Area 31 Newsletter
Thursday, 16th February
Dear Area 31 Entrepreneurs and Friends,
Fundación Créate is looking for volunteers to join them in visiting schools to help 10-16 year old children in developing their first startup projects. Learn about this opportunity to put your talent to the best use further down in our newsletter. The deadline for the Social innovation Tournament (50.000€ award) is coming up quickly. Finally, on our blog, you can ready about Smitzy, a fashion startup in our Incubator, and get a discount code on their new collection.
EVENTS IN AREA 31
Area 31 Incubator Get Together - February
Date: Thursday, 23 February 2017
Time: 18:00 -19:00
Location: Area 31
Startups in IE's Incubator in Area 31 will have their monthly get together. The goal of these meetings is twofold: On one hand teams present their work and achievements of the last month and, on the other, they ask for support to overcome their present challenges.
Venture Network Weeklies
Date : Thursday,23 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
Would you like to help young entrepreneurs with their projects?
Fundación Créate invites you to participate as mentors, visiting a school and sharing one hour with young entrepreneurs, kids and teens 10 to 16 years old. They need your orientation in the key aspects of their project. If you'd like more information on how to collaborate, join their info session to be held in Area 31 on March 1st, 2017. rsvp: yfernandez@fundacioncreate.org
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.
II Conferencia Internacional: ‘Una mirada práctica a los negocios inclusivos"
Los próximos 22 y 23 de febrero, en Madrid, a lo largo de un día y medio, se celebra la II Conferencia Internacional de Negocios Inclusivos. En ella, junto a ponentes internacionales, tanto de empresas como de ONG, aprenderemos a:
1. Identificar cuándo existe una oportunidad de negocio inclusivo.
2. Dar los primeros pasos en su diseño y desarrollo.
3. Lograr que un producto satisfaga una necesidad de forma efectiva al tiempo que genera un impacto positivo en el corto y largo plazo.
4. Desarrollar un mercado que dé respuesta a las soluciones identificadas.
5. Impulsar alianzas y colaboraciones para la financiación, tanto en fase diseño, como en posibles pruebas piloto y promoción definitiva.
Conoce el programa de la conferencia haciendo clic aquí. Suscríbete aquí.
BLOG
Meet the startup in Area 31: Smitzy
Area 31 interviewed Carlos Schmitz, one of Smitzy‘s partners in order to get know this clothing startup that is revolutionizing a piece of clothing as simple as chinos trousers. A cheerful, funny, close but also nonconformist brand has arrived. Their main goal? To create the perfect chinos. They manufacture in Europe and as far as possible in Spain. They want to contribute their grain of sand to the promotion and consolidation of the image of Spain in the world. Much more than just a trousers brand.
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