Panel : Entrepreneurship “Made by IMHI”: Success Stories from our alumni, challenges and thrills when building up your business

Moderator: Vanguelis Panayotis, CEO MKG Hospitality – Sponsor

-        Winoch Billette (IMHI 2001), Hotel Investments

-        Michael Levie (IMHI 1983), Co-Founder KUBE Ventures

-        Eric-Michel Omgba (IMHI 2005), Founding Partner Alboran & FirstName- Sponsor

"I was speaking to a class of students last month, I asked them: 'How many of you will, in the coming years, create your own company?' 80% rose their hands. When I was that age, maybe only 20% of the class would have raised their hands.”
Vanguelis Panayotis Panayotis on entrepreneurship in the industry.

"The objective is to acquire 3* hotels and reposition them to create value for our partners."
Winoch Billette on the business he is building.

"87% of new innovation fails, I believe that is because people are afraid to make mistakes and, if they do, they try to cover stuff them up."
Michael Levie on starting a company.

"With FirstName, we need to dream big. We hire on attitude rather than skills. We can teach the skills later."
Eric-Michel OMGBA on recruitment.