By Mathilde Gratiot, Startup Program Officer
The Fighters Program works with entrepreneurs who come from underprivileged backgrounds, who may have been refugees or have had difficult personal stories. This one-year program passes by very fast, so we wanted to recap some of the best moves that can help for this fight.
1/ Focus on your moves
This may seem like an obvious piece of advice. But, as a Fighter abd when you have to deal with an extraordinary personal life — when you’ve just come out of prison, or were a former homeless person, for instance — it can be harder to focus only on your project. Your main paint point? Getting money. You may think you need to raise money right when you start… but no!