A major event for the city’s business-minded expat community, Barcelona International Community Day returns this month for its 9th edition. For anyone within Barcelona’s talent ecosystem and especially for those looking to make breakthroughs and get connected, this free event is absolutely unmissable. Barcelona International Community Day 2022 will take place on Saturday … [Read more...]
How Barcelona Can Become the World’s Leading Blockchain Hub
This is a guestpost by GLOCAL students from the University of Barcelona - Jonny Amon, SzuTung Chen, Spencer Long & Ilayda Tenim - based on a report they made during their internship at PEMB. We can all agree that Barcelona has emerged as an international hub for tech startups in Europe. Between the city’s investment in various collaboration groups, a growing network of … [Read more...]
Blockchain Executive Program at ETS: My Experience
Blockchain is omnipresent. Whether it’s because a stablecoin crashes (like TerraUSD), another NFT sells for a record amount, or a new blockchain project gets announced – the media are all over it. This is especially true whenever crypto prices enter a freefall or start a bullish rally. So amidst all the hype and excitement, why not try to find out what’s behind it? That’s … [Read more...]
Boolino Acquires UK-based Startup Fiction Express
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...]