Area 31 Newsletter
Thursday 13th of November 2014
Dear Area 31 Entrepreneurs and Friends
On Wednesday, join Mountaineer Edurne Pasaban for a chat about making a difference through positive leadership. Also on Wednesday recruitment platforms proempleingenieros.es & valigo.es are presenting their project. Incense & Fiware will be looking for startups to finance with up to 150,000 € on Thursday. And IE's social responsibility Forum is coming up! IE's Net Impact Chapter will hold the 9th Annual Social Responsibility Forum. Save the date: Friday & Saturday Nov 20th and 21st.
EVENTS NOV 17TH - NOV 23RD
The Heroes Club (Aurelio García de Sola)
Monday, 17 November 2014
6pm-7pm
Area 31
Our environment has changed and because of this context it is important to find new ways to access markets and resources to enhance the growth, expansion or consolidation of the companies. The Heroes Club will come to Area 31 to present their solution, consisting on five elements: Mentoring, Public and Private Funding, Access to New Markets , Visibility, and Training. Register here.
Town Hall on Crowdfunding
This event will be held in Spanish
Tuesday18th Nov 2014
19:00--20:30
Location: Area 31Our keynote speaker, Rodrigo Niño, is the Founder of Prodigy Network. With his model, Niño has raised more than $300 million from 6,200 investors and is currently developing commercial real estate projects in Bogota and Manhattan with a projected value of more than $850 million. He will be joined in this conversation about the potential of crowdfunding for Spain by prominent representatives of the entrepreneurship and corwdfunding industry such as Iñaki Arrola and Ramón Saltor (The CrowdAngel), and Harvard professor Adriana Hoyos. Find out more and Register here
From Strong to Extraordinary. Executive breakfast with Edurne Pasabán and Lee Newman
09:00--10:00
Location: Area 31
A transformational learning experience with a selected group of senior executives from around the world. Join us for the first session of a series of events aimed at managers who want to make a difference through positive leadership. (This is a private event for Executive MBA students and entrepreneurs in Area 31)
Presentation of the recruitment platforms proempleingenieros.es & valigo.es
4:45-6:15pm
Location: Area 31The new Job site Platform proempleingenieros.es and Recruitment platform valigo.es have joined in a project aimed at helping job seekers and companies with the recruitment process. Join us to find out more.
Register here
Come and learn how to obtain a 150,000 € non-reimbursable grant for your startup
Thursday 20th of November 2014
5:30pm-6:30pm
Location: Area 31Incense and Fiware are looking for startups to finance with up to 150,000 € non-reimbursable grants for the development of their projects. Attend their presentation and learn the potential FIWARE has for your startup, independently of the industry you are in. Register here.
Venture Network vertical on Social Entrepreneurship
19:00--22:00
Location: Area 31
This time our Venture Network event in Madrid will focus on Social Entrepreneurship! Come and join our weekly informal gathering for startups, investors and anyone interested in entrepreneurship. This pitch slam, in a casual setting over beers, is perfect to focus on what’s important: building relationships, practicing and improving. Find more info and register to pitch here.
Social Responsibility Forum: Speed Design Thinking Company Challenge
9:00am--1:30pm
Location: Area 31
Come join us to solve a major societal issue using the tools and concepts of design thinking. With an emphasis on listening, user empathy, whole-brain thinking, collaboration, and experimentation, you will use the design thinking process to tackle a real-life design challenge: Early Childhood Education – Can we provide early education to ten million children under age six in urban slums by 2020? You will also get the chance to enter the prestigious Hult Prize Competition which offers $1m as seed capital to work on your idea. Register here.
EVENTS OUTSIDE OF AREA 31
IE Social Responsibility Forum 2014
Friday 21st Nov 2014
14:00--21:30
Saturday 22nd Nov 2014
09:00--18:30
Location: Fundación Mutua Madrileña (Calle de Fortuny, 18, 28010 Madrid) & IE Business School (María de Molina 31)
On November 21st and 22nd of 2014 the IE Business School Net Impact Chapter will hold the 9th Annual Social Responsibility Forum in Madrid, Spain.
We are excited to welcome you to this two day event in which we will explore how to take action, make an impact and lead change through a series of panels, case studies and interactive sessions.Find out more and Register here.
OPPORTUNITIES
4ª edición Pasion>ie
Accenture España e IE Business School lanzan la 4ª edición de Pasion>ie: Pasión por innovar y emprender en 2014
Pasion>ie es un programa ya consolidado que impulsa al emprendimiento y apoya a aquellos que ponen en marcha proyectos innovadores. Al igual que en ediciones anteriores en la 4ª edición dichos aspectos se centran en tres categorías: La ciudad del futuro, la sanidad del futuro y la distribución comercial del futuro.Todos ellos serán formulados por un grupo de empresas/entidades de primer nivel en España y representativas de todos los sectores. Saber más.
FROM THE BLOG
BIG DATA ‘MADE IN SPAIN’ APLICADO AL MUNDO DE LA MODA
AVAILABILITY OF THE SPACE
- Tuesday Nov 18th, 19:00-20:30, ALL OF AREA 31 WILL BE CLOSED FOR AN EVENT
- Wednesday Nov 19th, 09:00-10:00 & 16:45-18:15, half of the space will be available for coworking.
- Thursday Nov 20th, 19:00-22:00, half of the space will be available for coworking.
- Saturday Novv 22nd, 9am-2pm, half of the space will be available for coworking.