Pierre Gaubil

CEO

2020 - Current

We want to make entrepreneurs better by becoming more strategic. 34 Elements is a Cohort based Course (CBC) where collective intelligence is leveraged to help startup founders improve reality practically. We help entrepreneurs think more clearly and discover better answers through their own reasoning - guided by our proprietary 34 Elements software. This new kind of collaborative learning amplifies and delivers positive returns on your invested effort by combining education, startup interaction, and strategic thinking.

Podcaster

2022

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1W8FCUI4skjeIyYNbGqUzV Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/34-elements/id1652664894

General Partner

2016

We see promising new impactful companies created in Europe that deserve to become global. The Refiners is the first and only Pre-Seed/Seed Fund based in San Francisco entirely devoted to help immigrant founders from Europe. We propose founders a unique progressive program with the right mix of venture and human capital to enable them to spend 100% of their time building global first companies.

Co-founder - CEO

2011 - 2016

Sensopia Inc. is a Montreal/San Francisco-based software publisher focused on Reality Capture. Reality Capture is the process of retrieving information about the surrounding environment onto a portable digital model. Sensopia is the developer of MagicPlan, a unique application that proposes a disruptive approach to making floor plans. MagicPlan can automatically measure, draw and publish a floor plan, just by taking pictures with a mobile device. MagicPlan is a true mass-market success with more than 13 millions unique downloads. MagicPlan has also received several awards and has been selected by Apple as “App of the week” in 107 countries. (www.sensopia.com for more information). Sensopia was sold in 2016.

General Manager

2008 - 2011

Managing Director of the Asmodee group with offices in France, Germany, Benelux, the UK, Spain and Canada with more than 150 employees. Transformed Asmodee from a French leading company to become the largest European Distributor and publisher of cards and boardgames. Manage the transformation through acquisitions and local structuring. Revenue tripled in 3 years, to reach $130M .

Co-founder

2002 - 2008

Start-up a boardgame publishing company from scratch. Developed a complete distribution network over Europe. Took the company from €0 to €5M in 4 years. Won the game of the year in Germany, first non German company to win in 25 years.

Co-founder

1993 - 2002

Co-founded the company in 1990 but joined in 1993, after the first product got developed, to start the software sales and distribution. Started with France, then Europe. 04/1995 till 08/2001: Moved to San Francisco, USA Started-up the US operations for Cast. Opened 4 offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Washington and New York. Cast US was 40% of the total revenue for the company with 800 clients and 60 people. With other founders, took the company public in May 1999, with revenue of €25M. 09/2001 till 06/2002: Moved back to France for personal reasons and implemented a complete business model and a sales methodology to provide an efficient way to knowledge transfer Cast know-how to all operations. Took over Sweden and Germany in a business mentoring program to put them back on track.

Director of Sales

1992 - 1993

Management of a team of 14 people. Creation of a sales methodology and business model to better sell the leading database software on the Mac. Restructured the sales force, turning towards "enterprise" customers. Doubled revenue in 1 year going from $4M to $8M.

Sales Representative and Sales Manager

1989 - 1991

Became best European sales representative in 1990 with over €2M revenue. Sales manager of the "industry" division, managing deals between €50K and €1M.

Sales Representative

1989 - 1989

Sales Representative

1987 - 1988