Get yer popcorn ready for The Next Web Barcelona Summer 2013 Extravaganza next Thursday at the amazing Antiga Fàbrica Estrella Damm venue near the Sagrada Família. Somehow, some way, they keep coming up with funky new speakers like every single day. Seriously though, anyone interested in catching the pulse of the Barcelona startup scene should not miss this event. Did I mention that the free, ice cold Estrella Damm will be flowing like Flo Rida on a Friday night at Sutton? Because it will be. 
Kicking off at 7:00pm next Thursday, July 11th, the lineup of speakers and pitches promises not to disappoint. You’ll hear from Barcelona’s hottest startups, up-and-coming entrepreneurs, international super VCs, and some bad-ass thought leaders pushing the limits of technology and innovation.
Need the full breakdown? It goes a little something like this:
6PM – Registration
7PM – TNW and Barcelona.IO wish you a warm welcome
7:05PM – Aldo de Jong (founding partner of Claro Partners) will quickly share some very interesting findings based on an ethnographic study of the Barcelona startup ecosystem.
7:10PM – Robin Wauters, European Editor of The Next Web: “How to get the press to cover your startup”.
7:20PM – Martin Mignot from international VC firm Index Ventures will talk about early-stage investing in Europe and the ‘Series A crunch’.
7:35PM – A panel of investors: super angel Luis Martin Cabiedes, VCs Marcel Rafart from Nauta Capital and Ángel García from Lanta Digital Ventures, and the head of Wayra Spain, Gary Stewart.
8PM – Some words of wisdom from public speaking and pitching expert Marion Chevalier.
8:10PM – Elevator pitches: Five one-minute presentations from early-stage startups based in Barcelona.
8:20PM – Sage advice on entrepreneurship from Mark Henkel, founder and CEO of Rocket Internet-backed online payment startup Paymill.
8:35PM – A panel conversation on social gaming, featuring expert founders Andrés Bou from Social Point and Vicenç Martí from Akamon.
8:55PM – Heather Russell, founder and CEO of Japan-based e-commerce site Rinkya will talk about the many mistakes she’s made as an entrepreneur (and how not to be a dick).
9:10PM – A panel on being an entrepreneur in Spain, featuring Jochen Doppelhammer from Yuilop, Manuel Jaffrin from GetApp and Erik Schultink, CTO of Tuenti.
9:30PM – End of the event, followed by many Estrella Damm beers.
So what are you waiting for? Get your tickets now before they’re gone.
A HUGE thanks goes out to The Next Web, Barcelona.IO and Estrella Damm for putting on this great event. Enjoy the weekend and we’ll see you next Thursday at the Antiga Fàbrica Estrella Damm!
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