View Course ENPC05

Session: November 2026
Institution: Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC)
Title: Startup Creathon
Code: ENPC05
Type of Course: Classic ATHENS course
Location: Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées
Address: 6 et 8 avenue Blaise-Pascal, Cité Descartes
City: Champs-sur-Marne
Minimum Year of Study: 3
Language of Tuition: English
Prerequisites: None
Objectives: The objectives of the program are :
1) Learning by doing - apply lean innovation and lean entrepreneurship principles to a small group (3-4 person) startup project (real or imagined).
2) Apply the principles of customer development, product development and business model development to your group's startup project.
3) Use design thinking to understand customer needs and develop solutions to real problems customers are willing to pay for.
4) Understand startup finance and how to develop a viable revenue model
5) Learn to create a prototype and pitch innovation projects Silicon Valley style.
Programme to be Followed: Monday 16 November
- 9:00-12:30 – Introduction to Lean Innovation
- 14:00-17:30 – Design Thinking - Customer Interviews
Tuesday 17 November
- 9:00-12:30 – Design Thinking - Solutions
- 14:00-17:30 – Dynamic Business Modeling
Wednesday 18 November
- 9:00-12:30 – Introduction to Startup Finance
- 14:00-17:30 – Revenue and business modeling
Thursday 19 November
- 9:00-12:30 – Rapid prototyping & the art of the pitch
- 14:00-17:30 – Group work
Friday 20 November
- 9:00-10:30 – Practice pitches and Grop work
- Final Investor pitch (with jury)
Course Exam: 50% group work and practice pitch
50% final pitch
Professor Responsible: Alon ROZEN
Participating professors: Alon ROZEN, Quentin LAGACHE, J. LIVINGSTON WALLACE
EDA Estimated Start Time: 15/11/2026 14:00
Cost of EDA: Free except for the climbing session (12 €) and the boat party (13€)
EDA Content: Mandatory activity : Welcome session (November 14th) and Guided visit of an iconic neighbourhood of Paris on November 15th

Choose at least 1 activity among those proposed between November 16th and 20th: Climbing session in Paris, Party at ENPC, Games at ENPC, Boat party in Paris.
Categories: Architecture and town planning Building and civil engineering Chemical engineering and processes Economics Electricity and energy Electronics and automation Environmental protection technology Finance, banking and insurance Food processing Management and administration Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood) Motor vehicles, ships and aircraft Work skills