GET STARTED WITH LA MASHINE
One project, three levels of intensity.
Pick your level of support, or switch it up to match what the moment calls for. Always with the same method and the same project memory.
Entrepreneurs, schools and incubators are already working together in La Mashine.
THE BEST WAY TO START UP
Not all ideas are created equal.
Validate is our starter program for founders who want to launch their first company as if it were their tenth. In a few weeks, you talk to real potential customers, test your riskiest assumptions and walk away with evidence that your project holds up. And no subscription required.
- Frame the assumptions that could kill your project before it even starts.
- Have real user conversations every day, with a method that keeps you on solid ground.
- Walk away with a clear view of your odds of success, and a battle plan for what comes next.
A FLEXIBLE OFFER
Start on your own, with the right support.
Disciplined entrepreneurs start on their own and add support as the stakes rise.
On your own
Structure your project, keep sight of today’s priorities and make progress every day, at your own pace.
For those who love autonomy and need structure more than feedback.
Validate your idea
A clear goal, real deadlines and an expert eye at every critical step, all the way to your first customers.
For those who want a framework to hit a goal within a set timeframe.
Expert advice
One-off help from a seasoned professional, hand-picked by La Mashine for the situation, who arrives with the full context in mind.
For stepping back on a complex decision: a launch, a raise, a pivot…
ONE INTERFACE
One platform to get started and build your circle.
Research, decisions, action plans and deliverables keep living in La Mashine, and every contributor who joins the project inherits all the context they need in seconds, with no re-explaining.
- Shared memory, The whole project in one connected view, always up to date.
- Empirical approach, The same learning loop, understand, decide, act, adjust, at every level of support.
- Built-in support, Advisors, experts and support teams step in and contribute without friction.
They say it
better than we do.
“I’m moving faster in one month with La Mashine than in six months without.”
Léa G.
Founder
“Between my market assumptions, my copywriting and my user interviews, La Mashine helped me frame my project and land my first customers.”
Marc Girard
Founder, Tillin
“Great support, a team at the top that helps me daily.”
Melissa Vidal
Founder, e-Konik
“Exceptional service. Rare, effective and human.”
Christophe Communay
Founder, socrate.pro
“La Mashine got me my first customer, helping me put my solution in place and find my business model.”
Mohamed Haijoubi
Founder, Paxilia
“La Mashine turns discussions into concrete action plans, and asks the sharp questions that pushed me past my blockers. Everything gets clear.”
Romane Finet
Founder, ChatBTP
“Clear action plans that account for the reality of the field. They helped me identify my priorities and lay solid ground to sign my first customers.”
Lauren Sotter
Founder, MyArtistPlace
“One month in and we’re thrilled. A framework, tools, people who push you.”
Anne H.
Founder, MaRenoZen
“A structured and personalised approach, with steps clearly set in time and very concrete deliverables.”
Marie-Gabrielle de Beauvais
MSc X-HEC Entrepreneurs
“Sharp strategic advice and a real coaching mindset, which let us approach our fundraise calmly.”
Damien Albrespy
Founder, Apisolis
“La Mashine has been supporting me as a solo founder for three months now… and I couldn’t have asked for better! It helps me through the process, guides me and puts me back on track to ship my product (despite the pivots). I recommend it.”
Jonathan Bouaziz
Founder, Umami
Questions before you start.
WHEN DO WE START?
The next step forward starts in the field.
Move forward independently with La Mashine, or put the idea to the test in the field with the Validate program.