After a successful career as a handball player in teams like FC Barcelona, Logroño or the Spanish national team, Alberto Miralles (Barcelona, 1990) went from leading on the courts, to leading in business: first as CEO of the digital platform MeQuedoUno and, now, as co-founder and CRO of Dawa, a startup that not only helps online stores to efficiently manage returns, but also drives the circular economy by repairing, reconditioning and reselling used products.

Alberto Miralles went from returning balls to his peers, to giving used products a second life.

TB: What is the purpose of your project?

AM: To extend the useful life of products, offer circularity solutions to the retail sector and improve its sustainability metrics.

TB: Where are you at and where do you see it in two years’ time?

AM: We are in the ‘product market fit’ stage and starting with Growth. In two years, I see high demand driven by new regulations and customer need for second life services and repairs.

TB: A good idea you’ve had.

AM: Pushing Dawa through a stamp on brands.

TB: What’s the biggest challenge you’ve faced?

AM: Taking the ultimate penalty as a professional handball player.

TB: The best advice you’ve ever been given.

AM: You can’t do anything alone. Take care of your team and surround yourself with the best people.

TB: A role model.

AM: Borja Recolons, CEO and founder of MeQuedoUno.

TB: A technology that will shape the future.

AM: AI, without a doubt.

TB: Face-to-face or remote?

AM: Hybrid, but more face-to-face than remote.

TB: A startup or company.

AM: Refruiting and CarmenSays (DNVB).

TB: What makes you disconnect?

AM: Sports. And being with my wife and kids.

TB: A book to recommend.

AM: ‘From zero to one: notes on startup or how to build the future by Peter Thiel.

TB: A series, movie or song that defines your moment in life.

AM: I’ve been listening to this song from the Qatar World Cup for a week: ‘DREAMERS’ by Jungkook ft. Fahad Al Kubaisi.

TB: A recipe, a restaurant.

AM: Paella. And nowhere like at home.

TB: A place in the world.

AM: Barcelona.

TB: Where would you invest 100k?

AM: In Dawa, without a doubt.

TB: If you weren’t an entrepreneur…

AM: I would be a professional athlete, but the years go by 🙂

TB: What is Tech Barcelona for you?

AM: An ecosystem of entrepreneurship rockstars, where you can share, learn and network.