Who to contact in Paris, in what order, with what message. The ESSEC alumni activation sequence, the ecosystem event calendar, and the first 10 warm outreach drafts.
2.1 · Europe Growth·artifact id: paris-network-v0.html·2026-05-28·v0 format stub
This artifact is a format placeholder. The Phase 2 engagement builds this plan based on the specific ESSEC alumni you know personally, your current Paris network, and the accounts you have prioritized. The structure below shows what the live activation plan will look like.
Plan structure (when built)
Tier 1: Warm contacts (direct ESSEC peer or current/former client)
Name
Company
Title
Relationship
First message
Timing
[Name]
[Company]
[Title]
[ESSEC alumni / former client / referral]
[Draft hook]
Week 1
[Name]
[Placeholder]
[Placeholder]
[Placeholder]
[Placeholder]
Week 2
Tier 2: ESSEC alumni outreach (known name, no direct relationship)
Name
Company
Title
ESSEC class / chapter
Message approach
[Name]
[Company]
[Title]
[Class year / chapter]
[Alumni peer + SmartOne European growth brief]
Ecosystem events (months 1-6)
Event
Date
Why attend
Who should go
ESSEC Alumni Entrepreneurs Club meetup
[Next date]
3,200-member in-person network activation
Habib or Shahysta
Hub France IA working group
[Next date]
250+ organization network; buyer-facing
French BD lead or Habib
Bpifrance Hub event
[Next date]
Portfolio companies who need data services
French BD lead
Paris AI Week / Summit adjacent
[Next date]
Mistral network, industrial prime AI leads
Habib or Shahysta
ESSEC Alumni Entrepreneurs Club Slack post template
[French-language post template: SmartOne deepening its European presence and offering a 30-minute briefing to any ESSEC alumni managing AI programs at their organizations. Mentions current French team, US client base (Palantir, Amazon, Safran), SOC 2/ISO 27001, Physical AI specialization. Direct, no jargon, no corporate framing.]
Template to be drafted based on Habib or Shahysta's voice and current account list
What you need to send us to build this
Inputs needed. To build the live activation plan: (1) the ESSEC alumni you know personally who are at target accounts (BNP Paribas, LVMH, Airbus, Schneider, Thales), (2) whether you have a Safran contact name for the framework agreement conversation, (3) any Paris events you are already registered for or planning to attend, and (4) who will own the France outreach operationally (Habib, Shahysta, or a new French BD hire).