Entrepreneurship Week
+Entrepreneurship Module / Madrid face-to-face September'14
Entrepreneurs & investors sharing their experiences
Daniel Soriano Hernández
Director Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center, IE Business School
AGENDA (IE Business School, María de Molina 31)
Monday September 15th
Welcome Coffee with Daniel Soriano Hernández & Ivana Belamaric
Daniel Soriano Hernández, Academic Director +Entrepreneurship Module
Andrew McCarthy, Professor of "Creativity and Ideation" course
Vincent Rosso, International Dev BlaBlaCar - Country Manager Spain & Portugal
Tuesday September 16th
Andrew McCarthy, Professor of "Creativity and Ideation" course
Nava Swersky, Co-Chair at NanoIsrael
Wednesday September 17th
Andrew McCarthy, Professor of "Creativity and Ideation" course
Marcos Eguillor, Professoro of "The entrepreneurial experience: Do It Yourself" course
This course aims to translate the value proposition into a tangible solution (product and/or service) with which you can experiment to get (or not) it approved by the target customer segment, get information necessary for decision-making and continue working on improving the go-to-market strategy.
Pizzas & Networking at Wayra Academy Madrid
Didac Lee, Founder & CEO Inspirit and FC Barcelona Board Member (Technology Area)
Inspirit’s portfolio is made up of seven tech companies with a markedly innovative profile operating in different sectors such as online marketing, IT security, and e-commerce, notably Zyncro, Spamina, Fhios, Openshopen, Hotelerum, Alpify and Intercomgi Development Center. The group currently employs more than 400 people in nine countries.
Another one of Dídac’s success stories includes Scubastore, founded in 1998, which is the origin of the present-day group Tradeinn, the first online retailer specialized in sports equipment and European e-commerce leader in its sector. With more than 500,000 customers, Tradeinn operates in 220 countries around the world.
Thursday September 18th
Andrew McCarthy, Professor of "Creativity and Ideation" course
Marcos Eguillor, Professoro of "The entrepreneurial experience: Do It Yourself" course
Derek Andersen, Founder at Startup Grind
In 2009 he founded Vaporware Labs incubating mostly failed products but also a few successes including Startup Grind, and professional social network Commonred. In 2012 Commonred was acquired by Income.com.
Before 2009 he worked at Electronic Arts on games like Burnout, Mirror's Edge, The Sims, and The Godfather The Game. Derek has lived 8-years outside the United States in countries like France, Switzerland, Germany, England, the Cook Islands and New Zealand. He speaks fluent Cook Island Maori and currently lives in Palo Alto California with his wife and three children.
Friday September 19th
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo, Country Manager FundedByMe Spain
Carlos Trenchs Sainz de la Maza, Managing Director at Caixa Capital Risc
- Groupalia.com
- V-lex.com
- Medlumics.com
José Miguel Herrero, Founding Partner Big Sur Ventures
Big Sur is a Madrid based early stage investor that works with innovative companies and passionate teams seeking to transform their markets with great ideas.
They have a deep understanding of what it takes to transform even the best ideas into successful companies. The challenges are significant. As a result, they take an involved, hands-on approach to our portfolio companies providing operational guidance, transactional expertise, capital, network and overall judgment to maximize the potential for success. Big Sur is an active investor that dedicates significant resources to its companies.
Entrepreneurship @ IE Business School
Website: http://entrepreneurship.ie.edu
Location: Calle de María de Molina, 31, Madrid, Spain
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