10 years of Madrid Emprende, 10 years working for and by entrepreneurs

Ten years have passed since the Madrid City Council opted for the creation of Madrid Emprende with the aim of supporting entrepreneurs and SMEs, and to celebrate it, entrepreneurs and the Madrid City Council have met at the Vivero de Empresas in Carabanchel, the largest center dedicated to entrepreneurs from Spain, and, in the words of Dancausa Conception, First Deputy Mayor and head of the Government Department of Economy, Finance and Public Administration of the Madrid City Council, an ecosystem that perfectly reflects the modus operandi of Madrid Emprende, where the City Council's commitment to business culture is shared. “Madrid City Council has been working in this direction for ten years and is proud to contribute so that entrepreneurs can start their projects. So far we have done a lot, but we still have room to do a lot more."

The main moment of the act has been the meeting of the entrepreneurs who have told the attendees their experiences and how Madrid Emprende has helped them. And it is that, in the words of Pedro Gonzalez Torroba, CEO of Madrid Emprende, “entrepreneurs are our reason for being”.

 
The mayor of Madrid, Ana Bottle, has given the “e” distinctions of entrepreneur to the institutions that have collaborated with Madrid Emprende in these 10 years: Abanlex, Accenture, Acn, Acotex, Adefam, Aemme, Af Steelcase, Aje, Ances, Asalma, Asecom, Aseme, Ata, AVPPM, Banco Sabadell, Barrabés, BBVA, IDB, Official College of Administrative Managers, Official College of Social Graduates, Official College of Telecommunications Engineers, Chamber of Commerce, Ceim, Cepyme, Ciade UAM, Cink Emprende, Cise Yuzz, Citi, Cocem, Dimad, Everis, Facovu, Fecoma, Ferrovial, Fue, Fundación Créate, Fundación Rafael del Pino, Fundación Repsol, Fundación Tomillo, Fundetec, Gestiona Radio, Google, HP, Hub Madrid, Iab, IBM, IESE, Initiator, Invest in Madrid, Isdi, Junior Achievement, La Caixa, Madrid+D, Microsoft, Mutua Madrileña, Nantik Lum, Emprendedores Magazine, Secot, Spain Startup, Telefonica Open Future, Editorial Unit – Yo Dona, Unipyme, Complutense University of Madrid, Rey Juan Carlos I University, Unltd Spain, Upta, Utopicus and Womenalia.

The mayor has closed the act and He took the opportunity to highlight three key ideas:

 
In the words of Ana Botella, "At the Madrid City Council we have always thought that supporting an entrepreneur is not an expense but an investment." And now all that remains is to keep working.