I want to make my startup go viral. I beg it of you; please shower me with your dark magic secrets to customer acquisition. What is it that makes startups such as Quizup grow from zero to 3 million users in less than 3 weeks? What kind of skullduggery is this? Are you Gandalf? Sound familiar? Maybe not in that fashion but you get my point. With fierce competition and … [Read more...]
Going Up? Watch Barcelona Startups Give Their Elevator Pitches
In the latest edition of Barcinno's elevator pitches, check out Mint Labs & Voz.io who give us 60 seconds of fireworks. Thanks again to our amazing partners at BCN Startup Video! Mint Labs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SguSQg26Z4c Voz.io http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH3ntxhW3v4 You can see more elevator pitches here. … [Read more...]
Barcelona Service Jam
Designers, Developer and Business experts interested in service and customer experience design will be meeting simultaneously all over the world for Barcelona Service Jam. In a spirit of experimentation, innovation and friendly competition, teams will have less than 48 hours to develop and prototype innovative services inspired by a shared theme. On Friday BAU - School of … [Read more...]
Better Know A Startup: Weplan (@weplanapp)
I detest with every piece of my living soul having to call any Telco in Spain. Anyone who wants to preserve any of their sanity shouldn’t have to be put through the rigmarole of calling these giants to experience what some might describe as the worst example of customer service ever. ‘What, you don’t have it noted down on the system that I called 500 times before asking to … [Read more...]
5 Questions You Must Ask Yourself Before Joining A Startup
Being able to build something you love that has the potential to change the world (whether for good or evil) coupled with the potential to amass some serious wealth is why we are seeing an increasing amount of the workforce jump ship and paddle off to startup land. Corporates are facing the realization that their jobs that were once so safe and secure are actually not. And … [Read more...]
Voz.io, Browser-based Call Center Picks Up $150K From Kima Ventures
Our friends over at Voz.io have just picked up a seed round from Kima Ventures to the tune of $150K. "Closing this round of seed funding will allow us to vigorously pursue business development and user acquisition strategies" says Summann Gandham, co-founder and CEO, Voz.io. Voz.io is a scalable browser-based call center & CRM solution targeted to SMEs that doesn’t … [Read more...]
Ask The VC: Interview With Principal Imran Akram From DN Capital
Give us a brief introduction, what do you do at DN Capital and how it is that you define yourself? I’m the father of two daughters and godfather to multiple European growth companies. For DN I look for very interesting startups with a lot of growth potential. Tell us more about DN and your new fund DN has been doing the same thing since we started 13 years ago and that is … [Read more...]
Better Know A Barcelona Startup: Mint Labs (@Mint_Labs)
Health has been on the agenda for some time and it’s shaping up to be a year for some heavy disruption in the sector. Understandably, health startups present an opportunity to reduce costs for medicals systems that often use antiquated methods for diagnosing and treating diseases. With the rise of collaboration tools, doctors across the world can more easily access and share … [Read more...]
Software Developers: Hire Local or Outsource Abroad?
In an ideal world, your initial founding team would consist of a highly experienced full stack engineer, a product visionary and someone with business acumen. As life doesn’t always hand out the perfect situation on a silver platter, we sometimes have to take alternative routes to achieve our wildest goals. That’s why sometimes we outsource. Yeah you heard me. I said it. I … [Read more...]
Better Know A Barcelona Startup: Audiosnaps (@AudioSnaps)
Taking a photo has never been easier. From smartphones to Google Glass to the potential of installing a camera into your eye socket, we have been catapulted into an era where sharing what you’re living has become and integral part of our daily lives. We take and view more photos now than ever before. In fact more than 1.4 billion pictures are snapped every day of which 630 … [Read more...]