“Always keep the appetite for learning”, Professor Luis Palencia

Prof. Luis Palencia Herrero began IESE’s MBA program in 1987 a year after earning his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the Universidad de Cantabria. He worked in the private sector for three years before returning to IESE in 1992 to join the faculty of the Department of Accounting and Control. He acquired his master’s…

“Go and Date as Much as You Can!” or: How Two IESE Zugvögl Conquered Rotterdam

This was the message that we used in a start-up competition in Rotterdam, and what a success it was! Our mission that weekend: finding seed investors. Phase 1: You have a date! There you are, super-excited that a leading business school has selected you to represent them at a European start-up competition among other top…