SECOT Castellón, a senior volunteer business advisory association located in Espaitec, celebrates its 15th anniversary supporting young entrepreneurs, SMEs and NGOs with limited financial resources

SECOT Castellón It promotes the creation of small businesses with one or two employees, belonging to sectors such as commerce, hospitality, leisure, teaching and training, health or transport. Also, through its own programs or in collaboration with the Universitat Jaume I, Spaitec and BIC Castellón, strengthening these traditional businesses and developing disruptive projects and startups. These initiatives They foster innovation, knowledge transfer and business development, providing specialized training, access to advanced technological resources y Connection with networks of mentors and experts that allow entrepreneurs to consolidate more competitive and innovative business models.

The event was held in The Menador, with the intervention of ruth merino, Minister of Finance and Economy of the Generalitat Valenciana, who has highlighted the contribution of SECOT volunteers to strengthening the productive fabric of the province "by acting as guides, accompanying, guiding, helping and making all their knowledge available to young entrepreneurs". He has also guaranteed that the Consell will continue to bet on strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem. This event was also attended by Fernando Sobrini, national president of SECOT, representatives of institutions and companies, as well as numerous entrepreneurs who constitute the reason for the association's existence.

Promoting entrepreneurial culture

Nephew, national president of SECOT, has opted for foster entrepreneurial culture in schools and institutes and has highlighted the vocation of service of the entity's senior volunteers and its renewed commitment to lend its experience and knowledge to young entrepreneurs. For its part, Juan Jose Montoro, President of SECOT Castellón, has highlighted the significant increase in female entrepreneurship and that SECOT senior volunteers intend "to give back part of what society has given them in their professional life, putting people at the centre".

It is worth noting that the event recognized Rosa Mir y Juan Jose Montoro, members of SECOT Castellón, for their career in the entity and, especially, Jose Daniel Escrig together with Luis Lopez y Fernando Latre, promoters and founders of this delegation.

Successful Entrepreneurs

During the event, five entrepreneurs, who They began their journey with the initial advice of SECOT Castellón, have commented on their respective experiences and experiences. Specifically, Kilian Zaragoza, naria, Luis Cabedo, Cebimat, Glory Esteve y Julia Badia, Bonavista, and Jorge Hortelano, FutPlus, have reviewed their first steps as entrepreneurs and detailed their current business models.

SECOT Castellón has provided a total of 765 consultancies in the last five years, 182 of which correspond to 2024. The profile of entrepreneurs in the last five years is mostly women (58%), with the main age groups being between 18 and 45 years old, accounting for 71%. The majority of those advised are Spanish (76%), although they belong to Latin American countries (12%) and countries in the rest of Europe (9%).

37 advisors in SECOT Castellón

Today SECOT Castellón has 37 advisors, a figure that has increased significantly in the last two years. This is Senior volunteers, who contribute their knowledge and the value of their experience to the different projects and initiatives of the delegation. The profile of these 37 current advisors is very broad, since they have entrepreneurs, senior executives y Senior Experts with important responsibilities in different sectors: Bank, ceramics, chemical, , medicine, communication, infrastructure, international trade y administrative management.