{"id":124550,"date":"2022-09-09T09:44:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T16:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/?p=124550"},"modified":"2022-09-09T09:44:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T16:44:35","slug":"how-to-launch-your-own-startup-with-le-wagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/how-to-launch-your-own-startup-with-le-wagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Creating Your Own Startup with Le Wagon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Working as an employee at a tech company is not the only option available for coding bootcamp grads; you can start your own tech company, too. According to the US Small Business Administration, 31.7 million small businesses<\/a> were recorded in the US in 2020. In addition, China and the US own the most unicorn companies<\/a> globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le Wagon<\/a>, which offers full-time and part-time tech bootcamps in web development and data science, is known as a catalyst for IT entrepreneurs. In fact, up to seven percent of Le Wagon alumni started their own tech companies. At the time of writing, over 210 startups<\/a> had been created by Le Wagon alums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Turn Your Idea Into a Viable Product with Le Wagon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Find a business partner\/co-founder among your Le Wagon peers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Le Wagon community is an excellent place for students and alumni to find like-minded people and test startup ideas together. During the bootcamp, students learn to communicate, collaborate, and build their professional networks through various group projects and networking events. Many alumni have found co-founders among peers at Le Wagon and started tech businesses together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, Skello<\/a>, an online scheduling and management software company, was founded by Le Wagon alumni Samy Amar and Quitterie Mathelin-Moreaux. The company has grown rapidly having hired over 200 employees, including 14 alumni. Now, the company has over 7,000 happy customers who have benefited from optimizing schedules with Skello software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take advantage of Le Wagon\u2019s dedicated Slack channel for startup founders<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Le Wagon internal Slack workspace connects over 15,000 students and alumni worldwide. Students use Slack channels to pick up technical tips, insights, and strategies to supplement their training, and network, seek co-founders, and obtain assistance with landing freelancing gigs or securing a job in the tech industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspirational talks with entrepreneurs at Le Wagon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Besides Q&A sessions with the alumni, Le Wagon invites entrepreneurial alums to give inspirational talks and share their experiences in a narrative format. It allows the lecturers to structure their speech and provide students with a step-by-step plan to turn their idea into a product and create a tech startup from scratch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nLe Wagon offers tech bootcamps in web development and data science that can equip you with the necessary skills to get hired by leading tech companies or build your own startup business.<\/p>\nBecome an entrepreneur with Le Wagon.<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
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Le Wagon Outcomes for Entrepreneurs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Le Wagon\u2019s numbers speak for the school\u2019s effectiveness. Around seven percent of Le Wagon alumni started their own tech companies. That adds up to over 210 startups, with 101 of them reportedly having already raised a combined amount of \u20ac723,943,479 (approximately $852 million)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are only five of the most significant Le Wagon alum-owned companies that move the needle in the IT industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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