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A gourmet idea born of a moment of sharing between students

Sofía and Santiago are two Argentine lawyers, specialists in business law who arrived in Montpellier a year ago to continue their studies in the Montpellier Business School “Grande Ecole” Program. “We were working in a law firm when we decided to breathe new life into our career and start our own business. The project was still very vague. The international dimension was already trotting in our heads, but we did not think at all to create a business of culinary specialties,” explains Santiago.

It is during a multicultural meeting between students of Montpellier Business School that Sofía and Santiago presented an Argentinean specialty: the Alfajores. “All of our friends found it tasty and original and suggested to us to build an Alfajores company in Montpellier,” says Sofía.

A launch strategy supported by Montpellier Business School

In the second year of the Grande Ecole Program, the two Argentineans participated in a business creation simulation during the entrepreneurial module. “This is where the project was born. Through this serious game, we managed to draw the guidelines of our future company and to build a real Business Model. “

The couple’s young project pursued the implementation of their “Station Sucrée” company at the Montpellier Business School Entrepreneurship Centre, the school’s incubator. “We were supported by the Chamber of Trades in the creation, certification and administration of our company,” explains Sofía. Today, Station Sucrée has an office within the school to advance in their development throughout the gap year of the two students.

Sofía & Santiago have also decided to integrate other students into the adventure: “Our marketing consultant is also a student of the school, in the final year of the Grande Ecole Program and brings complementary skills to ours,” says Santiago.

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This is what Sofia had to say: “Station Sucrée is growing day by day, and of course, we grow and learn with it. If there is any advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, it’s taking the time to develop a finished product before marketing. The key lies in micro-launches of tests, which allow you to not over expose your concepts but that are valuable in return for the customer experience. “

Station Sucrée continues its development and is always looking for new partners:

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180 hours of lessons in a week given by 12 specialists from all over the world

During this International Week, students were invited to participate in 12 modules delivered by teachers-researchers from foreign universities, partners of Montpellier Business School, giving them a taste of the international academic exchange experience.

“The objective of these modules is to immerse students in the concept of inter-culturalism,” says Dr. Sandhya Sastry, Professor-researcher at the University of Northampton (England). “In this course, we start from a business issue that is familiar to them: import/export and we modal the establishment of a company in another country. This allows students to think about how to adapt an offer to a new population while respecting its culture and way of functioning.”

A week full of festivities and sharing with students

Throughout the week, conferences are offered to prepare students for their international exchange year: “visa applications, the choice of cities, universities, it is still quite complicated to plan ahead. So, this type of conference allows us to make a first filter in the construction of our track” says Nicolas, a student in the Grande Ecole Program.

The week ended on a very festive note co-organized with the international students of Montpellier Business School, during which students from more than 70 different countries shared their culinary specialties and some information about their national heritage. This moment of sharing ended with a show of dances and songs that was very much appreciated by Montpellier Business School students and staff. If you were unable to attend this exchange moment, find the photo album here.

The family of international academic partners is growing

On Thursday, November 28^th, amidst the International Week of Montpellier Business School, a new academic cooperation agreement was inaugurated with Asia University, College of Management Taipei, in the presence of students wishing to pursue their studies in an international academic exchange program.

“This agreement underlines the mutual trust between our two institutions and underpins our partnership around 4 axes: a collaboration in research, the possibility of obtaining a double degree for students in the Bachelor Program, the possibility of obtaining a double degree for students in the Grande Ecole Program and the opening of an academic exchange program between students during their studies.” explains Dr. Yvon Desportes, Director of International Academic Relations.