Spain
Spain Segment Summary
Brains International School La Moraleja (Madrid) showcases entrepreneurship as a life mindset, strategic thinking, and student voice on technology.
School & Organization
Brains International School La Moraleja is part of a private K-12 network in Spain offering bilingual and international education with a strong emphasis on global citizenship and personal development.
Leadership: Baky Morín (Head of School) and Gabriel Rshaid (Host).
Entrepreneurship as an Ecosystem
Speaker: Carlos, Teacher of Economics & Entrepreneurship.
A Way of Facing Life
Entrepreneurship is framed not just as creating companies, but as a mindset. Students learn to imagine boldly, fail with intention, and restart.
The goal isn’t to imitate entrepreneurs but to experience an entrepreneurial mindset so students are prepared for ambiguity and moments where “no one tells them what to do”.
The Ecosystem
Instead of a standalone class, the school built an ecosystem featuring:
- Pitch days and “entrepreneurship leagues”.
- Mentoring by real professionals.
- Investor rounds where students defend ideas.
- Focus on resilience, adaptability, and questioning the status quo.
“The Way of Makers” – Strategic Thinking Lab
A serious extracurricular program for students (14–18) who want “more challenge, more depth, more creation”.
Program Structure
Students work in teams to develop a real product or service plus a full go-to-market strategy using a professional SaaS platform.
- Tools: Market segmentation, competitor analysis, value proposition, SWOT/STEEPLE, and KPIs.
- Culmination: International pitch competition with a jury and prizes.
- Philosophy: “Here we don’t memorize, we build.” A maker is a creator of value for society.
Student Success Stories
NBA Kids Competition
Students Nuria and Carlota won the Madrid phase and advanced to Spanish national finals.
- Impact: Gained confidence in public speaking and learned to pivot a business plan under time pressure.
- Realization: “We did something real. We are capable”.
Cafeteria Pre-order App
A student team built a web/app to solve long queues and food waste.
- Solution: Log in with Google account, pre-order sandwiches. Reduces over-production.
- Tech Stack: Moved from App Inventor to JavaScript/Python in VS Code.
Manifesto on Responsible Technology
A student group presented a “Manifesto for the Responsible Use of Technology,” disagreeing with blanket bans on mobile phones.
Balanced, pedagogical use of tech; not prohibition.
Ethical and creative use of technology and AI.
Using tech to augment learning, not replace thinking.
Core Message: Students want to be protagonists in decisions about technology in education, not just passive recipients of adult-made rules.
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