👉 Click here for our latest guide: 2024 MWC & 4YFN Parties & Events Guide For the 4th year in a row, Barcinno is your guide to the Mobile World Congress after parties and events for 2017! In a few short weeks, over 110,000 mobile elites and enthusiasts will arrive in Barcelona for #MWC17 on February 27th, 2017. By day, we walk the halls of Fira Gran Via on the lookout … [Read more...]
Barcelona Weekly Tech & Startup News – January 23, 2017 – Barcinno
Good morning! We hope you had a relaxing, rainy weekend in Barcelona. It turns out we may have a real-life unicorn in our midst: LetGo raised an eye-popping amount of money last week and will now challenge the Klingons for interstellar domination. Don't miss IESE's 2nd annual Women in Leadership Conference this Wednesday (25th), featuring speakers from Microsoft, Adidas, … [Read more...]
Halftime Report: Official List of 2016 Barcelona Tech Events
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...]
How The Paradox of Choice is Turning Your Customers Away
Barcinno Guest Post: Data Collection and Personalisation by Jonathan Fletcher of Vreasy. Why Personalisation Trumps Choice Every Time Choice was once the pinnacle of consumerism. Variety, modifications, and optional extras were seen as final touches being added to a society moving toward consumerist perfection. The ultimate freedom to choose meant that everyone had the … [Read more...]
The 12 Steps To Happiness: Why Happiness is Not Happenstance
When’s the last time you thought about what makes you happy? What makes you tick? What makes you excited to get out of bed in the morning? For me, the first thing that ‘ignites my fire’ everyday, is sipping a cup of coffee while reading the latest version of the Economist. It’s something that takes between 15-25 minutes and it’s a habit that I carve out time for because I … [Read more...]
Why Corporate Card Management can be a Nightmare in a Growing Startup
As a startup founder your main focus is to develop your business. During the first stage, often called pre product/market fit, you want to iterate as fast as possible: on the product, on the acquisition channels, on your pricing model. The objective is to learn as much as possible from your customers. When you get your product/market fit, you want to focus on growing your team … [Read more...]
8 Reasons Barcelona Startups Should Be On Snapchat
If you’ve ever been at a concert, national monument, grand opening, or any popular event in a large crowd, chances are you’ve been featured on someone’s Snapchat story. When hop on hop off tour buses cruise the streets, the top deck is filled to the brim with anxious tourists Snapchatting the first glimpse of the Gothic Quarter, Barceloneta beach and Sagrada Familia. Snapchat … [Read more...]
Land The Startup Job Of Your Dreams Before Summer
The startup ecosystem in Barcelona is growing fast and so are a lot of the existing startups. They need talent and they need it now, before summer vacation hits Spain and the wheels stop spinning. So, if you've been thinking about joining one of Europe's most vibrant innovative ecosystems, you now have the chance! Barcinno has selected our three most interesting companies … [Read more...]