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Bootstrapping at Scale: How François Fourmentin Built One of France’s Top Language Companies
The Language Leaders Podcast
37 minutes 39 seconds
7 months ago
Bootstrapping at Scale: How François Fourmentin Built One of France’s Top Language Companies
What does it take to grow a solo startup into a leading consumer language brand, all without outside funding?
François Fourmentin, CEO and co-founder of Cercle des Langues, shares how he scaled from tutoring teens to building a tech-enabled company now serving thousands of adult learners across France.
You’ll learn how he:
Bootstrapped the business from day one, pivoting fast and staying lean;
Used technology to support strong pedagogy and streamline the teacher-student learning journey;
Scaled culture intentionally by embedding values into hiring, training and performance systems.
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