May 5 @ 10:00 - 13:00 Developed by Conor Neill, Florian Mueck and Tobias Rodrigues; based on their Leadership Communications course at IESE Business School. This event is part of the Fest-Up Barcelona Festival promoted by Barcinno. Leadership Workshop: From Founder to CEOteaches participants to thrive in a rapidly changing, highly uncertain environment. The program also … [Read more...]
Fest-UP Service Jam BCN
Swapsee , the community marketplace for talent, and Claro Partners , business innovation and service design firm, in collaboration with EatWith and LE18 will host a unique Service Jam focused on the issue of food waste at FestUP. Currently, over 262,000 tons of food is being wasted every year in Catalonia. This is a huge problem but an opportunity Also with great … [Read more...]
Interact With Everything! Welcome To The Era Of Everything Connected
Exipple, a design and engineering partner for Fortune 500 corporations and the innovative startups that are disrupting them, will be holding an event called Interact with Everything at FestUP on May 6th 2014 from 10am to 12pm @World Mobile Capital. Internet of things refers to objects communicating with each other and allowing people to interact with them in different … [Read more...]
Calling All Barcelona Startups: Register NOW for the FEST-UP Startup Expo!
In less than two weeks, Barcelona will host its first-ever crowd-sourced startup festival: Fest-UP! With more than 45 confirmed events taking place the week of May 5th – 10th, Fest-UP is a platform for the change-makers of the Barcelona Startup Ecosystem to showcase their projects, share their knowledge, and get to know one another a little bit better. In order to truly … [Read more...]
The Barcelona Startup Ecosystem Rallies Around Fest-UP!
Fest-UP, running May 5th–10th, 2014, is a PLATFORM for the Barcelona Startup Ecosystem to show off their projects, share their knowledge and get to know one another a little bit better. It’s also making history as Barcelona’s first-ever CROWDSOURCED startup festival! Since the call went out, there have been over 40 confirmed events taking place during Fest-UP week! The … [Read more...]
Foundum and White Bull Join Forces To Connect Global Startup Ecosystems
Foundum, the first online platform that matches innovative, high-growth entrepreneurs with relevant investors, advisors and startup supporters; and White Bull Summits, renowned for its intimate, high-caliber events, connecting top entrepreneurs with global investment have announced their partnership. The mission: to create the world’s most comprehensive platform for global … [Read more...]
Creator Street Challenge – Join The Social Startup Movement
Social start-ups are popping up everywhere and proposing new ways to tackle society's biggest challenges like: fostering social engagement, creating new social and digital currencies, developing new ways of learning, collaborating and connecting with people. However it is not easy for these startups to gain critical mass and keep up with evolving needs of the people they aim to … [Read more...]
Heard@ ESADE’s 7th Annual Social Innovation Conference
ESADE held their 7th annual Social Institute Conference last week to share knowledge, inspire future projects and activate the international audience. Social Innovation is about addressing the challenges imposed on society related to housing, education, food, employment, poverty, safety and health. It shakes off indifference to rethink and improve upon the status quo: … [Read more...]
Startup Weekend Barcelona 2014: How It Went Down
Startup Weekend is a 54-hour beast designed to offer a hands-on, experimental education to technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. It starts on a Friday night with brainstorming, recruiting and splitting up into teams. The rest of the weekend is an all out sprint to create a business plan and make a prototype before the judges show up on Sunday at 5pm. Mentors come and go … [Read more...]
Announcing Fest-UP! BCN’s Startup Festival
Building a sustainable startup ecosystem is not an accidental occurrence. It takes hard work and requires the right mix of philosophy, leadership and dedication over a long period of time. It is also not created by entrepreneurs alone. A vibrant startup community requires the deliberate participation of universities, governments, investors, mentors, service providers and large … [Read more...]