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Entrepreneurship
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9/8/26

Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC): what it is, how to calculate it correctly, and why "blended" metrics can be misleading

CAC might seem like a simple formula, but a blended number can hide channels that are burning through your cash. Learn how to calculate it correctly by channel and what payback period to aim for based on your startup's stage.

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Startup Debt Ratio: A Guide by Stage and Common Mistakes

The debt ratio's formula, threshold, and interpretation change depending on the stage. We explain the two formulas, the ranges for each phase, and how to use it effectively.
5min
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9/7/26
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Startup term sheets: the clauses that decide who wins at exit

Which term sheet clauses actually impact your exit payout and how your unit economics shape the investor's offer.
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9/1/26
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Corporate Financial Planning: The Cadence and Scenarios That Protect Your Cash Flow

Why corporate financial planning fails if you don't calibrate the review cadence for each metric and confuse the three types of break-even.
3 min
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8/28/26
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Accounting and CFO Services for Startups: Why Keeping Them Separate Costs You (and How to Connect Them Properly)

Connecting accounting and the CFO from day one prevents lost funding rounds. Learn what to automate, which metrics to watch, and which mistakes cost more than they seem.
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8/27/26
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Startup accelerators in Spain

If you have a business idea and need help to make it a reality, here are some of the startup accelerators in Spain.

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12/11/19
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Wayra invests in women-led startups

Wayra, the Telefónica group's innovation hub, has launched the first Co-investment Day to invest in women-led startups.

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12/10/19
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CDTI Funding Programs

CDTI funding programs guide, subsidize and internationalize business R&D projects through public aid.

5 min
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12/3/19
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3 min read

CDTI 2024 CIEN Program: Funding for R&D projects in a consortium

The Strategic Program of National Business Research Consortia (CIEN) is a public business body of the CDTI: Funding for R&D projects in a consortium

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3/18/23
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3 min read

Grants for startups and SMEs

It explains how to obtain resources and public funding to be able to grow and undertake innovation projects.

5 min
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11/13/19
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Funding for startups: CDTI Innovation Hotline

The purpose of the Innovation Hotline project is to improve the company's competitiveness in the sector, introducing emerging technologies

5 min
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11/5/19
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3 min read

The CDTI helps innovative companies to grow in R&D and productivity

The impact of aid from the CDTI, which promotes innovation and technological development on Spanish companies, is evaluated.

5 min
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11/12/19
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Startup of the week: Instamaki

Instamaki is a Japanese food delivery platform, the company differs from the others by its marketing strategy

5 min
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11/15/19
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3 min read

Funding for R+D+i in cooperation: CDTI-EraNet

ERAnet actions are transnational networks of public R&D funding bodies. These are actions supported by the European Union.

5 min
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11/20/19
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Startup of the week: Yumehub

Yumehub is a social fashion platform that helps you choose the best outfit through an international network. The app was born in 2017.

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11/22/19
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3 min read

How to get your first 100,000 euros to finance your startup

At Intelectium we give you some tips to get off the ground with your project, we'll show you how you can get your first 100,000 euros.

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11/19/19
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3 min read

Startup funding sources

What are the main sources of funding for your startup? We'll tell you what are the main ways to finance your startup.

5 min
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10/30/19
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3 min read

We have added a new partner, Spanish Startups, the community that connects the entrepreneurial ecosystem

Spanish Startups is a community of more than 10,000 entrepreneurs that aims to democratize entrepreneurship by providing resources, tools...

5 min
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10/28/19
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How to Define Your Business Plan

The Business Plan is a key element to be able to develop a successful strategy and, above all, to obtain benefits with your business.

5 min
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10/23/19
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Startup of the week: Kriim, natural cosmetics

It began in March 2018 with the specialized sale of natural cosmetic products without parabens, sulfates or petroleum derivatives.

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11/8/19
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Startup Capital 2024: Up to 75,000€ for innovative startups

Startup Capital is grant aid for emerging technology startups that need funding for their initial phases.

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3/13/24
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What are the best countries to internationalize a startup?

When it comes to internationalizing your startup, it is vital and essential that the country has a large percentage of users connected to the network.

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10/17/19
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CDTI Cervera Program: Up to 1.5M € of funding for innovative startups and SMEs

CDTI's Cervera program is aimed at individual innovative research and business development projects.

5 min
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8/13/19
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How to protect your startup idea?

Although the idea is a vital and very important part of the project, it is not everything and it is not at all essential that it be protected from lime and edge.

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1/1/70
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Torres Quevedo: Non-refundable grant for hiring technical personnel

Torres Quevedo is a financial aid that aims to encourage the hiring of personnel with a Doctor's degree.

4 min
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10/8/19
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Startup of the week: Micuento

Micuento has developed a new concept of children's books in which children can customize their books to their liking.

5 min
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10/18/19
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The key questions that a good Business Plan should be able to answer

Nothing better to make a good Business Plan than answering a series of key questions that force the entrepreneurial team to carry out the necessary research, directly in the “field”, to find solid and documented answers in the realities of the industry...

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9/24/11
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ICF-IFEM: Up to €200,000 for innovative technological startups

The funding line, ICF-IFEM, provides up to €200,000 of capital for technological and innovative projects and startups.

5 min
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9/10/19
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Startup of the week: Bookish

Bookish is a startup that wants to promote reading through a monthly subscription system for book boxes and to make reading attractive again.

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9/13/19
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Investment in R+D+i grows in Spain

According to the COTEC report, investment in R+D+i has grown slightly in Spain in recent years, but despite the increase, the country is losing weight in Europe and the gap with respect to corporate efforts is widening.

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8/7/19
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Premature expansion as the main cause of startup failure

A very interesting study, which synthesizes data from more than 3,200 new companies and was carried out by Max Marmer, a former student of Steve Blank's classes at Berkeley, has concluded that 74% of startups fail because they try to expand too quickly.

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8/30/11
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The weaknesses of entrepreneurs in Spain

A few months ago, at a round table with second-year MBA students moderated by Luis Martín Cabiedes, Intelectium presented an advance in its study on the weaknesses of entrepreneurs in Spain.

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2/20/10
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