The ascent to the business Everest of Fran Villalba, founder of a 40 million business at only 26 years old

Rivers of ink have flowed over the recipe for opening a business that works. And, despite this, the majority fail in the attempt. That is why it is worth paying attention to testimonies such as that of Fran Villalba Segarra, one of the most influential young people on the entrepreneurial scene according to Forbes magazine. At 26 years old, the Valencian runs Internxt, a technology startup valued at nearly 40 million in which Telefónica and Angels, Juan Roig’s investment arm, participate.

“There is a false feeling that rich and powerful people have had everything thrown their way, but that is not the case,” Villalba is honest on the Bolsillo podcast, “the reality is that the bigger your company is, the bigger your problems are. , and in the end people who go far in life generally have a high capacity for problem solving. In his case, the young man has managed to climb the corporate Everest through a cloud storage system that encrypts private data, thus standing up to giants such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft.

He shares his experience in his first bibliographical work, Entrepreneurial DNA (Penguin Books), where he reviews the pros and cons of opening a business, dismantles false clichés and shows which are the paths with the least obstacles to reach the top “wearing flip flops.” However, remember that half of new companies cease their activity before reaching five years, and warns those who want to get rich through this route: “It is not financially worthwhile to be an entrepreneur, you are going to earn much more money and quality of work.” life working as an employee”.

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