Course description
I am always willing to get in touch with innovative organizations, supporting the companies go forward in their life-cycle stages of Internationalization, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, identifying challenges and valuing disruptive projects. +30 years multi-sectorial experience in Business Development, International Commerce and Business Innovation as a Consultant and, since 2014, as a certified EC Coach and a long expertise supporting startups and SMEs boosting their scaling up and growth in different business development activities (market readiness, refining product market fit, business model review and/or validation, buyer’s journey, identifying potential clients, SWOT analysis, internationalization, marketing research, entrepreneurship, sustainability, CSR strategies, Exports & Imports, International Management, markets implementation, funding & financing needs, etc.).
Currently, I work as an Expert Coach for EISMEA/EIC Accelerator (before I collaborated under EASME/SME-Instrument since the first panel board of Expert Coaches in year 2014), BLUE INVEST Readiness Assistance, EUDIS-EU Defence Innovation Scheme, EBAN, LCBA, INNORATE, GALACTICA and EOI-MINECO (Spanish Ministry of Economy) and, as a senior Adviser Consultant in Business Development, international business (import/export) & Business Innovation for the SMEs, collaborating in different national programmes of SME’s internationalization with national Bodies (ICEX-Spain Trade and Investment, IVACE-The Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness, EXTENDA-Trade Promotion Agency of Andalusia) and as an EU Evaluator of more than 12 funding programs.
As a Business Coach, I try to understand the context of the company and empower the sme’s management for handling similar challenges in the future on their own. Based on this philosophy, I manage and support to the companies on Business Development: focusing on the identification, analysis and evaluation of potential business opportunities, funding and investment location, the definition of business segments and the development of an effective marketing mix; on Organization: aimed at mobilizing the resources of the smes to ensure the efficiency and performance of the company’s organization; and, finally, on Cooperation, supporting smes in planning and implementing innovation partnerships and project consortia.