Episode 4 - Season 3 - Cyril Zimmermann
Présentation
📢 Introduction
In this fourth episode of season 3, Paul Foutrel receives Cyril Zimmermann, visionary entrepreneur and founder of The Platform, the digital school in Marseille.
From the creation of one of the first French digital agencies to the opening of an innovative and inclusive school, Cyril takes us into his universe, where social impact is at the heart of every decision. A strong exchange on education, entrepreneurship and transmission.
👨 🏫 Cyril Zimmermann's committed career
Cyril looks back on the main stages of his career: his career in digital technology, his experiences at the head of listed companies, then this decisive turn to education and social impact.
In 2019, he founded The Platform with a simple and powerful ambition: open the doors of digital professions to everyone, without qualifications or resources. A free, inclusive school, rooted in its territory, which already supports thousands of learners in Marseille and soon beyond.
🚀 Strong beliefs and a long-term vision
In this episode, Cyril shares:
- 💥 What prompted him to leave the business world to start a school
- 🔁 Why does he believe in a new approach to training, accessible, practical and human
- 🧠 How he designs learning as a living and collective experience
- 🌍 His commitment to a fairer society and more connected to employment
Through The Platform, he campaigns for digital technology at the service of inclusion, and an agile education model, where The desire to learn takes precedence over academic requirements.
🌟 An entrepreneur at the service of the general interest
What is striking about Cyril Zimmermann is his ability to combine Business and the common good. Neither a teacher nor a utopian, he embodies a generation of entrepreneurs who want fix what no longer works in our education system.
With The Platform, he proves that it is possible toinnovate, train and raise without excluding. A real lesson in commitment and audacity.
📚 To go further
🔗 Site of The Platform
🔗 LinkedIn profile of Cyril Zimmermann
🎧 Conclusion
In this episode, Cyril Zimmermann offers us a lucid and optimistic vision of a future where training is a lever for social transformation. A heartfelt and inspiring conversation for anyone who believes that the future is being built today, and for everyone.
