Tomorrow evening, at the the new MediaTIC building, there will be a private screening of Something Ventured: the story behind the venture capital industry in Silicon Valley. The film features the original entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from Silicon Valley mainstays such as Apple, Intel, Genentech, PowerPoint, Cisco Systems and … [Read more...]
7 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Spot Future Opportunities
"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed" - William Gibson, Canadian-American science fiction writer It begins with a story. In 2001, the smartest strategic decision makers at Best Buy, one of the United States’ retail giants, decided to invest $685 million in the acquisition of the electronics chain Musicland. The next year, Best Buy wrote down a … [Read more...]
Sonar+D – A New Laboratory To Create The Future
Like SXSW and Burning Man before it, Sónar has added a new act to its annual throw-down in Barcelona. In it’s 20th year, Sónar becomes the next mega-festival to fuse innovation and technology to the beat of world-class musicians and DJs. Beginning today and running straight through the weekend, Sónar+D brings creativity, technology, mobility, innovation, and business to the … [Read more...]
Barcelona Design Festival 2013 Kicks Off Tonight
For the next 30 days, the latest in Barcelona innovation and design will be on display during the Barcelona Design Festival 2013. Co-organized by Barcelona Centre de Disseny (BCD) and Fostering Arts and Design in Catalonia (FAD), the 3rd annual Barcelona Design Festival “aims to situate Barcelona as a world capital of design and innovation internationally.” The month long … [Read more...]
Tech Demo Day: All about Apps, Digital Platforms and Software
Last week, the 4th edition of La Salle Tech Demo Day took place and more than 1,000+ attendees showed up to talk to 114 Barcelona tech start-ups. Upon my arrival, the buzz inside the conference hall was overwhelming. The venue was packed with companies, each having a table and often a laptop or ipad to show the product, and a huge (screaming) banner. It was clear that the … [Read more...]
Heard @ Growth Summit 2013: How To Build A Breakthrough Business
We know the answers, but are we asking ourselves the right questions? Verne Harish starts off yesterday's Growth Summit 2013 by posing three basic questions to assure your company keeps on growing and evolves into a breakthrough business: 1) What is the single story your entire company can focus on? 2) How will you get the crowd to help you to reach your goals? 3) Do you … [Read more...]
LaSalle Tech Demo Day Shows Off Barcelona Innovation
Tomorrow LaSalle University will be hosting their 4th edition of Tech Demo Day featuring 100 of Barcelona’s fastest-growing tech startups, 55+ investors, and more than 500 attendees catching a preview of the next wave of tech innovation to come out of Barcelona. This year’s event promises to surpass last year’s turnout as LaSalle has partnered with the popular monthly meetup … [Read more...]
Growth Summit 2013: Business Advice On A Silver Plate
Are you running out of time? Can’t follow what’s being published and posted out there on strategy, entrepreneurship, business models and leadership? Growth Summit 2013 might just be your solution. On Thursday May 23rd, four thought leaders will come to Barcelona to provide lectures under the auspices of Verne Harnish ‘the Guru of fast growing companies.’ The focus is on making … [Read more...]
6 Challenges To Improve Barcelona: Entrepreneurs Needed!
At Barcinno, our objective is to shine a spotlight on Barcelona's innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship activity to the rest of the world. Why? Because we believe that the Barcelona ecosystem has a great foundation to become a major global hub for technological growth and forward-thinking progress. There are incubators, investors, progressive technological startups and … [Read more...]
What Is So Fun About Curating A TEDx Event?
The following is a guest post by our good friend, Aurelie Salvaire. Aurelie is the curator of TEDxBarcelonaWomen and TEDxBarcelonaChange. She is currently organizing unique events and experiences to connect changemakers with investors and is especially keen on showcasing solutions led by women or contributing to better gender equity. Some might wander (especially my own … [Read more...]