👋Two years ago, Hubert identified🎯 a major pain point. In France🇨🇵, more than 400,000 disabled♿ people were looking for a job and 10M old bicycle 🚲tires were burned every year. Can we combine social & environmental impact in a single company? YES! In 2017, La Vie Est Belt was born as a socially and environmentally friendly brand producing made-in-France fashion accessories.
Hubert is an engineer with a passion for product development. He started his career at Decathlon as a textile product engineer in France 🇨🇵and China🇨🇳. He loved♥️ the adventure, but he noticed that he was working in the 2nd most polluting industry in the world🌍. To finish his studies👩🎓, he spent a few months in Bogotá, where he discovered another face of the country. Every Wednesday, he organized activities 🏃♂️for young disadvantaged children in the middle of a slum.
When he came back to France with the desire to launch a business🚀, he knew one thing: the mission of his company could not only be money💰. It would have to be aligned with his values and his quest for purpose. To identify the products he would focus on, he did his research, which led him to two discoveries🔭: more than 320 tons of tires⚙️ were burned every year, and thousands of motivated disabled people were struggling to find a job. That was the beginning of La Vie Est Belt!
Hubert spent the first 5 months of the adventure in his garage trying to design✍️ the first prototypes with a shoemaker 👞as his mentor. Belts were a good choice for a first product. The first 2 objectives were: developing a belt combining functionality, style & price, and selling 100 belts to customers 👨to validate their interest. He partnered with 3 concept stores and sold out everything in 3 days.
Now, Hubert employs 🚀6 people, 50% of whom are disabled. They all share the same passion and vision, and wear the same belt. 🙂So far, they have produced thousands of products and generated hundreds of thousands of euros in revenue💰. Next year, Hubert plans to double revenue and grow the team! Combining impact and business is possible! At La Vie Est Belt, one motto: all actors of a better world! 🌟
🌟 🌟 🌟 At Our Own Pace And Scale, Everyone Can Aspire To Change The World 🌟 🌟 🌟
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