COLUMBUS CONSULTING GROUP IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 2019 START UP TOUR FINAL ORGANIZED BY FRENCHFOUNDERS AND BNP PARIBAS.

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The Startup Tour is a leading competition for startups and entrepreneurs wishing to expand their business globally. Candidate companies compete via local competitions (in Asia, Europe and America) before the finalists compete for the grand finale in New York.

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We are delighted to support this flagship event for the French-speaking and international business community and to support the successful business leaders and entrepreneurs based in Europe, America and Asia in the development, outreach and success of their business in the US.

The final of the Startup Tour will give the opportunity to 7 French startups desiring to expand on the American continent and 3 American startups desiring to develop in France to make themselves known, and to compete for one of the following prizes: American Prize; French Prize; People’s Prize.

This year, find among the members of the jury:‍

     – Jean-Yves Fillion, CEO, BNP Paribas;

     – Philippe Ricard, COO, BNP Paribas;

     – Ian Rogers, Group Chief Digital Officer, LVMH;

     – Géraldine Le Meur, Founding Partner, The Refiners;

     – Jerome Pesenti, VP Of AI, Facebook;

     – Lucia Sinapi-Thomas, EVP Capgemini Ventures Managing Director, Capgemini; and

     – Luc Julia, CTO & SVP of Innovation, Samsung.

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The event will be held at the BNP Paribas Auditorium in New York on Tuesday, September 24, 2019.

Columbus has been supporting entrepreneurs and business leaders for 15 years from its offices in New York and now in San Francisco. Join us at this major event and meet the French speaking entrepreneurial community of the US.

More information at this link.

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