He wasn’t a good student and didn’t make it through University, but he had friends with ADE and other business degrees. They want private lessons. And for nothing less. The man from Alicante is only 21 years old German Agullo you have already managed to bill First million euro with GDV Mobility, the company he founded in March last year with his partners Hector Arana Y Oscar Barcenas. And most striking is that it did so with benefits, something unusual in a startup business. A milestone that earned him the magazine a few months ago forbes will stand out among ’30 under 30′ in Spain, where it includes young entrepreneurs with the largest projections.
His secret was to find one. commercial niche exploit: spare parts for electric mobility vehicles. “Until now, scooters seemed like a thing. Use and throw. If you break a piece, you will be lost, “he explains. Therefore, he decided to set up a distributor for wholesalers, which operates through a digital platform and currently has more than a thousand customers, which in turn supplies their products to some customers. 15,000 workshops Repair in Spain, but also in other countries such as Bulgaria, Portugal, France or Switzerland.
So far, they started with scooter and bicyclesbut the plans are to expand the reference range to include spare parts. motorcycles and for later electric cars. His medium-term goal, he said, is to become the leading company in its sector in Europe. Of course, his ambition is not lacking, his enthusiasm and business plans have succeeded in persuading him. Paul Fernandez – Former vice president and founder of Santander’s subsidiary in the United States clicks Y cliche– managing the firm’s first financing round.
Agulló likes to compare his history with those from Silicon Valley, and that the beginning of his company «Carolinas storage room -A popular neighborhood in the city of Alicante- without electricity, water and land». The truth is that he’s running his business distribution in genes. Both his grandfather and father were already wholesalers, and most of his childhood was spent in warehouses. “I carry sealing of boxes as standard,” he jokes.
bike enthusiast, came to compete in the semi-professional categories until a medical problem forces her to quit. He has displayed an entrepreneurial character since his youth and soon began looking for other jobs. it was basketball referee Y playground worker, until you land on a biker again. He entered the import department of a company during the pandemic and soon after decided to set up his own company.
My first venture into a bicycle parts distributor did not go well. “I didn’t have the best business model or a good product,” he admits. However, the experience has helped him get to know people who are now partners, who brought him his technical and business knowledge. That’s when he was born GDVin March of last year, in the said Carolinas storage room, where they moved to the premises of a municipal business incubator that previously surpassed them, so they will soon open a new 3,000 square meter warehouse in Alicante again.
Agulló from the very beginning, technology should have been an important part of the company. Although he does not have a diploma, he has always had a great curiosity and desire to be educated by self-education, and he is a regular at conferences on Artificial Intelligence held in this field, for example. “I’ve been to congresses in Alcoy and why is it still not applied in the mobility sector?” I remember thinking.
Therefore, this is one of the biggest pillars of GDV, which is currently finalizing a new system that will allow its customers to use it. order by voice or, for example, if you do not know the reference of a product, it will be enough to take a photo of the part you need so that an algorithm detects what the product is and an order is created.
In addition, the same pioneering technology that companies like Mango, Inditex or Decathlon are currently using to collect products will be implemented in the warehouse. minimize errors in the preparation of orders.
Germán Agulló realizes that his story is not very common among his peers, but he champions the talents of young people. “People raise their hands when I say my logistics manager is 19 years old, but I can assure you it doubles everyone with 30 years of experience,” says the entrepreneur, who currently has a staff of 15.