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In a remarkable display of youthful innovation and entrepreneurship, six students from the Lycée des Arts et Métiers have created 'Letz Guess', an engaging online trivia game that showcases Luxembourg's rich culture while competing in the Mini Enterprises competition.
Rarely do we find such interesting projects in our search for topics as the business venture of six students at the Lycée des Arts et Métiers. Their enterprise is called Letz Guess, with which they represent their school in the competition Mini Enterprises.
ROUX (Rx) was very happy to sit down with two of the six high schoolers, Fohr Sébastien (FS) and Flammang Elisabeth (FE), to talk about the present and future of their initiative.
Rx: Let us first introduce the two of you to our readers!
FS: I’m Sébastien, I’m 18, and I am the CEO and software developer of Letz Guess. I am also responsible for our finances.
FE: My name is Elisabeth, I am 17, and I am Letz Guess’ web-designer. I am also responsible for marketing and communication.
Rx: Please, tell us something about the competition you enrolled in the project.
FS: We enrolled in the competition along with approximately 100 other projects. Mini Enterprises is a contest for high school students of Luxembourg. Altogether two teams signed up from our school; one more along our project. The launched enterprises usually focus on selling soap, drinks, or clothing. We are the only ones that have developed a free online product focusing on education.
Rx: What is there to know about your business, Letz Guess?
FS: We wanted to come up with something educational, fun, and community-based. We decided to make an online game because it meets these criteria. Playing Letz Guess helps the players get to know Luxembourg better. This is helpful for both locals and expats living in the country. Our game also helps build community, as players can play against each other.
FE: Playing the game is completely free, and there are more than 400 questions with answers in the game at this point. We are now in the seventh week after launching our website, and we already have over 1,000 players! We also have quite a few sponsors and partners: Luxlait, GP Lux, Emile Weber, and Raiffeisen, among others.
Rx: What happens if you win the competition?
FE: The competition ends May 22nd 2024, but whatever happens we intend to keep going. Firstly, we think our project is important and makes a difference. Secondly, our partners wish to continue working with us because they believe in our project, and its positive impact on Luxembourg and our community.
FS: We are now working on our mobile app for both smartphone platforms. This will make Letz Guess more accessible to players. Also, whether we win or not, we are giving a prize to all our players!
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Rx: Is there anything else you would like our readers to know about Letz Guess?
FE: I would like to mention our other four members! Bodé Leslie is responsible for graphic design; she designed our fox mascot herself. There is also Ludwig Sven who is responsible for cybersecurity and data protection of our players. Dondelinger Mathieu is our head of research, and Friederici Fabien is also doing research – they are the ones who come up with the questions of the game.
FS: We attended a student-company fair in Germany, in Neunkirchen. Letz Guess won the Best Pitch Award. We were also in Belle Etoile where our project was given very positive feedback by Luxembourg’s Minister of Education. This April we are attending the Students Expo at LuxExpo.*
FE: And of course – join the community of our players, and learn fun facts about Luxembourg. We guarantee you’ll have fun and will be surprised by some of the trivia!
Roux Magazine
Roux Magazine is made by students at the University of Luxembourg. We love their work, so we decided to team up with them and bring some of their articles to our audience as well. You can find all of their issues on Issuu.
