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...]
JobsBCN Merges With Jobfluent To Help Startups Hire Developers
As most startups have already experienced, hiring developers is hard. And the better the developer you need, the harder they are to find. JobsBCN.com has grown massively within the startup jobs arena in Spain over the last year trying to solve that exact problem, and they are now expanding even further as they're merging with Jobfluent. The two companies will join … [Read more...]
Julien Was Tired Of Bad Coffee And Founded Daysk, Co-Working By The Hour
Ever been in need of a good place to work for couple of hours, and even after trailing Google and TripAdvisor, not being able to find a suitable place? Two French founders in Barcelona had the same problem, and recently launched Daysk, the platform that lets you book a workspace by the hour. It also lets co-working spaces and cafés add free space on the platform, for … [Read more...]
Barcelona-based Travelperk Closes $7 Million To Reinvent Corporate Travel
The fairly young startup Travelperk, founded last year, have closed an A-round of 7 million led by Spark capital. "The problems associated with business travel management are both longstanding and universal," says Alex Finkelstein, Spark Capital General Partner. The Barcelona-based company lets you book, budget and manage your business travel, all in one platform. … [Read more...]
Five Interesting Barcelona Startups Getting Crowdfunded Right Now
Crowdfunding is getting more and more accepted as good way to fund your startup, and now we have many praised products and companies funded this way, such as Pebble, Oculus Rift, Formlabs 3D printer, the list goes on. Also in Barcelona, many promising projects are currently undertaking crowdfunding campaigns, and we thought we would give you the chance to invest, or at least … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Job: Imersivo
Company: Imersivo Area: Software Location: Barcelona Job type: Software Developer Job description: WE ARE LOOKING FOR: A Software Developer to deliver a number of exciting and innovative projects, which will incorporate mobile and gestural interaction. This is an opportunity for a visionary thinker with an inquisitive mind, eager to learn new technologies. The … [Read more...]
Agroptima Closed €700.000 To Develop Their Farm-Management App
It's not the most mainstream app, but Agroptima has developed a service that help farmers manage their work easier. The app records the farmers daily work like planting, apply pesticides, harvesting, etc, and does this without the need for coverage. The Barcelona startup hopes to reach a nationwide customer base with this recent funding of €700.000 from investors like … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Job: Clintu
Company: Clintu Area: Cleaning Marketplace Location: Barcelona Job type: Engineer Job description: ¿Cómo será mi trabajo y responsabilidades? Serás el primer developer “in house” Trabajar, codo con codo, con nuestro equipo tecnológico en el desarrollo de nuestra plataforma según el roadmap de producto Definir los siguientes pasos en el roadmap de producto Fichar en los … [Read more...]