Area 31 Newsletter
Thursday 30th of October 2014
Dear Area 31 Entrepreneurs and Friends
IE's Entrepreneurship blog features two very interesting articles by guest authors. One of them on customer service and the other one on how to use resources wisely during product validation. Finally, watch out for two great opportunities worth 15,000€ and 150,000€!
EVENTS NOV 3RD - NOV 9TH
Entrepreneurship workshop for Anahuac University
16:30--18:00
Location: Area 31
Students from Anahuac University of Mexico will come to Area 31 for a master class on Entrepreneurship, Business Opportunities and Innovation taught by professor Concepción Galdón. This is a private event.
Venture Network
19:00--22:00
Location: Area 31
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.
2014 MBA Roundtable Curricular Innovation Symposium
13:00--18:00
Location: Area 31
Industry leaders, Business Schools, Faculty and Senior Aministrative decision makers will gather for MBA 2020, a joint Symposium of the MBA Roundtable and IE, on 6-8 November, 2014 in Madrid. Through a highly engaging format, the symposium presents an opportunity to network with peers from schools across the globe to explore the future of the MBA and how business schools should shape and deliver learning for 21st Century managers and leaders. For further information about MBA 2020 click here
OPPORTUNITIES
KIC Innoenergy Awards
KIC Innoenergy launches its first sustainable energy awards in Spain. The prize includes: 10,000€ in cash, 3 months office space, 6 months mentoring and media coverage. Overall, the total value of the prize is 15,000€ Read more and apply here.
INCENSe, Internet Cleantech
There's 150,000 Euros and acceleration services at stake! INCENSe is an accelerator launched by the European Program FIWARE, focused on Clean Tech. 14 startups from all over Europe will be selected to participate. Read more and apply here.
FROM THE BLOG
Customer service, support, care…. or love?
Author: Martina Cusano, General Manager at Groupalia Srl
Dear lean startuppers, you’re working on business model canvas, bootstrapping and growth hacking ….Ok; you’re all doing it right. But, have any of you ever stopped to think about customer support? If you hear successful entrepreneurs speaking the topic comes up quite often. It seems though that none has still found a word to make it sound catchy. And as first time entrepreneurs go through the process of building businesses, they tend not to even think of customer support until they get that very first customer contact or, most probably, until they receive a large enough number to start thinking of it as a problem. See more
Using your resources wisely while you’re in search of Product Validation I
Author: Jorge García-Luengo
Product Validation can take many paths; some can exhaust your cash and kill your project, extenuate the teams’ morale, or take too long to accomplish making you lose momentum. To avoid this, start-ups must be smart, they must challenge some aspects of what is often considered “common sense” in corporate management, adopt a scientific approach to business development, and follow a business sequence. See more
AVAILABILITY OF THE SPACE
- Tuesday Nov 4th, 16:30-18:00, half of the space will be available for coworking
- Friday Nov 7th, 13:00-18:00, half of the space will be available for coworking