A few days ago I had an interview with Àlex Rodríguez Bacardit of Mars Based and Startup Grind Barcelona. Having this kind of meetings with entrepreneurs is always s a window of fresh air that I would recommend to big companies.

Entrepreneurs have to learn how to manage a Company. They are not born knowing how to do that. It’s a professional skill that improves with time. The problems appear when your company grows and you feel you can’t control everything. It’s at that moment when, in some cases, it may be a good idea to hire professional managers.

Six quick tips for the survival of a start-up

According to INE, only one out of every hundred technological start-up survives after five years of its creation. A surprising fact when you have seen such a lot of entrepreneurs excited about their new projects, many of which are great ideas.

Last May, at the time of the acquisition, I already said that CompuTrabajo was a very promising project. Our main goal at that moment was to renew completely all the sites and to make their traffic grow. With the data of January of Comscore* it’s time to make a first analysis.

I like big challenges, building difficult things, and global projects with the potential to grow and become leaders in their respective markets. With Anuntis the challenge was to transform the company and become a leader in the classifieds market in one country.

I believe that when a project goes wrong it’s important to study the reasons so we can learn from our errors and improve. But I also believe that when things go right it’s good to analyze and understand the keys that led you to success. And that's what I would like to share today.