Executives and entrepreneurs from the Catalan business fabric offer valuable advice to all those entrepreneurs who want to give body to a business idea. In a kind of bank or fund of business and vital knowledge, the valuable suggestions that great entrepreneurs and executives can offer to entrepreneurs are concentrated in 'Consejos en Cadena'. This is an initiative of the non-profit association Netmentora Catalunya that becomes a great knowledge base, free and open to all, where entrepreneurs can obtain advice that may be useful to them in the process of creating and consolidating their company.
Under this concept of 'Consejos en Cadena' (Advice in Chain), the project seeks to be a bridge of knowledge that allows the transfer of ideas and advice. An initiative inspired by the spirit of Netmentora Catalunya and its activity with partners, mentors, and entrepreneurs. "This project is a reflection of Netmentora's philosophy: we want to highlight this advice and this help that we have all received at some point and give back, transfer, to others what has helped us, in order to continue helping. With 'Consejos en cadena' we want to imitate this spirit and create a large, free and open knowledge fund, with advice that can be useful and practical for any entrepreneur," commented Guillermo Viladomiu, president of Netmentora Catalunya and CEO of Degroof Petercam.
THE BUSINESS SECTOR GATHERS TO LEARN ABOUT 'CONSEJOS EN CADENA'
This June, the 'Consejos en Cadena' project was presented at a meeting in Pangea Barcelona, a unique space focused on travel and experiences that recently opened its doors in the Catalan capital. All attendees, more than a hundred, as an entry to the event, shared a piece of advice that had been useful to them during their professional career.
At the end of the meeting, there was an in-person exchange of advice, in which figures such as Núria Basi, president of Basi Group, or Miquel Guri, founder of The Love Comes agency, exchanged their advice with the rest of the attendees.
NETMENTORA CATALUNYA: A LOCAL ORGANIZATION WITH AN INTERNATIONAL VOCATION
Netmentora is the name by which RéseauEntreprendre is known in non-French-speaking countries, the association created in 1986 by French businessman André Mulliez, who, following the closure of his company Phildar in France and the unemployment of more than 600 people, decided to contribute to job creation through this non-profit association that supports future entrepreneurs mainly through accompaniment (mentoring) for 2-3 years.
From 1986 to 2016, its 30th anniversary year, Réseau Entreprendre has supported 9,000 entrepreneurs through its 120 offices in 10 countries (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Tunisia, Morocco, Portugal, Chile, and Senegal), who have established more than 5,500 new or acquired companies and created 72,000 jobs. A total of 185 million euros have already been disbursed to financially support these entrepreneurial initiatives to date. Currently, 75% of the supported companies are still in existence 5 years after their creation.