BY: Seb Murray
Oliver John Rivera has left management consulting to become an
entrepreneur. After studying an MBA at Grenoble, he plans to launch an
insect-food start-up business.
This time last week, Oliver John Rivera was presenting to
a panel of three ladies who would make or break his chances of getting
onto IncubaGEM, the Incubator of Grenoble Ecole de Management.
He had to present his entrepreneurial idea to secure six month's of support to launch his start-up business.
You can imagine their surprise when he handed them a plate of "insect sushi" made from worms and grasshoppers.
"They had to wash their mouths afterwards," Oliver tells
me. "It was a bit of a show and I made quite an impression. Sometimes a
serious business presentation is not best way to go."
He must have done something right. Oliver, who graduated
from the full-time MBA program last year, will join the 40 other
start-ups supported by IncubaGEM when he launches his business later
this year.
