Many products start in the same place. A clear intuition about a problem worth solving and a common question: how do you actually build this if you are not technical? That question was the starting point of the conversation between Javier Mateache Calderón, CEO of Nomu Labs, and Fernando López García on the program Éxito sin Edad on Déjate de Historias TV. The interview focuses on a challenge that appears again and again in early-stage projects: founders with a strong idea but without the...

In 2016, Jordi Romero, Bernat Farrero and Pau Ramon founded Factorial in Barcelona. Their initial goal was straightforward: help SMEs digitize holiday management, payroll and administrative processes that were still handled in spreadsheets. Clear problem Clear customer Clear product Less than ten years later, the company has surpassed $100M in annual recurring revenue and strengthened its position with a €110M capital extension to accelerate international expansion. But growth is not the...

This Wednesday we hosted another Beta Dash . In a few weeks, we’re running the next one in Brussels. What interests us isn’t the event itself. It’s what happens when you compress decision-making into four hours. That’s enough time to see how a team really operates. Who actually leads when time runs out In a hackathon for startups, there’s no room for endless debate. The clock forces clarity. Within the first 20 minutes, patterns emerge: Does someone define the problem clearly? Does someone...