Team
The secret to our success
Our people are everything. We are a team of specialists with a wide variety of professional experiences in multiple areas and sectors, most of them hailing from some of the most prestigious business schools. We are ready to be part of your team. Together we will turn your opportunities into successes.
“The secret is the team. To surround ourselves with the best, has proved to be the key to our success. Anyone who can surpass us in something is welcome to join”
He graduated in Business Administration and MBA from ESADE (Lic&MBA program) and from the Business School Johnson School at Cornell University (Ithaca, New York). He is a real estate agent, and has complemented its executive education at ESADE (Management and Property Management Companies) and IESE (Developing Innovation Company).
Joan is Managing Partner of Active Development and professor of entrepreneurship and innovation in the Department of General Management and Strategy ESADE. He is president of the ESADE Alumni Innovation Club and founder and board member of the network of ESADE Business Angels. He is an investor and advisor for technology and fast-growing companies. He is co-author of the book Emprende Tu Propia Aventura and active lecturer in international forums.
He created his first company with only 23 years. In his extensive international experience he has created 7 companies and has worked in UK and USA, through banking, consulting and multinational companies. He was founder and first General Director of the innovation business park ESADE CREAPOLIS, coach of more than 400 entrepreneurs, and organizer of the first Forum of investors from Spain in 2004. With more than 15 years of experience, he has worked in innovation projects with companies such as Telefonica, Boston Scientific, Pfizer, Danone, Servihabitat/La Caixa, Puig, Novartis, PWC, Abbott, Bodegas Torres, BBVA, Palladium Group, Solvay or Adif
"Customers demand excellence and great results. To do this, we have a good team, knowledge and motivation”
“Perseverance will prevail where everything else fails! Passion for innovation and growth and the ability of a talented team makes working at Active Development a pleasure”
“The worst execution is the one that is not done”
“It is more fun being the pirate than joining the Navy”
“Great work is performed not by strength but by perseverance”
“Teamwork, leadership and communication, the essence for the success of any project”
"To be innovative is to break the limits that you impose on your mind, is to find the best version of yourself to open new possibilities in your environment"
“The important thing is to not stop questioning. There is a reason why curiosity exists”
“A person that never made a mistake, never tried something new”
“The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary”
“An objective without an operations plan is just a will or a wish”
