Clemence Wurtz is the co-founder and CEO of the new French startup SmartRent. Wurtz is a french millennial entrepreneur who has took the tech world by storm since 2013. At Start Up weekend in Paris in 2013, her name became known to the world as she beat out all 23 other tech-oriented companies at the age of 24!
Wurtz is not a fan of the current French culture. She is voicing for many old traditional ways to be done away with and a new process of thinking to be brought into the field to freshen things up. Starting with education, internships, and many other vital systems to a modern flourishing culture. Stating that many people in France are no longer seeking opportunity in the business world and have lost sight of believing in the possibilities that entrepreneurship brings.
Two quotes she has stated are absolutely great and love.
“Everything I do is about feeling.”
“I don’t know how other people just comply, comfort zones are boring, when you try and change something, you are alive.”
-Clemence Wurtz
Her business idea came to her when she was studying in New York City! When she returned to France, she immediately did a trial run and knew the future was in capitalizing the market in Paris. A apartment furnishing company for short-term apartment residents! Starting out in her parents garage, assembling and disassembling all the furniture herself. Her company is simply a service. You come to Paris to live, and need a place to live, with all furnished apartments expensive and out of most people’s price range. A complete hassle takes place as you are faced with a dilemma of only living there for a few months and a unfurnished apartment with no furniture, and in a short while being faced to sell and move it all out again.With SmartRent, use their service and select a package of your desire based on your space and other details and they will deliver and assemble it for you! When you leave, they will disassemble and move it out for you! This company is simple and charges a simple monthly rental fee that in most cases only costs a monthly internet bill. Impressive and Ingenious Thinking!
Interesting find Alan. I love how she is not afraid to voice her opinion on how things should be done and how the world is turning toward a different way of thinking. She seems like quite the entrepreneur.
I like how she doesn’t like being in a comfort zone, she find change to be interesting. This is key for being an entrepreneur, change is going to happen. This is an awesome story!
I like how a simple change in perspective (visiting another country) inspired her business. I could see this business working well for students studying abroad and only need furniture for a semester.