The Chamber helps entrepreneurs to improve their business projects through the EYE programme.

Fernando Chico and Emanuel Lemus-Monge are two entrepreneurs who have worked together thanks to the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs (EYE) programme between July and September.

Emanuel Lemus-Monge is one of the Chamber’s young entrepreneurs within the EYE programme. He enrolled in the programme in May of this year because he wanted to discover more about the working dynamics in a start-up. In addition, he wished to improve his Spanish and discover a new culture for him, such as the Spanish one.

A few months after his registration he was put in contact Fernando, a passionate Spanish entrepreneur and founder of Focus360, thanks to this EU programme, which aims to promote the exchange of knowledge between entrepreneurs from different European countries.

Fernando, who has been participating in the programme since 2019, believes that one of the main advantages of this programme is its usefulness for entrepreneurs looking for to improve and perfect their project. In his case, his company, Focus360, is dedicated to facilitating and helping companies to manage their business in a simple and comfortable way.

Fernando and Emanuel began their collaboration in mid-July in Denia, Valencia. During their exchange, they worked mainly on promoting good communication within the team, organising meetings and visits with clients and future project partners and identifying potential investors. In addition, they have carried out research in databases and analysis, where Emanuel has been able to share his most academic point of view thanks to his studies.

Due to the Covid-19, Emanuel had to shorten his exchange and return to Belgium early. “Being on an exchange abroad during this particular time was a bit stressful at times,” he says. In spite of this, they were able to continue working and this situation didn’t have a great impact on the objectives they had set for this exchange, because as Fernando indicates “the team already had largely operated remotely, the adjustments were minimal”.

Now that the exchange is over, neither of them sees an end to their relationship, “We began to explore several interesting points for the future of Focus360° with Emanuel, I hope to be able to conclude most of those points with him and see what can be done to maintain that collaboration. Emanuel is now a partner in our project,” says Fernando. Emanuel is starting a master’s degree in data analysis this year and hopes to return to the Focus360° project in the future for a longer time and with more experience.

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