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http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=ht...

Edit: Rather annoyingly, on clicking this link it translates to english and then reverts back to french onload! Ah well, I tried to help!

I copied and pasted the text in translate, and here it is:

All fundamental to dive into the world of entrepreneurship   Every Saturday   " It begins to age when we stop learning . "

- Japanese Proverb 10h - 12h - Theory 12h - 14h - Lunch Box & Brain Game 14h - 17h - Atomic Skills 17h - 19h - Always Be Closing 19h - XXh - Open Chill ' House - up to 00h if you want!   theory   "Theory is when you know everything and nothing works. Practice is when everything works and nobody knows why . "   - Albert Einstein 1 - The entrepreneur, the businessman and the manager 2 - Your solution is not my fucking problem! 3 - The challenges of the future 4 - What is the valuation of a startup ? 5 - There is a mover advantages Last 6 - The cofounder dilemma 7 - Roots & Cultures 8 - Follow the money 9 - The Art of Pitch 10 - Growth Obsession 11 - I want to be a Billionaire 12 - Exponentials Opportunities 13 - Unfair Advantages 14 - Artificial Intelligence 15 - Be a CEO 16 - The Hacker Mindset 17 - Ego & Founders 18 - Power Struggle , winning an unfair game 19 - Who do you want to kill today? 20 - Entrepreneurship Makes the world a better place   lunch Boxes   "After a good dinner one no longer wants it to anyone , not even his own family. "

- Oscar Wilde We eat and makes paris , we summon his instincts and the capacity for strategic thinking we confront . One learns to risk money by exercising the bet. It also expressed its questions, doubts etc. . At the end of the semester, the winner takes ALL : winner takes all - as in real life. The team plays out of competition thefamily . Also on the menu, programs I dare you to ;)   Atomic Skills   " Twenty times on put your handiwork : Polish it constantly and repolish it ; Add sometimes , and often clear . "   - Nicolas Boileau From 0 to 1 , are valuable knowledge that Contractor must master . Forget the conventional definitions and lessons because 0-1 , the rules are not the same !   FINANCE & CASH FLOWS FROM 0 TO 1-4 sessions FUNDRAISING FROM 0 TO 1 to 2 sessions LEGAL FROM 0 TO 1-4 sessions BUSINESS MODELS FROM 0 TO 1 to 2 sessions SALES FROM 0 TO 1 to 2 sessions SCIENTIFIC DATA FROM 0 TO 1-4 sessions DESIGN FROM 0 TO 1 to 2 sessions   Always Be Closing   "You call yourself a salesman , you son of a bitch ? "   - Blake in Glengarry Glen Ross Community workshops on the art of pitch , the ability to know how to sell and convince.   OPEN CHILL 18 - ... Reading , networking, discussion, group work, hacking workshop   your homework   " When you do something , you know that you against those who want to do the same , those who want to do the opposite and the vast majority of those who want to do nothing . "   - Confucius - Making products quickly ( not hack & coding encoder Version ) - Or out of building skills if you know coding ( become less shy )

KOUDETAT MORE Most people think that entrepreneurs are born - this is a mistake. "She has not the makings of an entrepreneur ", " it does not have the shoulders to mount the box " we often hear . At alleged extra- lucid powers thefamily replies: it takes years to judge the quality and potential of a person.   One is not born entrepreneur , you become ;) Being an entrepreneur is learning to do unnatural things , naturally. Learn to ignore what others think of themselves, learn from failure and bounce back quickly , learn to transform stress into opportunities ...  This effort takes time to several failures . A good theoretical preparation and intensive training to your allies fierce motivation are the best ways to raccoucir the path to excellence.   This is what KOUDETAT offers: Solid theoretical foundation that will give you the right thought patterns Detailed facts and meet with exceptional founders Practices and put exercises intensive situations Bibliographies & biographies by subject   Not to mention : The opportunity to meet ambitious people you Work in an exceptional place and kept secret Work culture and excel...

The title sounds like a Bannatyne book. To be honest, I think France is definitely the last country I would try to be an entrepreneur.
Personally I would try to be an entrepreneur in whatever country it is that I prefer to live in (and France could easily be top 10 for me).
The mission of the fellow entrepreneurs, talents, public figures, hard workers of a country in which they believe and like living is to turn things right, not to give up...

This comment is a non-sense, especially if you don't know France so well from the inside.

Je parle en connaissance de cause ;-) I am not saying the project is wrong, far from it. I think you'd agree that France hasn't got the best fiscality or entrepreneur spirit compared to what you can find in the UK/US.
I'm pretty disappointed then :(

Fiscality has never stopped anyone starting things. Issues actually appear on the long run only.

Comparing US versus UK versus FR is a non-sense if your ambitions are global. You can start anything in France. Money is cheap, Engineers 3x less expensive than UK or US. And there are plenty of people unemployed looking for a great purpose. It's a wonderful play-field for someone ambitious.

Have a look here: http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings

France is 38th on the list, UK is 10th and the US is 4th for "ease of starting up"

I am not sure engineers are 3x cheaper in France. Don't forget that the cost of employment (and unemployment) are horrendous for businesses.

Don't get me wrong, I know plenty of entrepreneurs in France. They are very talented, full of ambition and hard working but they all say it is very hard. There is also a complex in France with money and success but that is another debate.

Nobody said it is easy but it definitely helps if you live in an entrepreneur friendly country, because you will meet people like you and start things quicker.

Seriously, I don't know where this "France is not entrepreneur friendly" rant comes from.

France offers a tremendous amount of help to start, cost of employment is not worse than any other developed country (yes there are a lot of taxes, but salaries are lower because a lot of stuff is provided by the state) and mentalities are evolving towards a more startup-friendly attitude.

The only problem of France are French people who don't believe in their own country.

or in Hollande...

I agree with you that there is a trade-off with social advantages. NHS is not as good as having a carte Vitale but I still prefer to live in London.

Yes the fiscality is not the easiest one, but you can have a lot of help (money from states organizations quite easily for example), and the entrepreneur spirit grows stronger and stronger.
Is that normal that I get the french version of the website?
Yes, it's a french website about entrepreneurship in France. It would be the same if you went to a Spanish or German website as well.
OK, for those who don't understand French, this is a kind of training programs for entrepreneurs, so that "anyone can become an entrepreneur".

It seems to be one day per week, on the Saturday, from 10am to the night, during 5 months. Lessons seems to speak about Theory, Cases, Exercises and meetings with experienced entrepreneurs and mentors. It has an exam at the end of it.

It's done by several people who are doing a French incubator, named TheFamily.

The name "KOUDETAT" is a game play on "coup d'état", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

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Koudetat is not an accelerator. TheFamily is (with selection) Second bullet point is wrong too... Third neither...

Man, seriously... You should know what you're talking about before making such absurd statements.

Do you mean that, before asking for a monthly fee, Koudetat never asked for equity instead? (can you tell us more about the Koudetat+ new name? I thought it was to differentiate the two models)

As for the third point, do you mean it's easy/common to do business in France without 'Crédit d'impôt recherche', 'JEI', 'Accre' and the likes? Or are you saying that tuition cannot be subsidized in France (formation professionnelle)?

I've looked at Koudetat/The family before. Back then, I thought 'YC-like, without the seeding part', but maybe I didn't get it.

Please note that it's not easy, even for french people, to understand the Koudetat/TheFamilly duality (but it's become easier with this fee-based business model).

You are not downvoted because people think it's a "rant against Koudetat" but because what you are stating in your post is completely wrong
what's your point? You rant that France has low/no entrepreneurship culture and bash a newcomer who tries to change just that?

If you truly believe that you've no chance at succeeding because you're lacking public funding: a/ you don't know what you're talking about. What do Free, Essilor, Unibail, L'Oreal owe to public funding? b/ what are you still doing in France?

I removed my post. You must be right.

a/ I don't think I said we're lacking public funding in France. BPI will invest 1B€ in 2014... slightly more than VCs have in 2013. b/ I've just found a way out...

I recommend their youtube channel (in French): http://www.youtube.com/user/Startupfood

They have some very interesting talks, in particular the KOUDETAT videos - classes about startup-related subjects, from which I'm guessing they based KOUDETAT+ - and the "Les barbares attaquent" (the barbarians attack) where they explore the current disruption of a bunch of industries.