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Within the many forms of entrepreneurship that have been published throughout this series, Benjamin’s is not one more. His story cannot be understood without his eternal link with Sandalio, his father, who died in November. VETERINARY OF PROFESSION, Sandalio has been managing a business dedicated to the distribution of livestock farms for decades in Estellaas well as the supply of seeds, I think, wheelbarrows and even chickens.

“I started with 12 or 13 years, during the summers, helping my father in the warehouse. I loaded bags, cleaned the space of the chickens and watered the plants”Recuerda El Estellés Benjamín Monreal Aguirreoriginally from Muéson a tour that, he says, made “for pleasure.” “I loved accompanying him and, thanks to that, I started knowing the farms and the clients I attend today,” he adds, referring to Agricultural sagathe company that he manages since the end of last year.

From one day to another, this young man met a company, something that imposes respect, despite the experience he had accumulated. “It was overnight. I was clear: I wanted to make the effort to try and demonstrate that, despite my youth, the company could move on”he points out, recognizing the value of two fundamental pillars: their two workers.

“Cave He has been a lifetime with my father. I always say that the boss is her. In the sector it is very dear to its trajectory, it manages all the scenarios and has been key for the company to continue. Minethe administrative, is fundamental in economic management; I am very facilitated by work, ”he says.

A ‘constant’ fight

Of all the learning that Sandalio left him, Benjamin stays with an essential one: that the business demands “a constant fight in which you have to be at the foot of the canyon every day.” “I explained the importance of the service in such a small company and the good customer treatment,” he recalls, in relation to an activity in which there is no lack of calls to suppliers, commercial visits and meetings with customers. “Making decisions that can have an impact on the company is not easy to assume at the beginning”recognize with unusual maturity for your age.

Among his daily tasks are the organization of the ship in the Merkatoondoa polygon of Estella, customer service and the distribution of medications and think of a van. Benjamin travels through the entire Navarra geography, in addition to areas of the Basque Country and even Aragon. Consulted by possible changes in management since he is in charge, he says there have been no great modifications. “I was clear that I didn’t want to undo anything my father did, although I am introducing new agreements and services.”he explains. “Although we are not the biggest commercial, we are always there,” he says proudly about the dimension of the business.

To keep up to a constant evolution sector, especially the relationship with suppliers and customers. “They are always close and attentive to the novelties of the sector. Fairs and conventions also help to understand the changes and prepare for what is coming,”comments.

This evolution will also reach your company, but for the moment, Benjamin prefers to advance step by step, maintaining the same work philosophy that, until now, has worked. And launches advice to young people who consider taking the reins of a family business: “Let them help for trusted people, to listen and not stop working from day one”sentence.

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