According to the internet it’s thousands of startup accelerators programs & incubators out there, looking for the most talented startups to accelerate. What started with Y-combinator back in 2005, was followed by Techstars, 500 startups and a couple of thousand other organizations which now all are competing for the same talent, according to Angel Garcia,…
Read moreThe first accelerator as we know it was Graham’s YC in 2005, followed by the franchise Techstars (2006), Seedcamp (2007), 500 Startups (2010), up to 1.600 currently in Crunchbase , along with incubators, seed funds, investment clubs, pitch forums, bootcamps, weekend hackathons, public and corporate incubators, … they are all different models that systematically look for winner…
Read moreFour or five moments, that’s all it takes. To be a hero. Everyone thinks it’s a full-time job. Wake up a hero. Brush your teeth a hero. Go to work a hero. Not true. Over a lifetime, there are only four or five moments that really matter. — Colossus, Deadpool I love that quote, so much…
Read moreProducts, services, delivery-, wholesale- or resale-businesses, software as a service, subscription based models — all business models have one thing in common: they are about a market that demands something, and this market consists of people. Which means whatever you are offering, to make it a success it needs to be a good fit with what people…
Read moreCo-founders of Factorial Pau Ramon Revilla (CTO) and Jordi Romero (CEO). There’s a new startup in town, and we’re lucky to say it’s an itnig company. Factorial wants to make the HR role both easier and less time consuming through their cloud-based HR platform. Factorial has already started on-boarding several Barcelona companies to their platform. Many…
Read moreThe Catalan organization CECOT representing over 6000 entrepreneurs, awarded itnig startup Parkimeter with the award for best new company. Once every year CECOT hosts what they call “the night of the entrepreneur” in Barcelona. Here they award different kind of local entrepreneurs, and this year it was co-founders of Parkimeter, Jordi Badal and Ferran Gatius…
Read moreThere are few startups or young companies that doesn’t have a blog these days. We all know the benefits of producing content in one shape or another, but exactly how to do it the right way? There are several ways to establish yourself as a quality content provider, and some things you need to avoid…
Read moreA total of 120.000 people attended the Barcelona Games World conference in 2016. Barcelona Games World 2016 recently ended as a success with over 120.000 visitors over four days. It was the first year the congress was held, and entertained its attendants with over 1000 gaming stations, 30 mini conferences and 371 interviews with prominent game…
Read moreVideo, video, video, the Facebook feed will be all videos in five years. That’s the words of Facebook vice president for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Nicola Mendelsohn earlier this year. Vice president for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Nicola Mendelsohn. The last 3–4 years we’ve seen videos explode in social media. With the emergence of…
Read moreEven though Playfulbet’s product is e-sports and sports betting games, our success in capturing thousands of users and followers has not been left up to chance. Behind Playfulbet there’s a young team that first and foremost love what they do, as we get to work with our biggest passion — games. And it feels even better to…
Read moreThere’s tons of events in the Barcelona startup ecosystem, you can find all the itnig events here. Everyone that works in startups desire a strong, growing and inclusive community. It’s something everyone benefit from, founders, VC’s, developers, marketers, the list goes on. How you perceive a community often depend on if you’re a local or not.…
Read moreCEO Oriol Vinzia checking up with his team at their Poble Nou offices. The Barcelona-based startup will in October launch new features to their product, and let people work out across borders in both Spain, France and Italy. This was a natural move for the startup that recently have grown a lot in the B2B market,…
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