Entrepreneurship
Navigating Entrepreneurial Opportunities in a Family-Founded GPS Company
Today we are featuring an interview with Santiago Twose, MBA ’03 and CEO of a leading Spanish company providing outdoor GPS solutions: TwoNav. Coming from an engineering background, Santiago leveraged the IESE MBA to gain general management and entrepreneurial skills. After several years of international experience, he decided to join efforts in the family company…
Entrepreneurship
From Consultant to Entrepreneur
Today we are featuring an interview with Julian Becker, one of our full-time MBA candidates (Class of 2020) and president of the IESE Startup & Entrepreneurship club. Coming from a consulting background, Julian leveraged the IESE MBA to gain entrepreneurial skills and recently founded Be.Green, an innovative indoor plant e-commerce business. Julian, could you please…
Finance
Search Fund Incentive Structures: Time for Debate
Search funds have become a popular model for young entrepreneurs seeking to become equity-owning managers and run their own business. They have also become an interesting investment class for experienced private equity investors and other individual investors. It’s an appealing collaborative model: an ambitious and dynamic yet inexperienced entrepreneur partners with experienced hands-on investors to…