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Dropout Camp

You can spend the summer on the beach...

You can spend the summer
on the beach…

or to launch the Tech project of your dreams!

or to launch the project
Tech of your dreams!

A Summer Camp, free, for 10 (very) young people, 
Who want to work intensively on the tech project of their dreams, 

A free Summer Camp for 10 (very) young people who want to work intensively on the tech project of their dreams.

And perhaps not return to school in the fall.

The greatest tech revolutions were not born in the classrooms.

4 out of 7

Some of the largest Tech companies in the world (valued at over 1 trillion dollars) were founded by students with no professional experience.

23 legendary cases

A cult list in the US. The 23 dropouts who didn't finish their studies to create giants like Figma, Stripe, Facebook.. Paths that have become legendary in the history of tech.

It is not school that will teach you to change the world.

It is the real, the market, the users, and action.

It’s not the school that will teach you
to change the world.

It’s the real, the market,
the users, and action.

  • Mark Zuckerberg

    CEO & Co-Founder of
    Meta

  • Patrick Collison

    CEO & Co-Founder of Stripe

  • Evan Spiegel

    CEO & Co-Founder of Snapchat

  • Dylan Field

    CEO & Co-founder of Figma

  • Steve Jobs

    Former CEO & Co-Founder of Apple

  • Evan Spiegel

    CEO & Co-Founder of Snapchat

  • Michael Dell

    CEO & Founder of
    Dell Technologies

  • Travis Kalanick

    Former CEO & Co-Founder of Uber

  • Mark Zuckerberg

    CEO & Co-Founder of
    Meta

  • Patrick Collison

    CEO & Co-Founder of Stripe

  • Evan Spiegel

    CEO & Co-Founder of Snapchat

  • Dylan Field

    CEO & Co-founder of Figma

  • Steve Jobs

    Former CEO & Co-Founder of Apple

  • Evan Spiegel

    CEO & Co-Founder of Snapchat

  • Michael Dell

    CEO & Founder of
    Dell Technologies

  • Travis Kalanick

    Former CEO & Co-Founder of Uber

What is the Dropout Camp?

An intense entrepreneurial experience, over 1 weekend, specially designed for young builders, who want to test their tech project in the real world and lay the foundations of a startup with international ambition. 

Our headquarters of 220m2

In the heart of Paris like a free hotel & Hacker House all weekend long.

€1000 per person

To go from idea to prototype in 48 hours, test without waiting and learn by building.

3 days,

2 nights,

72h.

To move forward, INTENSELY, with a team of experienced entrepreneurs as advisors.

10 handpicked nuggets selected

An alternative for the most determined, those who have a vision, a conviction, a viewpoint on a specific problem that they want to solve at all costs.


The Objectives

Understand intimately the market you are targeting.

Understand intimately the market you are targeting.

Validate that there is a real problem in this market.

Validate that there is a real problem in this market.

Validate idea zones to solve this problem.

Validate idea zones to solve this problem.

What profile is required to join the Dropout Camp?

An engineer's brain

Between 17 and 27 years old. Disinterested in the academic world. But passionate about learning. 

A young entrepreneur spirit

Who has already multiplied (side) projects.

A developer

Who is far from being interested only in code: curious about philosophy, psychology, history, marketing, sales…

A passionate builder

Who lives, eats, and sleeps technology.

A human who first wants to have fun, to build for himself. And who will naturally have fun wanting to conquer the world once his quest is found.

A human who first wants to have fun, build for himself. And who will naturally have fun wanting to conquer the world once his quest is found.

The key dates of the dropout camp

Application period

Application period

Application period

From May 27 to June 20, 2025

From May 27 to June 20, 2025

Weekend Dropout Camp

Weekend Dropout Camp

Weekend Dropout Camp

From July 18 to 20, 2025

From July 18 to 20, 2025

The key dates of the dropout camp

Quests in progress…

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  • Minea

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  • GitIngest/ Pad.ws

  • Thank you Internet

  • The Big Tummy

  • Crazy

  • Livana

  • Minea

  • Manta Ray

  • Spaictra

The team behind THE QUEST

THE QUEST is led by a team of ex-founders, students, and dropouts,
who have built exactly what they would have dreamed of having when they left their studies
to create the tech project of their dreams.

THE QUEST is led by a team of ex-student founders and dropouts,
who built exactly what they would have dreamed of having when they dropped out of school to create the tech project of their dreams.

THE QUEST is led by a team of former student founders and dropouts, who built exactly what they would have dreamed of having when they dropped out of school
to create the tech project of their dreams.

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Maxime Blondel

CEO

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Julian Ivaldy

CO-FOUNDER

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Adams Salahou

CO-FOUNDER

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Robin Seligmann

CO-FOUNDER

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Peter Paris

CO-FOUNDER

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Kenza Bellout

LAWYER

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Médoune Diack

HEAD OF TALENTS

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Camille HAÏDAR

HEAD OF DESIGN

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Maxime Blondel

CEO

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Julian Ivaldy

CO-FOUNDER

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Adams Salahou

CO-FOUNDER

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Robin Seligmann

CO-FOUNDER

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Peter Paris

CO-FOUNDER

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Kenza Bellout

LAWYER

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Médoune Diack

HEAD OF TALENTS

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Camille HAÏDAR

HEAD OF DESIGN

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Maxime Blondel

CEO

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Julian Ivaldy

CO-FOUNDER

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Adams Salahou

CO-FOUNDER

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Robin Seligmann

CO-FOUNDER

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Peter Paris

CO-FOUNDER

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Kenza Bellout

LAWYER

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Médoune Diack

HEAD OF TALENTS

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Camille HAÏDAR

HEAD OF DESIGN