New kid Pascuál offers the paracetamol for credit management

In college, Pascuál AB and his brother Ramón founded their company Nova Debt Collection. Although most students use their loans primarily for beer, these brothers decided to put everything into their business. With now Nova Group, consisting of Nova Debt Collection, Credit Care and law firm Nova Legal ,they have a clear goal: to rid clients of their headache files regarding the collection of outstanding invoices. Pascuál himself calls it the paracetamol in the field of credit management. MASTERS went into conversation with this 29-year-old New Kid. Text: Fleur de JongIn2020, Nova Groep was the second fastest growing company in the Netherlands and the fastest growing company in the Northern Netherlands. Pascuál grew up with his brother in Emmen and actually had ambitions of becoming a professional football player. The young entrepreneur even spent some time under the crossbar of FC Emmen. Nevertheless, Pascuál chose entrepreneurship and taught himself programming in order to build the software for Nova Incasso. The latter has immediately become the company's most distinguishing feature: Nova Group is not dependent on external parties. Pascuál with his brother Ramón

What is your personal USP?

"Great perseverance, broad interests and dedication."

What can the older generation of entrepreneurs learn from you?

"A fresh perspective in an otherwise stuffy field. And that expertise from other disciplines is needed to effect change."

Who is your teacher or inspiration in the entrepreneurial field?

"I don't have one source of inspiration, but there are several people who inspire me in different areas. For example, Leonardo da Vinci inspired me from an early age that it is possible to excel in different disciplines. In addition, I have great admiration for entrepreneurs who themselves have founded not one, but several successful companies such as Richard Branson and Elon Musk, as well as the Dutch Adriaan Mol and Robert vis.''

What is your motto or quote?

"Nothing is impossible when you work hard enough.''

What is the biggest entrepreneurial risk you have taken so far?

"The biggest risk I took was the decision to develop our own software. This required a large investment in time and money and it was not a given beforehand that this would be a successful move, even though I was convinced of this myself. Fortunately, in hindsight, it turned out that it was a good thing that we took a risk, because it has certainly paid off and is one of the important components by which we differentiate ourselves from the competition."

Where will you be in 3 years?

"In 3 years Nova Group will be a household name in terms of getting every invoice paid. If a company no longer wants to worry about getting invoices paid they should think of Nova Group right away. In addition, we want to employ 250 people and have 150 million euros in turnover.''Do you know or are you a successful, young entrepreneur who also deserves a spot in the spotlight? Mail for the possibilities to Fleur de Jong(fleur@mastershq.nl).Click here for new kid Loes Daniels.