The Fest-UP Service Jam BCN is supported by EatWith and Le18, and sponsored by Barcinno and Estrella Damm. What is a Service Jam? A Service Jam is an event where teams of bright and creative people come together to solve a problem. In summary, it's like inventing a new product or a startup in as little time as possible and competing against other teams to see who has … [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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Powered by Google For Entrepreneurs: NEXT is Coming to Barcelona!
Exciting news for the Barcelona startup community; itnig - the hacker accelerator will be home to the upcoming NEXT program. Powered by Google Entrepreneurs, NEXT is the #1 pre-accelerator program that helps committed early stage startup teams to get into accelerators or find seed investment. The program consists of 3 hour weekly sessions for five weeks and participating teams … [Read more...]
Barcelona: From Mobile World Capital to IoT World Capital?
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...]
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...]
AngelHack Barcelona: Join The Largest Hackathon On The Planet
AngelHack was founded in 2011 on the premise that the top startups of tomorrow will be led by the best developers of today. It began in Silicon Valley, but quickly spread into a global movement inspiring developers, hackers and entrepreneurs around the world to come together to meet new people, learn new skills and build new ideas. Next weekend, AngelHack arrives in … [Read more...]