gmt_changed":"2022-03-23 20:58:29","alt":"GTL students get ready for lunch at Station F","file":{"fid":"248889","name":"6-StationF-2-best group_lunch.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/6-StationF-2-best%20group_lunch.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/6-StationF-2-best%20group_lunch.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":835596,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/6-StationF-2-best%20group_lunch.JPG?itok=CYlIUvSM"}}},"media_ids":["656600","656601","656602"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/lorraine.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech-Lorraine"},{"url":"https:\/\/stationf.co","title":"Station F"},{"url":"https:\/\/lafrenchtech.com\/en\/","title":"La French Tech"},{"url":"https:\/\/firstyearabroad.gatech.edu\/why-fysa-gtl\/","title":"First-Year Semester Abroad"}],"groups":[{"id":"54809","name":"Georgia Tech-Europe (GTE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13161","name":"Georgia Tech-Lorraine"},{"id":"190226","name":"Station F"},{"id":"7113","name":"entrepreneurs"},{"id":"166994","name":"startups"},{"id":"5352","name":"Vicki Birchfield"},{"id":"173909","name":"Tim Stoneman"},{"id":"190228","name":"Gilles Chetelat"},{"id":"190229","name":"Duong Phan"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:andrea.gappell@gtl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAndrea Gappell\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarketing and Communications, Georgia Tech-Lorraine\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Andrea.gappell@gtl.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}