The second edition of ScaleUp School with INCIBE closed with an unforgettable Demo Day, bringing together ten startups with traction, a first-rate jury, and a community that filled the Google for Startups Campus Madrid auditorium for the last time. For almost three months, the teams worked on mentoring and practical training, culminating in some very high-level pitches.

Scaling a startup may seem like the natural step after validating an idea, but it is not always done at the right time - or in the right way. In this article we compile 7 common mistakes that startups tend to make when scaling, based on everything we have observed during our trajectory in Tetuan Valley.