Marina ANDRIEU

When Should You Reach Out to Me?

• Support women in startup and entrepreneurship: always happy to speak to female entrepreneurs looking for support to start their business and ventures! I am the founder of WIDE (Women in Digital Empowerment) initiative, launched in 2013.
• Advancing Gender Equality: If your goal is to enhance gender equality in your organisation, I can provide insights and strategies from my extensive work in this area, including training and program development. My areas of focus are tech, leadership, education and finance.
• Developing Web Projects: If you need support for web projects, particularly those with a social impact, I can offer guidance through my work with Impact Web Studio. My teams specialised in Websites, No Code apps and MVP.
• Seeking Expert Advice on Digital Skills and reskilling initiatives: If you need guidance on implementing digital skills programs for diverse groups, I can share my experience from leading such projects across Europe : previous EU Code Week ambassador and Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition for Luxembourg. Extensive experience working with EU funded projects

About Me

Hi 👋, I am Marina, an entrepreneur and independent director with a deep passion for social impact, digital innovation, and gender equality. I have extensive experience in project leadership, startup support, and digital skills development.

I am the founder of WIDE ANDCO, a social enterprise (Société d’Impact Sociétal) focusing on Digital Skills, Gender Equality and Entrepreneurship. Currently I serve as an an independent director at a financial technology company (Intesa Sanpaolo Servitia) in Luxembourg and at a Faculty at Université de Lorraine (Art, letters, languages).

Startups : I have been part of two failed startups (gaming + sustainable finance) so I can share a lot of experience about launching a venture ;). Also met and consulted with over 100 early stage founders and ventures over the last 10 years : a lot of failures, but a few good successes and exits!

In 2023, I launched Impact Web Studio, focusing on web projects for entrepreneurs and social impact initiatives, with solutions such as websites, No Code apps and Minimum Viable Product.

Areas of Expertise

• Women Entrepreneurship: knowing too well female founders face when launching a company, especially in the tech sector.
• Digital Skills Training: Designing and implementing programs to enhance digital competencies.
• Social Impact Entrepreneurship: Guidance on launching and scaling startups with a social mission.
• Gender Equality Initiatives: Strategies to promote gender equality in education, work, tech and finance
• Project Management: Leading projects from concept to execution, ensuring impactful outcomes. EU project management.
• Collaborative Methods: Facilitating workshops and training using collaborative approaches.
• Web Projects: Developing web projects for entrepreneurs and social impact, including Minimum Viable Products and no-code solutions.
• Early Stage Founder Advice: Providing advice and support to early-stage founders to help them navigate the challenges of starting a new venture.