SGcHat: ST_2.1 #StartUp Art | Sztuka Innowacji: IE Venture Day Poland 2026

Welcome to Warsaw and to SGH, Warsaw School of Economics. We are thrilled to host you for IE Venture Day Poland today. Juan José Güemes. Yes. Your career path is fascinating. Today you are the president of the International Centre for Entrepreneurial Management, but you spent 17 successful years in the public sector in Spain. Too long, I would say. You hold really high positions. You were a ministry of tourism and after that you've decided to pivot to academia and entrepreneurship. What sparked that transition? Actually it was a very personal decision. So my wife at the time, today my former wife, but we are still really good friends and proud parents of three children,

IE Ventureship Innovation Centre, Warsaw School of Economics SGH. IE Ventureship Innovation Centre, Warsaw School of Economics SGH. Wielkie dzięki i do zobaczenia!

The programs that you have at your university, the programs that we have here in SGH. And tonight, our university becomes the epicenter of this Polish innovation with your... IE Venture Day. I of course you are responsible to keep the initiative going, but also today you'll be playing a different role. You'll be sitting on the jury. Yes. Evaluating the start-ups. Difficult job. Tough job, yes. Jak możesz znaleźć ludzi, którzy mają ten X-faktor czy coś innego? Co sprawia, że oni są dla Ciebie wyjątkowymi? Sztuka SGH. Sztuka SGH.

Sztuka SGH. An evidence. Clarity supported by evidence. I expect the founders to have a super clear idea of what problem they are addressing. A real problem and very sure about their value proposition. I evidence, some kind of evidence that it may work. It may not be revenues, because super early stage startups, such as some of the ones pitching tonight, you cannot ask for evidence based on revenues.