Twenty entrepreneurs who you should follow on Twitter

Muchosempresarios are joining a social network especially interesting to know their thinking, follow their advice and access information ranging desgranando.Estos are the profiles that follow. Click on the image to read the PDF.

Tags: entrepreneurs , investors

Grow at work

Some time ago I said I wanted to write about 20 words and concepts, this is one of them. Maybe one that has a certain inner reading, and while I write helps me to sort some ideas and, in a special way so that this blog is also an element of internal communication and thus people working me to know, what I often think of work-related issues in general, not with his particular, and might not have had occasion to deal with them. You may be wrong, but I feel that the concept of "work" does not stand a still, of meaning has changed over the last few years, I think overall for society. In 2006, 2007 and 2008 all had work, had to spare, was a necessary evil. Labour mobility was high, from my position weight loyalty concept became critical to maintain an operating structure. I think many people, and in my own family I have seen several examples, not value an asset in itself in "having a job" in a country where this has historically been a major Achilles heels. In a way, the work is as eels, known especially well when you realize that it costs an enormous effort and hardly any, that scarcity is what makes you value it so special and important and when abundant, you appreciate lesser extent. Indeed, a comparison would be more fun if the work is not necessary today to buy a kilo of glass eels is frivolous, and will arrive this year to pay over 2,000 Euros / kilo frankly this year end, if not harder to find work or buy a kilo of glass eels. The crisis has taught many people so cruel, something unknown, that may work scarce, and to sample the more than 4 million unemployed people in Spain and the thousands of immigrants who are returning to their home countries . It is a drama, but also a warning to some people who thought they could change jobs constantly at the slightest difficulty, did not value the efforts of companies and their employers and sometimes taking the decision to change jobs trivially , total, "if I find something in a few weeks" ... Well, the weeks have become months and those months have made ​​unemployment runs out you were assigned, and tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people have found nothing . I imagine that in the next 2-3 years, when all this is going to go, placed accomplish, but what I really want, is well placed to have learned that this is cyclical and can happen again. Majority unions, ridiculously anachronistic modern Spain, living in the heat of government grants (few unions would be, and I doubt they were the great, if they had to keep the quotas of workers), insist on drawing a line I do not share that between the worker and businessman. To me that does not exist and is something of the past ... or if there is something much more subdued than it was 10 or 20 years. The concept of worker begins to dilute now seemingly distant concepts to the "investors" and "entrepreneur": What I have gained in this position?, What is my market value?, Have I improved my CV this year?, Have I learned and discovered new perspectives? These questions also apply to a company, an investment and a worker. To me we are all entrepreneurs, there are employers who employ people and entrepreneurs capitalizing on their own work within a company, ie, are entrepreneurs themselves, but we are all in definitive business one way or another, and if we do not feel ourselves so well is that we are capitalizing bad our effort.

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The Spanish University does not create entrepreneurs, or entrepreneurs, but learners mileuristas

Well, the phrase is mine and seems to have a good dust up. I think what I said in the presentation of the Third Congress of Webmasters , and then, with the guys AgoraNews repeated it in this short video interview: Anyway, I came to the main page Meneame , and generated dozens of comments for and against, and given more of a headache for administrators AgoraNews server. Nearly 1,000 Wiggles in favor and 4 contr to dozens and dozens of tweets, post and emails. Without wishing more partridge dizzy, I will say that I do not think that the University is the only problem, but if one of the problems.

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Open letter to Aurelio Martinez, president of the Official Credit Institute (ICO)

I have followed the evolution for several days and post comments in a timely Eneko Knorr about credits ICO and I listened carefully to many comments on this and other post, as well as meetings and meals on the role of the ICO who have not reached to stimulate the real economy. Too bad, I thought these people the ICO, possibly not read blogs because they are not written on paper with salmon background and do not get feedback as valuable as that post on his office until the meeting of bankers, or in his spare time to the yacht club or golf. That's why this morning, I am especially acidic and bad grapes and have written and sent by courier this letter to the President of ICO. The reproduce here:

"Open Letter to Aurelio Martinez, president of the Official Credit Institute (ICO)

Don Aurelio Martinez Care Official Credit Institute Paseo del Prado, 4 - 28014 Madrid

Madrid, February 18, 2009

My Dear Aurelio: I have read in recent weeks surprisingly triumphalist statements about ICO-Liquidity, endowed with 100,000 million Euros and that theoretically would help thousands of small and medium businesses, as well as autonomous liquidity problems these hard times. For a few minutes you are my hero. As you know, thousands of viable businesses are literally closing their doors due to liquidity problems, defaults, delays in making concerted and effective fertilizers, and the fall in consumption have generated a current crisis, in which I understand were thinking when you created ICO- Liquidity endowed with that jet million. I have attended some perplexed to developments in my environment, businessmen and entrepreneurs on your performance. First generated excitement and some relief to a situation in which it appeared that the ICO would be able to get into the real economy and stop being a political instrument to finance unfortunate cronies and political-related financial transactions, such as when the ICO financiasteis shamefully in 2006 with 350 million euros to buy shares of Repsol from Sacyr and additionally participate you accepted role in the syndicated loan billionaire operation. I imagine that this new line will be used to give you the photo: "We injected 100,000 million", have received some pat and may even have given you a nice tribute in a restaurant with a Director of a major bank. In fact I have no doubt that in certain sectors of the street, the perception has been that "has moved tab" has done something. Sounds awful what of 100,000 million Euros!; Resounding round; cojonudo , but I think you and I know it's a bluff. I must say that gradually those expectations of entrepreneurs and businessmen have been frustrating. I have the luck or merit (yes, this is possibly the first) that I have never needed to ICO, even bank financing for my business, and seeing how you act I must say that I hope to continue for many years. Yet this time I called my main bank, La Caixa to inform me, as it seemed interesting that extra liquidity especially for some peace of mind. In my bank, I explained that their contribution is more of the same. Adds nothing more than a small difference in the interest of the operation, but banks are still asking the same disproportionate guarantees (guarantees of properties priced with 30-40% of which were purchased in such entities, payroll, personal guarantees) that have been the reason for this change in the economic cycle and that led us to this point facto closure of the credit, not that there is no money, if any, but to few, and curiously not the need. Perhaps the fact joined not need it if you ever do need funding, the strength and heritage of my company make me a preferred customer and should have no problems, make me lose this morning, yes, I admit, maybe I got up cranky-time writing you. The reason for these lines is just to remind you that you are not fulfilling your role, this is mere propaganda pseudo - political and limitáis you a photo, you are not energizing the industry or the company, are not supporting young people and healthy companies with liquidity problems that are in a tough time because they are denied funding. People 100% solvent which provides and lends that money is possibly the least need it, and save some money thanks to ICO interest, which is the only value on financing aportáis usual, not even relevant to certain levels and saves the time of thousands of people right now. I would encourage you to whom you should support reconsideréis, which is precisely those people enterprising small entrepreneurs and freelancers to the bank they have closed the tap, just the people that you are not coming. I hope bajéis to sand and you see what's on the street, and I would send yourself a small gift to the height and as a tribute to the work you are doing in these tough times where society needs you. It is possible that after these lines do not play golf any day together, nor have the welcome opportunity to have lunch, but it is possible and even necessary to be very useful for many people, they move a bit your conscience and your team, urged a brief reflection and study pudierais Getting these numbers as grandiloquent (100,000 million Euros rotund, round, Cojonudos) to people who really need it receives a strong and loving embrace, Sánchez-Ocaña Alejandro Suárez Entrepreneur, Businessman and badly burned Spanish DNI: XXXXX "and attached a beautiful golden box, which includes a gift to the height of the work of the ICO in this crisis for the businessmen and entrepreneurs: A manure, a detritus , an evacuation, organic waste or defecated let shit with all the letters (yes, plastic )

Just to be on the shelf full of awards and recognitions as bright institution. Sure, when I asked you to go buy it in the office and lovingly wrap her in a plastic box, attached to the letter and collect MRW, good Constance, the poor literally blown away.

Why do I do this tomfoolery?

It is a tantrum, a toast to the sun, we are ultimately kicking the resource. One way to draw attention to the character and his collaborators, and complain that they "piten ears" to protest and draw attention to an unfair situation in which serious and based on the false premise that "no money" puts more money in the market, but available to those with wealth to spare and do not need it, not available to people who are struggling, to which banks are raising the bar on access to finance high.

The problem is that no money is no money for you, so young, mortgaged, for these novice entrepreneurs and small businesses and freelancers, many of them already in debt or trying to create your first project, you are in need really. It is possible that the ICO are impervious from his office overlooking the Paseo del Prado to such complaints, but I think they will remember what he told cocoon woke up one morning and send you a nice dung, a detritus, an evacuation, an organic waste or defecated let shit with all the letters (yes, plastic )

Well, hairs to the sea and follow the day currando required.

Tags: Crisis , entrepreneurs , businessmen , ICO