Specialized Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Class of 2005 Placement Study

This survey took place at the graduation ceremony and was completed by phone; answer rate: 67%

Length of Job Search

• Before the end of the programme: 50%
• Less than 2 months after the beginning of search:16 %
• Between two and four months: 34%

Salary

• Average salary at the end of the programme: 41,200€
• Average salary one year after graduation: 45,300€

Where are our graduates now?

Target careers: Company founders and managers, project managers for new and high-growth companies, project managers for profit centres in major corporations (corporate venture and intrapreneurship), consultants.

• 50% created their own company
• 50% are employed by private companies
• 42% are consultants
• 42% are business managers
• 8% are in sales
• 8% are business controller

In the field

Pierre-Aimé Delrue
Graduate (DESS) degree in Finance
ESCP Europe Specialized Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship – 2004
Manager and founder, Immunoctem

“After a dozen years in the banking industry, I wanted to forge my own way. So I took a leave from my company to do the ESCP Europe Specialized Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship. The programme was the determining factor for starting my own company. Over the course of the year, I acquired the core knowledge I needed, and developed a real entrepreneurial mindset.

Coming up with an idea for an entrepreneurial project and developing it to the point that it becomes reality is a really fascinating process, but also stressful.
My company, Immunoctem was established a year and a half after I graduated from the Specialized Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship. We manufacture bedding using an innovative new fabric that prevents dust mites without using acaricide chemicals. Its effectiveness was tested by the allergology lab at Tenon Hospital in Paris, thanks to the ESCP Europe Specialized Master!”

Examples of start-ups

• MitoProd: Research development and manufacturing of new biotechnology medications.
  Created in 2004 by Guillaume Plane, ESCP-EAP Specialized Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship 2003, DEA degree in health biology from the University of Bordeaux and Berkeley University, USA.
  
  
• Classic Rent: Antique and luxury car rental service for companies and individuals.
  Created in 2005 by Franck Delpierre, ESCP-EAP Specialized Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship 2005, Master in business from ESC Lille.
  
  
• TURnKEY: The first private network for support to French companies in Turkey, and the establishment of a French business resource centre in Istanbul.
  Founded by Inane Gurbuz, ESCP-EAP Specialized Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship 2005, ICD.