#entrepreneurship

Startups are emerging companies with a small but very agile and brilliant structure, the result of groundbreaking ideas with which entrepreneurs want to change the world. They have a scalable business model, adopting technology and innovation as the basis for their growth. The difference with respect to an SME lies not only in their capacity to innovate, but also in their flexibility to adapt to changes and in their customer focus.

When companies are seeking talent, they tend to look outside. But what if it was already there, in their own offices? Owing to a lack of mechanisms for identifying talent, a mistrust of internal structures or a reluctance to rearrange the hierarchy, many companies do not encourage their employees to develop ideas.

Being brief and making an immediate impact are increasingly important values in communication due to the influence of the social networks and, let's be honest, the daily hustle and bustle. An elevator pitch allows you, in the time it takes to ride in a lift, to plant the seed of an idea in someone's mind, as the first step towards success.

El coaching y el mentoring nos ayudan a crecer como profesionales y a lograr nuestros objetivos gracias a la figura de un maestro que nos guía y acompaña durante un proceso de aprendizaje. De hecho, las empresas que utilizan estas dos herramientas para la gestión del talento humano son las mejor valoradas por los trabajadores.

Find new work opportunities, contact collaborators, launch your personal project or meet potential customers. In a world dominated by technology, the on-line version of networking can give you a competitive advantage. This aside, it's a bad idea to underestimate the value of face-to-face contact.

David Almroth, Umar Chughtai and Sakina Turabali are an example of how to go into business sustainably and successfully. These three youngsters from Sweden, Pakistan and Sri Lanka dreamed that electrical installations could be inspected more efficiently and above all in a less harmful way to the environment. And, to do this, they founded Skyqraft, the startup that won the Startup Challenge launched by Iberdrola group, Resilience to Natural Disasters.