2025 Entrepreneurship Festival
Theme: Reality Check

Join us in celebrating entrepreneurship this November

Join us this November for the 16th edition of our Entrepreneurship Festival, with exciting events across our campuses in Berlin, Paris, London, Madrid, and Turin. We’re bringing together founders, students, experts, and creators to explore what it really means to build something meaningful today.

This year’s edition, themed Reality Check, invites us to stay grounded and connected to our environment. It’s a call for responsible innovation, one that combines ambition with ethics, and commitment with impact and sustainability.

Whether you're launching a startup, looking for a co-founder, or just curious about innovation with impact, there’s something for you.

What's Happening?

Join us for live talks, workshops, startup demos, and co-founder matching sessions — all focused on building impactful ventures with purpose. Highlights include:

  • 👩‍💼 Entrepreneurs’ Demos: Meet inspiring founders and discover their innovative solutions.
  • 🧠 Games & Workshops: Hands-on session & games to explore rapid prototyping
  • 🤝 Co-founder Matching: Best practices for founding a team and finding the perfect teammate!
  • 🎤 “Reality Check” Conference: Inspiring talks on building meaningful, responsible innovation in today’s world.
  • 🎉Networking & Parties: Celebrate together, connect with students, alumni, and creators & entrepreneurs!

Festival Events by Campus

📍 Paris — “Creativity & Connexion”
18 Nov | 4:30pm–11pm | Register here
4:30pm – 7pm | Entrepreneurs Demos & Workshop
4:30pm – 7pm | Co-founders Matching
7:30pm – 8:30pm | “What’s Reality Check Means for you?”, Panel
8:30pm – 11pm | Party Time & Networking

📍 Berlin — “Founding Team”
18 Nov | 2pm–9pm | Register here
2pm – 2:45pm | How to Choose a Co-Founder, Panel
3pm – 3:20pm | Going Solo, Keynote
3:30pm – 4:15pm | Co-Founder Breakups, Panel
4:30pm – 5pm | How VCs Evaluate Founding Teams, Keynote
5pm - 6pm | Happy Hour & Networking
6pm - 9pm | Co-founder Matching

📍 London — “Hard Lessons”
19 Nov | 6:30pm–9pm | Register here
Fire Chat, Genius Circle & Networking at Impact Hub Euston

📍 Turin — “My Greatest Lessons”
19 Nov | 6pm–7:30pm | Register here
Conference and Networking Aperitivo

📍 Madrid — “The Good Error Culture Night”
20 Nov | 6pm–7:30pm | Register here
Conference and Networking: “Is failure part of our unlearning in innovation?”

📍 Online — “Validate Before You Build”
26 Nov | 6pm–7:30pm | Register here
How to test your market without burning your budget
With Lorenzo D’Amelio, CEO and Founder of Merakyn

Discover more


Location

Organiser: ESCP

Berlin - London - Madrid - Paris - Turin - Online -

Map

Data

Start date: 18/11/2025

Start time: 4:30 PM

End date: 26/11/2025

End time: 7:00 PM