Since the Spring of 2006, Barcelona has hosted 80,000 thought leaders, corporate giants and entrepreneurs of the mobile world during their annual winter gathering, the Mobile World Congress. Many faces are familiar, many folks are new, but most participants do recognize a pattern. There is something so obvious this year that one will see the physical influence of this trend … [Read more...]
Mobile World Congress 2014: Barcelona’s Events And Parties Guide
👉 Click here for our latest guide: 2024 MWC & 4YFN Parties & Events Guide Don't let this beautiful spring weather fool you, a hurricane is descending on our fair city in a mere 8 days. Mobile World Congress 2014 promises to be bigger and badder than years past and will soon deliver 80,000 mobile professionals from every corner of the globe. For one glorious week, the … [Read more...]
Startup Weekend Barcelona: 54 Hours To Feed Your Inner-Entrepreneur!
What can you possibly learn in 54 hours? Have you ever dreamed of stepping into the shoes an entrepreneur? Maybe you have a million dollar idea and you want to validate it? Or possibly you're searching for a cofounder to make your product come to life? Welcome to the adventurous world of Startup Weekend Barcelona! Step 1: 60 sec. Pitching - (usually on Friday … [Read more...]
Startupbootcamp Pitch Days Is Back In Barcelona At 4YFN On February 25th
Startupbootcamp Pitch Days is coming back to Barcelona to select some high quality startups for its leading accelerator program during the 4YFN event at the Mobile World Congress. The last time SBC Pitch Days came through town, Barcelona startups claimed three of the ten spots in the Eindhoven-based HighTechXL accelerator. On February 25th at the 4YFN event within Mobile … [Read more...]
Call to Innovation: How To Solve Spain’s Greatest Challenges
Call to Innovation is a call for action. For the fourth time, Spain is gathering its future leaders and encouraging them to propose projects to resolve the country's biggest problems. Actually, not only in Spain, but from any country. In the future we can expect much more unemployment when jobs will become obsolete due to technology. Think about robotics and self-driving … [Read more...]
Heard@ Intrapreneurship Conference: Ambassadors Of Change
"There's no such thing as failure in intrapreneurship, just opportunities to pivot." With this one-liner, speaker Neil Fogarty kicked off and set the tone of the Intrapreneurship Conference in Barcelona. Over the course of two days, attendees from all over the world focused on asking the right questions and continued the conversation to help ‘trouble makers’ accelerate … [Read more...]
Quitting, Sucking and Failing Your Way to a Better Life
Last Tuesday, the Barcelona Internet Startups (BIS) group hosted their final major event of 2013 at Garrigues Law with a presentation from entrepreneur Michael Wolfe titled Quitting, Sucking, and Failing Your Way to a Better Life. In front of a packed international audience, Wolfe shared his first-hand insights as a serial entrepreneur and founder in Silicon Valley and … [Read more...]
In Search Of A Co-Founder: The Importance Of Teaming Up
Innovation does not occur by the individual. You need a team effort to push an idea through the innovation funnel and turn it, eventually, into an implemented product or service. The team does not necessarily have to be the same over the whole process, but a good balance in technological, business and user-insight skills are key. Team up to innovate and stimulate business … [Read more...]
Join 150 Global Cities At TEDx Barcelona Women
Keeping with the spirit of “Ideas Worth Spreading,” TEDx is the locally organized spin-off of the TED speaker series that began over 30 years ago in California. On December 5th, TEDx Barcelona Women will be alongside other TEDxWomen events taking place simultaneously in 150 cities around the world. These events will connect live with the TEDWomen event held in San Francisco … [Read more...]
Smart City Expo: Barcelona World Congress 2013
This week Barcelona hosts the Smart City Expo, focusing on how smart cities can change the world. The word smart city is popping up all around us and is driving the urban innovation portfolio. Smart cities ask for clever and integrated solutions on urban complexity, traffic congestion, emission, public service coordination and energy efficiency challenges. Just to name a few. … [Read more...]