January at Nomu Labs: Product Decisions, Validation, and Real Progress

January has been an intense month at Nomu Labs. A lot of work, many digital product decisions, and a clear idea in mind: starting 2026 with focus, judgment, and real validation. This recap brings together the most relevant highlights of the month around entrepreneurship, startups, MVPs, idea validation, and technology applied to business.

Nomu at universities: when entrepreneurship stops being theoretical

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been present in key spaces within the entrepreneurial ecosystem and higher education.

At ICAI-ICADE, we worked with entrepreneurship students on how to validate a business idea before investing time and money, how to turn an intuition into a functional MVP, and how to avoid common early-stage mistakes.

We also took part in the IE Entrepreneurship Summit, discussing MVPs, product decisions, and learning from real cases. Less theory, more practical context. The takeaway was consistent: young teams are looking for clarity, not hype.

In 2026, we’ll double down on this approach. We already have upcoming collaborations planned with Universidad Europea and ESCP, and we’ll continue working closely with IE University on entrepreneurship and product initiatives.

Beta Dash: where ideas meet reality

This past tuesday, we hosted the third edition of Beta Dash at Nomu Labs, a format designed to help teams move from ideas to decisions. In less than 48 hours, more than 90 people signed up.

We selected 30 teams who came in with a clear goal: validate, prioritize, and execute.

During the session, teams worked on business models, value propositions, MVPs, and the kind of uncomfortable decisions many projects tend to postpone.

That’s exactly why Beta Dash exists: to reduce mental friction and accelerate learning.

The Nomu Hour: long-form conversations for people who are building

This month, The Nomu Hour, the Nomu Labs podcast, brought together several key conversations around entrepreneurship, product, marketing, AI, sales, and founder mental health.

We spoke with Luis Fernández López, founder of Elevatorfy, about idea validation, why his first MVP was built on WordPress, how to scale mentoring programs without losing quality, and the role of education in entrepreneurship.

We also sat down with Juan Seguí Moreno, founder and CEO of acceseo, to talk about nearly two decades of entrepreneurship, the current role of SEO and digital marketing, and how to use artificial intelligence as a real productivity tool rather than hype.

Another episode featured Arnau Rosell Espinosa, CEO and co-founder of Foodlus, focused on hospitality, HORECA, self-service, data, loyalty, and the real impact of technology in restaurants, as well as the process of scaling a startup in Spain and his experience at Lanzadera.

We closed the month with Eros Castillo, an expert in email marketing, sales, and commercial focus. We talked about attention, qualified customers, email marketing vs social media, and why writing good emails is still one of the most effective growth strategies.

Madrid Emprende: mentoring startups where decisions really matter

This month, Juanma Sáez de Retana was appointed startup mentor at Madrid Emprende, a key initiative within Madrid’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

There, early-stage teams are supported in validating business models, making better decisions, and avoiding structural mistakes.

For Nomu Labs, this collaboration reinforces how we work: decisions first, technology second.

What we do at Nomu Labs and when each service makes sense

On the blog, we’ve gone deeper into our digital product services and when each approach is most effective.

Kickstart is designed for teams that need to validate an idea, problem, or business model before building. It’s the starting point to reduce risk and gain clarity.

Growth supports products that are already live and need sharper focus on metrics, roadmaps, prioritization, and continuous learning.

Maintenance covers the technical and functional evolution of a product, ensuring stability, continuous improvement, and alignment with business goals.

Tool of the month: testing Rork

This month’s discovery was Rork, an AI-powered mobile app builder. We tested the platform with a single prompt and, within minutes, had an app installed on a real iPhone.

Beyond the technical result, Rork is a strong example of why fast validation using imperfect tools is becoming increasingly relevant in digital product development.

On the blog, we walk through the experiment step by step and share our product-level takeaways.

January marks a strong start to the year at Nomu Labs. A lot of learning, meaningful conversations, and projects already in motion. We remain focused on what matters most: helping teams decide what is worth building before writing a single line of code.