Tetuan Valley is a pre-accelerator program in Europe that helps students launch prototypes from ideas over 6 weeks for free. It aims to promote technology innovation and entrepreneurship in the region. More than 150 projects have graduated and 80 startups have been created through the program. Participants gain international exposure, access to an entrepreneur community, and perks like hosting and design support. Attendees can get hired by mentor startups or participate in European exchange programs. The coordinator Karel Escobar created Tetuan Valley and other digital entrepreneurship programs in underdeveloped cities.

1. Tetuan Valley is best known for being the first non-for-
profit pre-accelerator program in Europe
Created by: Karel Escobar Sánchez

2. Tetuan Valley Startup School
• Why is necessary a pre-accelerator?
• Our Online Startup School
• History
• Is there life after Startup School?
- Teams: Google Launchpad,
Accelerators, Events, Partners, European
programs.
- Individualss: Easier to be hired by
other Startups, European for young
Entrepreneurs, Erasmus+
• Promotion: European Reports, Media,
Blogs, Social Media.
Karel Escobar Profile

3. What is Tetuan Valley?
• A state of mind: “We believe. We believe that single
individuals can change the course of history”.
• A community of alumni, mentors and collaborators.
• Run by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs.

4. Why a pre-accelerator program?
• We want to promote technology innovation and
entrepreneurship.
• This program will help the ecosystem in the region.
• We can teach the students basic tools to launch their own
project.

5. Which kind of projects?
From idea to prototype in 6 weeks for 0€
• Goal of the program: Release a prototype by the end of the
program.
• Ideas must be innovative and feasible.
• Students learn to launch a project on their own step by step.
• 100% in English.

6. We aim to be the first place in
Spain to launch startups, counting
big and small cities

7. Why Tetuan Valley is the right
choice to launch this program
• To this day +150 projects graduated from our pre-accelerator program.
• 80 new technological companies has been consituted thank’s to our pre-
accelerator program.
• Our entrepreneurs has generated more than 70 new jobs for their
projects.
• 8 startups got financing from investors.
• More than 75% of our students has gone the entrepreneur way, with
their own projects or working in other projects.
• +200 Community members: Alumni/mentors/Colaborators.
• +30 active startups in our community.

8. Life after Online Startup School
Participants:
- International exposure thank’s to the
promotion I’ll do it with the program
- Access to a community of entrepreneurs in
their region
- Perks: Hosting programs, graphic designers,
fiscal/Tax advisers.

9. Attendees:
- Close access to be hired from one of our mentor startup
founders.
- Participation in programs of exchange entrepreneurs in
Europe
- Being an active part of the entrepreneurial community in your
city
Life after Online Startup School

10. With the support of

11. Created by: Karel Escobar Sánchez
Coordinator of "Tetuan Valley Startup School", and also developing
several programs of digital entrepreneurship in less developed cities.
These programs were less focused on the tech side.
Now focus on developed a tool to reach more potential
entrepreneurs and improve their knowledge about how to launch a
digital project.