How I raised over $8.5 Million with an idea I had in the Shower (Article prices in Euro as Money raised in France €7.5M raised)
By Nicolas Pasquier, President, Skinjay. Paris, France.
There are so many huge companies that got started
in a garage: Amazon, Apple, Disney, Google, Hewlett Packard… Well mine started in a shower. Can you believe it? This is a story about an idea in the shower and a prototype made out of a Kinder egg that raised 7.5M€ and now equips the Suites of the most luxurious hotels in the world.
This is not a success story; we are not there yet. It is the journey of me taking an idea out of my shower and into your shower. On April 1st 2012, believe it or not, I did the stupidest thing: I took a shower. How original. I was staying in a hotel in the South of France and something unusual happened. The shower’s water had an agreeable taste! And it gave me an idea : Page 30 Sqwawqs.com Issue 1 2017