Run Your Business Madrid
Run Your Business Madrid
Run Your Business is where Madrid’s founders, operators and investors meet for an easy run, on Tuesday afternoons and in Sunday mornings (early Sunday mornings!).
The idea is simple: run together, share ideas and create meaningful connections with people building companies, projects and communities in Madrid.
This is not a traditional run club. It's a curated space for people who are building something and want to meet others doing the same.
When & where
🗓 Every two Tuesdays · 19:00–22:00
📍 See the map below (We rotate venues and starting points!)
🎒 18:50: bag drop. You can leave your bags in the venue!
🏃 19:15 we start running. 5 km at about 7 min/km.
👋 22:00: wrap up
Why we started it
We were tired of networking that goes nowhere: another coffee to “catch up”, another event where everyone stands around with a drink and a business card. The best conversations we’d had with other founders happened while we were doing something together. When you’re running side by side, nobody pitches and nobody pretends. You just talk about what’s actually going on with your company.
So we started running with the people we wanted to meet, and more people kept joining. Less than one year after more than 300 have come so far!
The run
4-5 km at around 7 min/km, slow enough to talk the whole way. If you can chat, you’re doing it right.
Never run 5 km? Come anyway. You are a pro athlete that runs 5 km before breakfast every day? Come anyway and slow down.
About the €5
We don’t make any money from this club, the €5 doesn’t cover the cost of the venues and drinks, there's no suscription or strings attached. It’s just there so you actually show up for every run that you sign up to...😉
Come often? You’ll find a community code in our WhatsApp group. Use it when you register and the ticket is on us.
What to expect:
A small curated group
Easy run at a slow, conversational pace (7-9 km)
Conversations with founders and builders
Post-run coffee and hangout
Who this is for:
Founders and co-founders
Startup operators
Investors
Business owners, whatever the size
Anyone building a project or a company
It’s a real mix. You’ll run next to a founder who has raised €10M and an e-commerce owner doing €5M a year. Next to them are people running a five-person business who deal with payroll, clients and sales every single day. Valuation or revenue doesn't matter while you run, everyone is building something and that’s the only thing you need in common.
Photos & video
We may take some photos along the way, and maybe shoot a video too — but if you need or want some cool content for your personal brand please speak up and we’ll happily help you film you running! 😜
*If you’d rather stay out of the photos, just tell us at the start and we’ll keep you out.
Meet the hosts:
Volta Run Club: A community-driven run club in Madrid bringing together people who want to stay active while connecting.
DRIZA it's a Finance-first market consultancy boutique focusing on planning and executing ambitious growth and marketing strategies to scale companies 🔗
Startup Grind Madrid: Part of the world's largest community for entrepreneurs, designed to educate, inspire, and connect founders, startups, and investors
Want to host with us?
If you run a club, a community or a venue and would like to co-host or host an edition of Run Your Business, we’d love to. This is a project built by people who love it, so the more hands, the better.
Join the WhatsApp community
Meeting points, last-minute changes, photos and the community code for regulars all live here: Join WhatsApp Group
Questions?
Write to any of us and we’ll get back to you:
Borja (Startup Grind Madrid) · borjavv@gmail.com
Luis (Volta Run Club) · voltarunclub@gmail.com
Ric (DRIZA) · ric@driza.com
Liznora (DRIZA) · liznoracastaneda@driza.com
If you are building something and want to meet others doing the same, you are more than welcome!