We got great news for the Spanish Startup Ecosystem. Boolino, the leading online platform for promotion, sale and recommendation of children's books in Spain acquired UK-based Fiction Express to accelerate their growth in the English Market and expand their international model. A Growth Strategy Fiction Express, an award winning company for innovation was owned by Discovery … [Read more...]
3 Hot Startup Jobs in Barcelona To Unleash Your Full Potential!
Holidays are over, my friends. The good news is that, as you get back to reality, the Barcelona’s Startup Ecosystem is catching fire! As startups sprint into in the final quarter of 2016 they are still on the lookout for new talent to join their growing teams! So before you panic because you have to go back to your old job and to your daily routines check out our 3 latest … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup DenDen Is Channeling The Pokemon Go Craze
A lot has been said about Pokemon GO this year after its initial release back in July. The game was referred as a “social media phenomenon” and had 231 million people engaged in 1.1 billion interactions in their first month! Still dozens of people are congregating at the emblematic places of the Barcelona like Sagrada Familia, Arc de Triomf , FC Barcelona Miniestadi and … [Read more...]
Halftime Report: Official List of 2016 Barcelona Tech Events
August is here and Barcelona has officially slowed to a halt. The startup and tech scene is on a month-long siesta escaping the heat and preparing for the fall. Those not on a holiday of their own are left hiding from tourists and squeezing in some quiet work while they can. If you're watching the August clock tick by like us, pull out your planner and map out the rest of the … [Read more...]
Becoming an Effective Communicator
As an executive coach one of the questions I repeatedly get is how can I improve my communication skills? How can I convey my message in the best possible way as not to incur backlash from the other party? Being an effective communicator is challenging yet it’s something that if practiced and honed can differentiate you from being a great leader to an extremely successful … [Read more...]
5 reasons why you should use contracts in your startup
We live in a society governed by rules: laws, codes of conduct, codes of good practice, decrees, contracts, etc. Like it or not, these rules affect our everyday behavior and a sample of this is that no one goes to work naked (although there is no law against it!). Whether we are in our "place" of work or at home discussing with our partner about whose turn it is to wash the … [Read more...]
From Cassettes To Cutting Edge Technology – ABA English Raises €10.5 Mil And Goes To China
In Barcelona you can easily survive only speaking English, or at least Spanglish, but if you move out of the big cities your life will suddenly get a bit harder. ABA English wants to change this through their interactive language learning app, where they combine videos, personal teachers, and listen-record-compare technology, so everybody can connect through English. They … [Read more...]
The 12 Steps To Happiness: Why Happiness is Not Happenstance
When’s the last time you thought about what makes you happy? What makes you tick? What makes you excited to get out of bed in the morning? For me, the first thing that ‘ignites my fire’ everyday, is sipping a cup of coffee while reading the latest version of the Economist. It’s something that takes between 15-25 minutes and it’s a habit that I carve out time for because I … [Read more...]
Why Corporate Card Management can be a Nightmare in a Growing Startup
As a startup founder your main focus is to develop your business. During the first stage, often called pre product/market fit, you want to iterate as fast as possible: on the product, on the acquisition channels, on your pricing model. The objective is to learn as much as possible from your customers. When you get your product/market fit, you want to focus on growing your team … [Read more...]
8 Reasons Barcelona Startups Should Be On Snapchat
If you’ve ever been at a concert, national monument, grand opening, or any popular event in a large crowd, chances are you’ve been featured on someone’s Snapchat story. When hop on hop off tour buses cruise the streets, the top deck is filled to the brim with anxious tourists Snapchatting the first glimpse of the Gothic Quarter, Barceloneta beach and Sagrada Familia. Snapchat … [Read more...]