Paul Terrasson Duvernon

I partnered with Hexa — Europe's leading multi-stage startup studio, with a combined portfolio valuation of $5B+ across 50 companies. Brought in as Chief of Staff to the VP of Talent & Ecosystem, I owned the full founder and partner sourcing scope during a key transitional period for the team. With direct ownership over the talent pipeline and community function, I built the infrastructure to identify, attract, and nurture the right founders and partners at scale. That meant auditing and restructuring a 50k+ profile database, designing an AI-assisted scoring model to surface high-priority targets, and co-designing end-to-end nurturing sequences tailored by profile type. I also led the events strategy for the business founder track and helped lay the groundwork for a structured scout program to extend Hexa's sourcing reach. - Redesigned and scored a 50k+ founder & partner database, building using an AI-assisted model, enabling prioritized outreach at scale - Co-designed nurturing sequences by profile type (CEO, CTO, Partner) — covering email, LinkedIn, and event follow-up touchpoints - Led the end-to-end events strategy for the business founder track, from format design to logistics and pipeline integration - Structured the foundations of a scout program, including profile definition, first cohort recruitment, and referral loop design

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With a background in Engineering, I started as a Growth specialist and led 50+ projects over 4 years with leading European startups, major corporations, medium-sized businesses and VC funds, spanning Operations, Product, Growth & Tech. From zero-to-one product design to complex back-office systems, I take projects from concept to shipped. Coudac / Suez / INSA Lyon / Alegria.tech / QuackAI (YC) / MyNameIsBond / Newtone / SEO Secret / Pada1 / Kotzilla / Sagilog / MyOrientation / DayIn / Foodymix / Bellefond Conseil / Video Corporate / Neospi / Boardee ...

I joined 108 Milliards — a neuroscience-based coaching school — as Business Operations Lead to structure and scale their core operations. I owned the full growth and marketing ops scope, with a strong focus on process efficiency and automation. I built the operational infrastructure behind their growth — designing automated content pipelines, structuring multi-channel systems, and redesigning the offer architecture to support student acquisition at scale. - Built an end-to-end content engineering system automating mass content creation and publication, driving 1M+ monthly views - Designed and deployed a multi-channel acquisition strategy across email marketing, newsletter, personal branding, and PR - Streamlined marketing operations through process automation, generating significant time savings across the team - Redesigned offer architecture and website to improve conversion and support bootcamp student acquisition

At Paradox, a leading EdTech platform combining science and AI, having already transformed 40,000+ ambitious learners: I took on a Product & Operations Associate role to launch a brand new AI-powered learning product from scratch. A zero-to-one product launch across the full stack, from designing AI-powered coaching instructors and building the UX to deploying the growth strategy and shipping a collaborative "Loop" feature enabling students to practice real-life scenarios autonomously. Fast, scrappy, and validated a new EdTech market segment in the process. - Took an AI-powered learning product from 0 to 800+ students in 4 months, validating a new EdTech market segment - Designed and shipped AI coaching instructors and conversational agents for immersive, science-backed learning experiences - Built the "Loop" collaborative feature enabling students to practice autonomously on real-life scenarios (negotiation, finance, confidence) - Deployed a content automation growth strategy to drive acquisition and scale organic reach

I consulted for Owners, a B2B fintech platform connecting wealth managers, multi-family offices, and private banks to the full spectrum of private markets (private equity, private debt, infrastructure, real assets). As a Product & Operations Manager, I took part in the full product and UX overhaul of their core platform. End-to-end ownership of a complex redesign across 5 core user flows — bringing clarity and efficiency to a market long defined by opacity, and delivering a seamless experience for financial professionals navigating unlisted investments from fund discovery to subscription. - Redesigned 5 core user flows including fund search, benchmarking, and subscription processes for wealth management professionals - Led the full UX/UI overhaul of the web application, improving advisor experience across complex fintech workflows - Conducted technical user studies and contributed to product strategy to drive informed design and prioritization decisions - Designed the product end-to-end with deep business domain knowledge across private markets and wealth management

At Argil — one of France's fastest-growing Gen AI startups, Y Combinator alumni, specializing in AI-powered video avatars — I built their entire Customer Support infrastructure from scratch as Operations & Engineering Specialist. A zero-to-one ops build during a period of serious product traction — designing and deploying a fully automated, no-code support system that made the operation scale-proof without adding headcount. - Architected a no-code internal tool synchronizing 100% of support sources automatically, with smart routing by use case and database storage - Automated response generation for recurring tickets, reducing manual handling to near zero and saving the founding team hours every day - Designed the full support workflow from triage to resolution, enabling the team to scale customer operations despite rapid product growth - Built the system end-to-end with no engineering resources — pure no-code architecture and workflow automation

At Le Wagon — the world's #1 tech bootcamp, with 40+ campuses globally and 30,000+ alumni — I led the viability assessment for their B2B Swedish market expansion as Operations Manager, combining macro market research with hands-on enterprise prospecting. A high-autonomy mission in an unfamiliar market — validating or invalidating the commercial opportunity for Le Wagon's B2B tech training offer (development, agility, AI, automation) among Swedish corporates, through both a structured macroeconomic analysis and a direct outreach campaign targeting 100+ local enterprises. - Conducted a full macroeconomic and sector analysis of the Swedish B2B tech training market to assess expansion viability - Led a ground-level enterprise prospecting campaign, engaging 100+ Swedish companies and listed groups - Tested go-to-market assumptions for Le Wagon's B2B offer across development, agility, AI, and automation training - Delivered a validated market assessment to inform the international expansion decision

As Founding Lead Product Designer & Strategist at Augment.org — a next-gen online MBA built alongside the founders of YouTube, Wikipedia, Shazam, and Waze, and alumni from Google, Meta, Apple, and OpenAI — I designed the full product experience from the ground up, scaling the platform 900% YoY, from $1M to $10M+ ARR in 18 months, and reaching tens of thousands of students globally across the US, Middle East, UK, and Australia. For the record, the UX I designed was later borrowed wholesale by a competitor now sitting at $250M ARR and a $3B valuation. Brought in post-fundraise to lead a complete product overhaul across a 10-person team — owning the full roadmap, redesigning 80+ pages, and rebuilding the user journey from purchase to graduation, with a relentless focus on premium experience, community, and gamification. - Owned the full product roadmap and redesigned 80+ pages of UI/UX, delivering a premium, community-driven learning experience - Rebuilt the end-to-end user journey from onboarding to graduation, with a strong focus on gamification and completion rates - Developed interactive AI-powered quizzes, branded handbooks, and business case studies to enrich the curriculum - Scaled the platform from ~1,000 to tens of thousands of students and from $1M to $10M+ ARR in under 18 months

Started with a phone call to launch a cool podcast on the technological mutations our world will face. Ended up with the reference podcast on DeepTech in France... • The creator of Siri, the founder of the Hyperloop, a guy sending wine into Space, the French Ironman, and the government at our microphone... • 50 episodes in 6 months • Partnership with the biggest Tech events Vivatech, MaddyKeynote, MEDEF... • A community of 7k active tech-savys, politicians & executives reading my newsletter

I joined G.Ventures, France's first and leading student-run VC fund, backing the country's most promising student founders with €50K checks. As Venture Partner, I was in charge of leading the entire brand, marketing, and communications function from the ground up. A founding role in every sense: I built and managed a 7-person part time team to establish G.Ventures as a credible voice in the French startup and VC ecosystem, from shaping the overall brand identity to launching editorial and podcast formats. - Led brand strategy and full communications deployment for France's first student-run VC fund - Managed a 7-person cross-functional team across marketing, PR, and community - Launched and hosted the Give Back podcast, featuring key figures from the French startup and VC ecosystem - Produced a full PR strategy and editorial content positioning G.Ventures within the broader entrepreneurship community

As Chief of Staff to the CEO at The Quest — a next-gen startup studio backing France's most driven under-27 founders with €150K checks — I provided direct operational and strategic support to the CEO during a key growth phase, owning high-impact initiatives end-to-end. A focused strategic mission with direct CEO support — building from scratch the infrastructure to detect deep tech talent at scale, resulting in a network of 100+ scouts deployed nationally across French campuses. - Designed the full deployment strategy for a national VC scout and ambassador network targeting French university campuses - Built a 100+ scout network from scratch, creating the operational framework for talent detection at scale - Acted as a strategic right hand to the CEO across operational and organizational priorities

As Operating Partner at Entrepreneur First — the world's leading talent investor, backed by the founders of Stripe, LinkedIn, Google DeepMind, and ElevenLabs — I provided hands-on operational support to two pre-seed and seed portfolio companies on product design and strategy. A hybrid consultant-operator role embedded directly with early-stage founding teams during the most critical phase of company building — where speed and clarity of thinking matter more than process, and where the goal is to give founders the operational leverage they need to move fast and build with conviction. - Supported two EF portfolio companies at pre-seed and seed stage across product and go-to-market strategy - Led product design work from early concept to actionable interfaces, tailored to each startup's unique context - Defined and prioritized product roadmaps in close collaboration with founders, balancing speed and strategic clarity - Acted as a GTM sparring partner, helping teams sharpen their positioning and early distribution approach

At Newtone — an enterprise-grade AI content platform built for top retail brands, generating and optimizing content across 40+ languages — I joined as Chief of Staff to lead the full zero-to-one product build, from conception through first users and fundraising readiness. A founding operator role at the intersection of product, design, and go-to-market strategy — I owned the entire product lifecycle during the most critical phase of the company, working directly with the founding team to bring a complex AI platform to market and validate product-market fit ahead of fundraising. - Defined the full product strategy and roadmap, acting as founding product manager from day one - Designed the complete UX/UI of the platform end-to-end, from early concepts to publication-ready interfaces - Deployed a product-led go-to-market strategy to acquire first users and validate PMF - Delivered a fundraising-ready product with validated market traction and early commercial signals

I joined a startup studio as Chief of Staff to the CMO and helped take it from 0 to €20M ARR in 4 years, bootstrapping 10+ remote, self-funded businesses alongside a crew of cracked entrepreneurs, marketers, engineers, and secret co-founders. No outside funding, no shortcuts, real startup game. A deeply cross-functional role at the intersection of ops and growth — less about executing one playbook, more about building the right infrastructure for each company from scratch, across very different business contexts and stages. - Contributed to scaling the studio from 0 to €20M cumulative ARR across 10+ self-funded businesses in 4 years - Built and deployed B2B and B2C acquisition funnels across consumer, Web3, and SaaS verticals - Designed organic content strategies and PR systems tailored to each startup's stage and market - Operated as a cross-functional right hand to the CMO across simultaneous launches in multiple industries

At SweepBright — a B2B SaaS CRM built for real estate agencies and independent agents across France and Belgium — I joined as Growth Engineer to design and deploy a full B2B acquisition strategy from scratch, landing major market players in the process. A deeply operational growth role combining sales ops, data engineering, and go-to-market strategy — building the full acquisition infrastructure for a B2B SaaS in a competitive real estate market, from CRM cleanup and data migration to funnel design, nurturing sequences, and large account outreach strategy. - Signed a leading real estate market player and developed a pipeline of franchise networks and multi-agency groups - Built and deployed a full B2B acquisition strategy targeting large and mid-market accounts across agencies and agent networks - Designed nurturing flows, email marketing sequences, and content strategy tailored to PropTech B2B buyers - Handled end-to-end data operations including scraping, CRM cleanup, data migration, and sales ops infrastructure