When the idea of organising a startup festival in Barcelona first came up, we thought long and hard about the reasons. Why should we get ourselves into such a messy and hard work? Why would anyone participate? What is this thing called an "ecosystem" we are trying to build? Barcelona has wonderful ingredients to become a blooming startup hub of the Mediterranean. A … [Read more...]
Fest-UP! Startup Expo
So here it is, one week from today, Barcelona will launch its first-ever crowd-sourced startup festival: Fest-UP! May 5th – 10th. What started as an idea only a couple of months ago, has now evolved into a citywide, week-long Festival that is truly uniting the Barcelona Startup Community. With more than 45 exciting events, 20 different host venues and 50 registered startups, … [Read more...]
Airbnb: An Absolute Giant – The Sharing Economy with Jeroen Merchiers.
Talk: Airbnb, An Absolute Giant. The Sharing Economy with Jeroen Merchiers. Speaker: Jeroen Merchiers Jeroen Merchiers, Country Manager of Airbnb. He was born and raised in Belgium but has been living in Spain for 10 years. He graduated as an Industrial Engineer and has an MBA from IESE. Jeroen started his career in management and technology consulting by managing several … [Read more...]
Get Ready For The Fest-UP Service Jam with Swapsee and Claro Partners!
The Fest-UP Service Jam BCN is supported by EatWith and Le18, and sponsored by Barcinno and Estrella Damm. What is a Service Jam? A Service Jam is an event where teams of bright and creative people come together to solve a problem. In summary, it's like inventing a new product or a startup in as little time as possible and competing against other teams to see who has … [Read more...]
Fest-UP! Speed Consulting Sessions
May 7 @ 19:00 - 21:00 Itnig has organized this Speed Consulting Session as part of the Fest-UP!, the Barcelona’s Startup Festival organized by and for the Barcelona’s Startup Community! This sessions will allow you to discuss and receive instant feedback about your project or startup with experts of different fields, all of them crucial for any … [Read more...]
The Future Of Mobile Marketing @ FestUP
May 9 @ 10:00 - 12:00 The number of smartphone users around the world – and hence the advertising on these devices – has grown insanely fast over the last 5 years. This is a completely new market and there are endless opportunities for marketeers to connect and engage with users via mobile devices. In this workshop we will … [Read more...]
Lean Startup UX & Metrics Case Study: Tuenti
May 7 @ 19:00 - 21:00 | €10 Tuenti invites the Lean Startup Circle community to its office for FestUP! This meetup is going to be an interactive and based-on-practice panel about lean UX, with 3 gold speakers from our community: Christopher Grant and Bartek Kunowski from Tuenti; and Ian Collingwood, Lean UX advisor at … [Read more...]
Wayra Open Day at Fest-UP!
May 7 @ 10:00 - 13:00 Wayra, the Global Startup Accelerator powered by Telefónica, has announced the Wayra Open Day at Fest-UP. This is an opportunity for tech startups and entrepreneurs to pitch their project and receive feedback from Wayra experts in order to get to know new companies for the next Barcelona edition. Learn from Wayra’s extensive network of … [Read more...]
The Gastromedia Social #offthemenu
Where food+tech connect… Eat & Tweet with #trainwrx at FestUP on Tuesday 6th May. Create delicious content & get to know the hottest food apps to be socializing on! Learn how to market your restaurant/food+beverage product/business socially with #trainwrx! Featured apps & … [Read more...]
Movement Building for Eco-Entrepreneurs
May 6 @ 18:00 - 19:30 Incubaeco contributes to the FestUP celebration with the eco-entrepreneurship angle, by hosting a workshop on movement building on May 6 (6:00 – 7:30 pm) at their headquarters in BCN: Apocapoc BCN. 3 working groups will be set up around each of the projects currently in their Acceleration program: Tawari, Commonfolk and naRural energy. Then, a … [Read more...]