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True leaders communicate backwards

Leaders hold a position of power, or authority. But those who truly lead effectively do so because they inspire and know how to communicate their way of seeing things to involve others in what they do.

The most attractive sectors to start

How do you get public funding for entrepreneurs? (I)

In Spain, because the founding and launch of technology companies is a relatively recent phenomenon, public capital (public funding for entrepreneurs) plays a fundamental role in consolidating the sector.

How do you get funding from a public administration? (III)

We concluded our series of posts on how to get public funding. As we have seen, we have established three types of companies, which, by their nature, will access these grants differently.

Spin-off: business innovation from the university

Successful Entrepreneurs: Alexis Ohanian (Reddit)

Successful entrepreneurs: Alex Ohanian, co-founder of, among others, Reddit, a social bookmarking website and news aggregator where users can leave links to content. In addition, other users can vote for or against the links, making them appear more or less prominent.

When can I say that I am an entrepreneur?

As complex as the creation and launch of a startup is, in the definition of an entrepreneur: we can distinguish seven stages that tend to be repeated in all cases. These phases are: Identifying the problem, Developing a plan to take advantage of the business opportunity...

How to negotiate your company's shares?

The negotiation of shareholding in companies has two distinct stages: 1) Distribution of shares among founding entrepreneurs (promoters) 2) Distribution of shares between promoters and investors.

How do you get public funding for startups? (II)

Guide for entrepreneurs to seek public funding, we have established three types of companies, which will access these grants differently by their nature.

Biz Barcelona: 3 interviews with entrepreneurs on Twitter

Miscota closes with private capital the first phase of its funding round of 1 million euros

The company Miscota, specializing in the sale of pet food over the Internet, has closed with the inflow of 500,000 euros of private capital the first phase of the funding round, expected to amount to 1 million euros, which it has started to undertake its international expansion plan.

Training for entrepreneurs in Spain

How to choose the best partner?

Multinational startups from the start

Can startups be multinational right from the start? They can, and it is becoming more and more common that this is the case. In the June issue of Entrepreneurs you can read several recommendations from experts and founders of Spanish companies that started operating in several countries from the beginning:

Measures that cut the wings of entrepreneurship

These are times of decisions that affect everyone. And among them, entrepreneurship. Intelectium, through Patricio Hunt, one of the managing partners, wanted to express his opinion in a forum in the newspaper Expansión.

Measures that cut the wings of entrepreneurship, by Patricio Hunt

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Intelectium obtains 400,000 euros in funding for Brainsins

To start a business you need a good idea and a great team. A multifaceted and multifunctional team, made up of highly specialized, different and complementary profiles. Forming such a team has been the objective of the collaboration for a year between Brainsins, and Intelectium acceleradora startups.

Trust in the work environment is now essential

The recent Trust Barometer from the multinational agency Edelman shows that the climate of trust in the work environment forms an indivisible part of the evolution of companies. Beyond good words and intentions, Edelman's study proves that if a company places its employees...

“Big companies can, small companies do it”

Business strategies: How to find a market for your product

When an entrepreneur launches a project, they usually have a prior idea of what they want to do. But surely this idea is something general that does not materialize in a product or service. It is important to establish business strategies from the right start, such as looking for a specific market.

Start with a business model

When an entrepreneur is considering creating a project, he must think about the business model he is going to have, that component is what will turn the project into a business project.

Do you want to save money on your entrepreneurial project? Sign up for coworking

Entrepreneurship is no longer like before. Now, for better or worse, entrepreneurship has a better press. Although in Spain it is still difficult for us to get rid of that slab and that unfair vision that some people have, the truth is that entrepreneurship is getting better and better.

How to sell (or not) your company, by François Derbaix

What to convey about an entrepreneurial project?

There are many occasions when an entrepreneur has to explain what he does, what his entrepreneurial project is... in short, what he does for a living. This in many cases is not so obvious, first of all because whoever does something is so involved in the project that it is difficult for them to give an explanation.

Do you have the 'entrepreneurial chip'? Ten ingredients that will make you know

It is often said that there are certain people with the so-called 'entrepreneurial chip', either by inheritance or by their own motivation. There are also those who believe that genetics don't play a role in all of this.