TEDxBarcelonaWomen was a success. Guess what, the next million-dollar opportunity lies predominately with women! Female entrepreneurship is not as much of a gender issue as it is an economic one. Companies run by women are 12% more profitable and receive a 35% higher return on investment. Additionally, for every dollar invested in a woman, you can help take 4 women out of … [Read more...]
See How Barcelona Startup Bwom Is Improving Women’s Health
For decades, even centuries, many female health problems have been accepted as “the norm”. Things that happen naturally to a woman's body after giving birth to one or more children, or simply as she grows older: urinary incontinence, the potential long term damages of undergoing an episiotomy, difficulties during labour and flaccidity are just some of them. Moreover, most women … [Read more...]
Everything You Need To Know About Challengers 2015
In less than 10 days, history is going to be made in Barcelona. For the first time ever, Challengers - an international closed-door startup & tech lifestyle experience - will kick off and make Barcelona its home for pushing the limits of what's possible. For lack of a better definition, Challengers is a conference, but it aspires to be something more. Something different. A … [Read more...]
5 Steps To Launching A Successful Crowdfunding Campaign (twice)
As I am writing this article Mammoth Hunters (the company I founded) is one week into a fund raising campaign through Crowdcube España, an equity crowdfunding platform (check the campaign here). This is not my first experience with crowdfunding. Our first “round” was a reward-based crowdfunding on Indiegogo were we raised 20.420 € from 238 people in 1 month (here is the link) … [Read more...]
The True Importance Of The Barcelona Startup Map Project – {sponsored}
A healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem is without a doubt the single most influential factor for long-term economic growth and sustainable innovation for cities and countries worldwide. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the global epicenters of innovation: Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv, London, Seattle, Boston. These cities, and the professionals that inhabit them, made a conscious … [Read more...]
There’s A New Sheriff In Town: What Does Mayor-elect Ada Colau Mean For Barcelona Entrepreneurship?
Last Sunday, the townspeople of Barcelona elected Ada Colau as their new leader to run City Hall for the next 4 years. This act represents the democracy-in-action and recognizes the freedom of the people, but it may also signal drastic changes in the way our city works. Barcelona has been for most of its time under the government of central-left party PSC, and run by a … [Read more...]
Barcelona’s FOREX Startup Kantox Raises $11M Series B
Another London-headquartered fintech startup, albeit one with a development and marketing team in Spain, has raised more capital of its own. This time it’s the turn of Kantox. The currency exchange marketplace for SMEs right up to ‘mid cap’ companies has raised $11 million in Series B funding. Leading the round is Partech Ventures, and IDinvest Partners, while Cabiedes & … [Read more...]
7 Steps To Becoming An Awesome Startup Mentor
The Story Of One Startup Mentor Building a successful company is wicked hard. When creating a new business, you generally lack experience in one realm or another and you're limited with how far you can go learning by your own methods. While you can navigate uncharted terrain alone, it’s not the quickest and most efficient way to go about building an elusive unicorn. Any … [Read more...]
Could Wallapop Be Barcelona’s First Billion Dollar Startup?
Do you Walla? If you live in Spain it's highly likely that you already have the secondhand marketplace app Wallapop installed on your phone. Between their cheeky TV ads to their irresistible UI that just lets you keep scrolling, Wallapop has seemingly come out of nowhere to blow past Spain's long list of competitors in the already crowded classified ads arena. In fact, the … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Lodgify Raises €600k To Become the Shopify For Vacation Rentals
Barcelona startup Lodgify has announced today the closing of a €600,000 seed investment to become the "Shopify of the vacation rental industry." The round was led by angel investor Chris Hitchen, HOWZAT Partners, Venrex Investment Management and other notable angel investors including Roland Zeller, former CEO of travel.ch and Kilian Thalhammer, former managing director of … [Read more...]