Articles on startups, funding, technology and entrepreneurship from the itnig ecosystem.
Smart parking is one of the easiest ways humans can make cities more sustainable. The term smart city has become quite popular the last years. The expression indicates an urban area that, thanks to the use of advanced technology, isable to deal with a wide range of the citizen problems and needs in an innovative…
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,…
Read moreWhen we decided we needed to redo the itnig website from scratch we managed to synthesize our needs in three words. Fast, simple and reliable. Is there anything faster, simpler and more reliable than static html? Writing a static html page in the dynamic world we live in was out of the question but we…
Read moreHacker schools or bootcamps are getting more and more popular. You’ll learn a programming language in 2–3 months, and you’re more or less guarantied a full-time well paying job. If you compare this to signing up to a four-year degree at a University and getting tons of study loan, the short-cut through a hacker school…
Read moreWhat would Gordon Gekko think of your startup? A startup, like any other asset, is worth as much as anyone is willing and able to pay for it. That being said, let’s analyze the criteria that are often taken into account in M&A or investments: · Economic factors: every startup must have progressive goals: 1. Generating revenues…
Read moreOne of our hard thinkers at itnig. All entrepreneurs believe in their product, even those who maybe shouldn’t, and that’s great. But how to get journalists to believe in what you’re building? I’ll give you some tips on how to let your press-release stand out amongst the thousands of developers that hope get their startup presented…
Read moreSome of our hard-working people at itnig. If you’re running a startup, or working in one, you probably know how much work it takes to build a brand new product from scratch. It’s not unlikely that you’re reading this post by your desk at 10pm, just because you needed a break from your sweaty keyboard. But…
Read morePau Sabria from Barcelona co-founded Olapic which recently was sold to Monotype. A couple of weeks ago Olapic was acquired by Monotype for $130 million. For those of you that don’t know Olapic, is a startup that helps brands promote themselves with user-generated photos. Even though it’s not a registered Spanish company, the founders; Pau…
Read moreView of the Mallorca island early in the morning, after long hours of night sailing The other day a friend was arguing why he would never accept money from an investor to start a company. That would make him responsible and he would feel stressed by having to report to that future shareholder, specially when things…
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