Welcome to the official blog relating the First Annual VT KnowledgeWorks International Week.
Discover or rediscover the main moments of the amazing trip in Virginia Tech by 5 French Entrepreneur students.
Have a good read,
The MulteeGaming team.
9/16/2009
9/15/2009
Everything started off with ...
The winning ceremony of the 10th Entrepreneurial Challenge
of Telecom & Management SudParis ran by Sebastien Cauwet, director of the Incubator of the school
... the Annual Entrepreneurial Project Challenge organized in our schools, Telecom SudParis and Telecom Business School, which took place at the end of March. Each team composed by engineers and managers had to make a business model of a future company in a week. Four teams, included MulteeGaming, were selected at the end of the week for the finale competition at Bercy in Paris, with Mme Christine Lagarde, the French Minister for the Economy, Industry, and Employment.
Our MulteeGaming Team finally won the 1rst Prize of the Challenge, a week of leisure and learning at the VT KnowledgeWorks in Blacksburg, VA. Let's read more details about our week below.
The MulteeGaming Team.
Our MulteeGaming Team finally won the 1rst Prize of the Challenge, a week of leisure and learning at the VT KnowledgeWorks in Blacksburg, VA. Let's read more details about our week below.
The MulteeGaming Team.
9/13/2009
Departure for Virginia Tech, USA !
From left to right : Augustin, the business manager of the incubator of our school, Florent, CEO of MulteeGaming, Damien, VP Finance and Strategy, Audrey, VP Business Development, Vincent, COO, and Mathieu, VP Engineering.After 10 hours flying and a jet line of 6 hours, we finally arrived at the Roanoke Airport at 8:30 pm. Jim Flowers, the VT KnowledgeWorks's director, picked us up and drove us to the incubator of Virginia Tech.
Each of us was waiting by a host family living in the area of Blacksburg and went back to family's home for a good night !
Each of us was waiting by a host family living in the area of Blacksburg and went back to family's home for a good night !
9/12/2009
Tuesday, September 8th : 1st day at VT !
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USAAfter a long night in our families, we went back to the VT Knowledgwork and enjoyed a visit of the offices and a lunch with our host companies !
Audrey met Bill from Rackspace, Damien met Kamzan from Click and Pledge, Florent met David from NewCity, Mathieu met John and Helen from Tele-Works and Vincent met David from Modea.
We spent the afternoon in the host companies' offices. Each of us learnt a lot of interesting things about entrepreunership and how to manage a company as well as technical points about Websites.
For the dinner, we were invited with our host families by Outreach, the International Affairs of Virginia Tech at the Old Guard Room at The Inn. We had a very good evening together with Joe Meredith, the President of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center and John Dooley, the Vice President of Outreach.
Audrey met Bill from Rackspace, Damien met Kamzan from Click and Pledge, Florent met David from NewCity, Mathieu met John and Helen from Tele-Works and Vincent met David from Modea.
We spent the afternoon in the host companies' offices. Each of us learnt a lot of interesting things about entrepreunership and how to manage a company as well as technical points about Websites.
For the dinner, we were invited with our host families by Outreach, the International Affairs of Virginia Tech at the Old Guard Room at The Inn. We had a very good evening together with Joe Meredith, the President of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center and John Dooley, the Vice President of Outreach.
9/11/2009
Wednesday, September 9th : 2nd day at VT !
The MulteeGaming Team in their cabinAfter a long night in our host families, we continued shadowing our company leaders and employees all the morning. At noon, we went back to school and met American students learning French during a course about Dreams.
Claire, one of the American students, and Stephanie, a French friend of us who worked for her business Ghaya all the summer, stayed with us for lunch at the Moe's, a Mexican food restaurant ! We enjoyed a good meal and were picked up by Jim, his wife Brigitte, and Lindsey, the Member Services Manager of the VT KnowledgeWorks.
Claire, one of the American students, and Stephanie, a French friend of us who worked for her business Ghaya all the summer, stayed with us for lunch at the Moe's, a Mexican food restaurant ! We enjoyed a good meal and were picked up by Jim, his wife Brigitte, and Lindsey, the Member Services Manager of the VT KnowledgeWorks.
9/10/2009
Thursday, September 10th : 3rd day at VT ! Mountain Lake !
From left to right : Jim, Lindsey and Florent.After a MulteeGaming Poker night, we woke up early to have breakfast and continue the curriculum. We began with reflexions our future life, our future projects and how we see MulteeGaming in a few years ... Thanks to the help of Jim, Sebastien and Augustin, we worked all day on the MulteeGaming's elevator speeches in front of investors as well as customers or partners. Andy, an other young entrepreuner, was there with to learn more about the creation of a start-up. His business is recreating biological cells to test vaccines, if we understood well !
We were very pleased with a break for an aperitif and a good dinner ! At 8 pm, we had an accounting course in which Vincent fall asleep ;) before going to bed ! The most courageous, Damien, Mathieu and Audrey, walked down to the hotel, the place of the Dirty Dancing film, for a short visit.
9/09/2009
Friday, September 11th : 4th day at VT ! Nature Hike and Students' Parties !
From left to right : Jim, Sebastien, Augustin, Damien, Florent, Audrey, Brigitte, Mathieu and Vincent.When we woke up that morning, the weather had turned from clouds to a sunny day with blue sky ! We had a short ride around the lake and the hotel before the last part of the curriculum. Jim asked us to make a commitment about the Business, it was not easy for anyone to find something possible and measurable within a given time, but we all answered the request.
After lunch, we enjoyed a 3 miles nature hike in the middle of wonderful landscapes !
We went back to Blacksburg at the end of the afternoon to get ready for evening parties ! Each of us were assigned to VT students ! We were received at first in the house of a VT teacher at the top of a hill, then we went to student parties downtown. Great night for all of us !
After lunch, we enjoyed a 3 miles nature hike in the middle of wonderful landscapes !
We went back to Blacksburg at the end of the afternoon to get ready for evening parties ! Each of us were assigned to VT students ! We were received at first in the house of a VT teacher at the top of a hill, then we went to student parties downtown. Great night for all of us !
9/08/2009
Saturday, September 12th : 5th day at VT! The Football Game!
The Hokies vs Marshall, first home Football Match of the season!52-10 for the Hokies!!
Let's go Hokies!
That was the shouting of every fan of the Football Virginia Tech Team : The Hokies!
We started with the Alumni Tailgate party in which we were invited and continue with another one, where people parked their cars on the grass, trunks opened and barbecue turned on! So many people all around the VT stadium already 5 hours before the beginning of the Football Match pitting The Hokies against Marshall!
Sébastien, Augustin, Jim, Joe, Stephanie and the MulteeGaming Team, all of us were invited in the presidential box to watch the Match! Very impressive place! We met the Mayor of Blacksburg and the Mayor of Roanoke as well as the President of Virginia Tech, Dr Charles W. Steger.
We enjoyed a lot the match : The players' entrance, the flyover, the game. Amazing & astonished !
That was the shouting of every fan of the Football Virginia Tech Team : The Hokies!
We started with the Alumni Tailgate party in which we were invited and continue with another one, where people parked their cars on the grass, trunks opened and barbecue turned on! So many people all around the VT stadium already 5 hours before the beginning of the Football Match pitting The Hokies against Marshall!
Sébastien, Augustin, Jim, Joe, Stephanie and the MulteeGaming Team, all of us were invited in the presidential box to watch the Match! Very impressive place! We met the Mayor of Blacksburg and the Mayor of Roanoke as well as the President of Virginia Tech, Dr Charles W. Steger.
We enjoyed a lot the match : The players' entrance, the flyover, the game. Amazing & astonished !
Finally, the Hokies won 52 to 10 against Marshall, perfect!
We did some shoppings at the end of the afternoon and went back to the town for our last evening with VT students!
We did some shoppings at the end of the afternoon and went back to the town for our last evening with VT students!
9/07/2009
Sunday, September 13th : 6th day at VT ! sniff, it's nearly the end ...
Nice evening with our hosts, what a pleasure to meet all of you ...Then, we walked to the Smithfield Plantation for an visit of the old house. We went back at 3 pm in host families in order to get ready for the dinner with host families at Jim's house. It was a delightful evening with our hosts and are looking forward to come back next summer !
9/06/2009
Monday, 14th September : last day at VT !
Time for leasure, time for work and time to return home and MulteeGaming offices ...We spent our last morning in host companies and came back for lunch at the VT KnowledgeWorks.
At 1 pm, it was time to say goodbye and Jim drove us to the airport of Roanoke.
What a wonderful trip, so many kind people encountered ...
9/05/2009
Un grand Merci ...
We would like to thank the whole organization of the Challenge Projets d'Entreprendre, our two schools, Telecom SudParis and Telecom Business School, the Incubator of Telecom SudParis as well as the VT KnowledgeWorks and our host families which welcomed us marvelously. A special thank to generous host companies and VT sponsors.We had a fantastic time at Virginia Tech and are very pleased to be back in Blacksburg next summer !
The Team MulteeGaming
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