Initial session
Idea, target customer, financial needs and obstacles. Validation plan.
Entrepreneurs
Mentoring for founders: from salaried employment to your own business
Structured support to validate the idea, set up the business, win the first customers and decide when to leave employment.
Photo pending+200projects led
7companies founded or managed
+100businesses created or invested in
+€1Mof investor and media interest in Bella Idea
Where I have worked
Value proposition
Starting a business with method and controlled risk.
Martín Díaz Cuadrado has started a business with no safety net, managed a company closure, worked as an employee on management committees and since then created or invested in more than 100 businesses.
The mentoring turns that experience into an orderly process that reduces the uncertainty of leaving a job and speeds up first sales.
Credentials
- First company at 21.
- Founder of Bella Idea, with investor interest of over €1M.
- Management committees in large companies.
- Access to an investor network for suitable projects.
Topics
Topics of most interest to future entrepreneurs
Every topic has its own page with content, formats and FAQs; all are tailored to the audience and the event's objective.
- 01See the topic
The state of entrepreneurship in Spain
What the data say, what they leave out and what those starting a business today need.
- 02See the topic
From unemployment to a business of one's own
Taking the benefit as a lump sum, combining it with the activity and validating before investing.
- 03See the topic
Digitalisation and artificial intelligence in SMEs
What delivers a return, in what order, and what is not worth buying.
Services
Stages of support
One-to-one sessions with objectives and tasks between sessions.
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Validation
Customer contact, a first version and first sales while still employed.
03
Set-up
Legal form, paperwork, available support, website, acquisition and AI tools.
04
Exit decision
Sales, cash and financial buffer as criteria for leaving employment.
05
Follow-up
Regular sessions during the first months of activity.
06
Investment
Possible investment or introduction to the investor network for digital services and AI projects in Spain.
Expected results
- Idea validated in weeks.
- A transition plan from employment with controlled risk.
- Paperwork and support handled without delays.
- A business launched with technology and AI and without unnecessary costs.
- A mentor with experience of both success and closure.
- Access to investors when the project justifies it.
How to book
Four steps, with a proposal within 48 working hours.
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Request
Form stating type of organisation, audience, expected date, city and objectives.
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Proposal
Format, content, length and quote within 48 working hours.
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Preparation
Briefing with the organisation to tailor content, examples and messages to the audience.
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Delivery and follow-up
Keynote, workshop or programme, with materials for the organisation and, for programmes, a results report.
Frequently asked questions
Where does someone in salaried employment start?
By validating the idea with real customers before leaving the job. The first session reviews the proposition, the target customer and financial needs during start-up.
How does the mentoring work?
One-to-one sessions every two or three weeks, with tasks in between: contacting customers, building a first version of the product or service and making first sales.
Is it only for tech startups?
No. Most of the businesses created by Martín Díaz Cuadrado are local. Digital startups are also supported.
Is investment possible?
In digital services or AI businesses in Spain that fit his investment thesis. It is not a condition of the mentoring.
How is the quote determined?
By format: single session, several months of support or a group programme. Proposal within 48 working hours.
Request a first session
Type of organisation, audience, expected date and objective. A proposal follows within 48 working hours.