Area 31 Newsletter
Thursday, 2nd February
Dear Area 31 Entrepreneurs and Friends,
On our opportunities section, we're announcing the call for appllications for EIB's Social Innovation Tournament (€50.000 cash prize). One of the teams incubated in Area 31, Koiki, won a couple of years ago! Finally, from our blog, ready the story of the winners of the European Chapter of the Global App Challenge.
EVENTS IN AREA 31
Law Clinic: Get FREE legal advice
Date: Tuesday, 7 February 2017
Time: 17:00 -19:00
Location: Area 31
Professional lawyers will come to Area 31 next Tuesday and offer free legal advice to entrepreneurs in one-on-one meetings. Each professional lawyer will be joined by IE Law students from the Startup Lawyers program. Following the meeting, the law students will analyze the issue discussed with the entrepreneur and few days later they will meet again with the startup to offer more nuanced advice. ONLY 3 MORE SLOTS AVAILABLE. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. Register here.
Entrepreneurial Management sessions
Date : Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Time: 9:00-18:00
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Date : Thursday, 9 February 2017
Time: 9:00-18:00
Location: The Valley, Area 31
This is a private event, for students enrolled in IE's International MBA program exclusively.
Venture Network Weeklies
Date : Thursday, 2 February 2017
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Location: The Garden, Area 31
Come see startups give a 7-minute pitch in English, hear feedback from the panel of investors, ask the startups your own questions, and meet the local startup community. This weekly event is an informal way to learn and network with people from within and outside of IE while enjoying a beer from our sponsor, Heineken. This event is open to all, Register here.
OPPORTUNITIES
Lisbon Web Summit: Discounts for Women in Tech
In six short years, Web Summit has become "the world's largest and leading technology conference". But during that time female participation in the tech sector has been and continues to be a significant issue. In 2016, they started an initiative to even the gender ratio at Web Summit. Learn more.
BLOG
WRIO Keyboard wins European final of the Global Mobile Challenge
- WRIO Keyboard, a speed typing solution for iOS, is the European finalist in the Global Mobile Challenge.
- The world final of the competition will take place from February 27 to March 1 of 2017.
Read more
AVAILABILITY OF SPACE
The use of Area 31 as coworking space will be limited on the following days:
- Wednesday Feb 8th 9am-6pm
- Thursday Feb 9th 9am-6pm
- Saturday Feb 11th 4pm-7pm
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Change Tomorrow Today! Social Innovation acceleration program
The Social Innovation Tournament promotes the generation of innovative ideas and rewards initiatives that fight against social exclusion. It covers projects in a wide range of fields – from education, health care and job creation to new technologies, new systems and new processes.
Projects compete for two prizes in a General Category and two prizes in a Special Category: Ageing. Winning projects in each category are awarded a 1st and 2nd Prize of EUR 50 000 and EUR 20 000 respectively. Further awards include vouchers entitling a number of projects and their teams to benefit from subsequent coaching/mentoring services. Read more.