Right here’s a taster of the most recent episode with Pierre Ben Kiran, who graduated from EHL in 2021 earlier than pursuing a Grasp’s in Enterprise Analytics at Esade Enterprise College in Barcelona, adopted by a CEMS Grasp in Worldwide Administration in Barcelona and Tokyo. Pierre is the co-founder of Bumpy, a digital enterprise card cell phone app which he started growing throughout his first grasp’s. It launched in September 2023.
Seizing a possibility to study
The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on all of us – in very alternative ways. For Pierre Ben Kiran, who was interning for an occasions firm in Singapore as a part of his bachelor’s diploma at EHL when the pandemic hit, it offered an sudden alternative. Caught at residence with no occasions to organise, he began to show himself programming, one thing he hadn’t been taught at EHL however which him.
I simply beloved it, I am actually into arithmetic and science usually. I assume that programming was a approach for me to dive again into this entire dimension. Pierre Ben Kiran, Co-Founder & CPO at Bumpy
In consequence, he determined to take a technical grasp’s after ending at EHL. The goal was to not turn out to be a developer, however extra to make use of programming as a day by day device to be extra environment friendly and productive. The grasp’s in enterprise analytics appeared simply excellent for me.
Although you didn’t research programming at EHL, do you assume your bachelor’s ready you for this path in different methods?
I did my Pupil Enterprise Challenge for Nestlé, and I did my first evaluation product for them, and that was very, very attention-grabbing. Principally, I wished to understand how Nestlé was perceived by individuals usually. I wrote a program that went on Twitter and Reddit and pulled out 30,000 feedback about Nestlé. Then I simply analyzed them to see how Nestlé was perceived by the inhabitants usually. That was tremendous attention-grabbing to do. That undoubtedly helped me push on this path.
After your first fairly technical grasp’s, you went on to do the CEMS. What did it give you that the primary grasp’s hadn’t?
Within the second grasp’s, we had a number of courses about range and actually understanding the world as it’s immediately and the way it is going to be in just a few years. We had a little bit of politics as effectively. That was actually attention-grabbing. It was a unique viewpoint from another faculty that I did. On prime of that, I had the possibility to do a six-month trade in Japan, and that was simply superb. Tokyo is such a pleasant metropolis and Japan usually is a lovely nation.
Once you began your grasp’s packages, did you could have an concept of what you wished to do afterwards?
No, by no means. All the pieces developed throughout that point. I began my firm throughout my first grasp’s at Esade. I met about 400 individuals throughout the first week, and it was fairly laborious to attach with everybody. With some individuals, you’d share your Instagram, your LinkedIn, your WhatsApp, and there was no centralized approach of sharing every part on the identical time. I talked to a pal, Tom, and we determined to create Bumpy for our grasp’s marketing strategy within the first yr. Then we noticed some potential.
Do you are feeling that your instructional pathway has outfitted you effectively for operating your personal enterprise?
In a way, sure, as a result of I’ve seen a little bit of every part. However I feel the one factor I used to be lacking was most likely the gross sales a part of it. After we launched, we needed to begin the gross sales course of, and I noticed that I’ve by no means truly studied something associated to gross sales usually or the best way to do it correctly. That is the factor I used to be lacking in my instructional path.
Had been you capable of attain out to alumni of your varied colleges for assist?
Fully. We reached out to some of our lecturers from my earlier grasp’s. All my community at EHL was actually useful as effectively. They launched me to their firms and we truly made the primary gross sales like that.
Do you assume EHL helped nurture your spirit of invention?
What’s good with EHL is that you simply see a little bit of every part: hospitality, finance, every part. If you realize the fundamentals of an business, then it is simpler to have an concept that may clear up an issue inside this business. Proper now, I’ve a number of concepts about startups within the hospitality business that I’d love to do, and that is undoubtedly because of EHL.
What’s your greatest want to your profession?
To like the factor that I do, and that is the case proper now, so I am already tremendous glad.
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