Finally the moment you´ve being waiting for….

After many weeks of application forms, presentations, debates, and diliberations, the 10 startups to pitch at Venture Day Madrid May 9th are…

SCOUTTI – IMBA

BRANDCONT – ALUMNI

WADAX – EXMBA

GOLSIE – IMBA

KVIAR GROUPE – ALUMNI

TYBA – BBA, IE UNIVERSITY

THE STOCARD APP – ALUMNI

PEOPLE SPORTS  – IMBA

21st CENTURY BET – MIF

YA’AX WOOLIS – IMBA

See you on May 9th, see agenda and register attendance here.

Team Venture Lab

Last Thursday, the Catalan capital got a taste of the IE Venture Network! After a year of successful jam-packed pitch slams based in the Area 31 Valley, the IE Venture Network took its show to Barcelona. The event was hosted in ultrachic Dime Restaurant and was supported by Barcelona Activa, SeedRocket and Wayra. The beer-drinking crowd (thanks Heinken!) eagerly listened to pitches from international entrepreneurs based in Barcelona. The three start-ups represented were Dilunch (whose founder is a Parisian of Arab descent), Kantox (whose founder is also French) and Cognicor (whose founder is of Indian descent). The audience voted on the best pitch, which Cognicor won with 44% of the vote.

The idea to expand the IE Venture Network Day came as a result of its great success and the huge interest that it has generated so far. It is a unique forum in which start-ups can receive expert and audience feedback in a friendly setting. It is also a wonderful setting for scouting entrepreneurial talent, as many of the start-ups that have pitched have eventually entered Wayra and other accelerator programs.

Daniel Soriano, Director of the International Center for Entrepreneurial Management at IE Business School, hosted the event, which was universally judged by its audience to be a great success.

Finally we have published the agenda for Venture Day Madrid 9th May.

We will have a jam packed day full of cutting edge themes and topics to be discussed with our guests and you, the attendees!

This year we have taken a radical turn in making the Venture Day conference more accessible to the startup community.  In the morning we will be running a series of intimate workshops where you will get the chance to participate and quiz our experts on things that matter to you.

The afternoon, as always will showcase the top 10 startups coming out of IE Business Schoool.

Look forward to seeing you there,

The Venture Lab Team

VENTURE DAY 9TH MAY 2013

AUDITORIUM RAFAEL DEL PINO (Rafael Calvo, 39)

8:30       REGISTRATION

9:00        CONFERENCE OPENING                VICENTE MONTES –  DIRECTOR FUNDACION RAFAEL DEL PINO

9:10        INTRODUCTION        LIZ FLEMING & PARIS DE L´ETRAZ – VENTURE LAB, IE BUSINESS SCHOOL

9:15        KEYNOTE SPEAKER          THE POWER OF THE CROWD: LESSONS LEARNED –

URI LEVINE- PRESIDENT & CO-FOUNDER, WAZE.COM

9:45       WORKSHOP TRACK 1 :   USER ACQUISITION STRATEGIES

MODERATOR:    LIZ FLEMING – DEPUTY MD VENTURE LAB, IE BUSINESS SCHOOL

      PARTICIPANTS: URI LEVINE – PRESIDENT & FOUNDER, WAZE.COM;

ADEYEMI AJAO – CO-FOUNDER & CEO, IDENTIFIED.COM

                                EDEN SHOCHAT – CO-FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN, FACE.COM

9:45        WORKSHOP TRACK 2:     MISTAKES TO AVOID – FORMATIONS, FINANCINGS, FLIPS & EXITS

                                MARK WHITE – FOUNDING PARTNER, WHITE SUMMERS CAFFEE

10:45     NETWORKING & COFFEE BREAK

11:15     WORKSHOP TRACK 1:     PLANNING FOR THE EXIT

MODERATOR:    TBC

       PARTICIPANTS: ADEYEMI AJAO – CO-FOUNDER & CEO, IDENTIFIED.COM

                                EDEN SHOCHAT – CO-FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN, FACE.COM

EHUD LEVY – MANAGING PARTNER, VERTEX VC

MARK WHITE – FOUNDING PARTNER, WHITE SUMMERS CAFFEE

11:15    WORKSHOP TRACK 2: PROS & CONS OF ACCELERATORS & INCUBATORS – INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

MODERATOR: PARIS DE L´ETRAZ – MD VENTURE LAB, IE BUSINESS SCHOOL

    PARTICIPANTS: BEDY YANG – VENTURE PARTNER, 500 STARTUPS

JEFFREY CHAR – FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, J-SEED VENTURES

GONZALO MARTIN-VILLA – CEO WAYRA

12:20     INTERVIEW         AMBASSADOR  TO USA IN SPAIN MR. ALAN D. SOLOMONT

MODERATOR:    JUAN JOSÉ GüEMES, PRESIDENT CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION, IE BUSINESS SCHOOL

13:00     DISCUSSION PANEL      PUBLIC POLICY – GETTING INVOLVED V´S GETTING OUT OF THE WAY

MODERATOR:       LIZ FLEMING – DEPUTY MD VENTURE LAB, IE BUSINESS SCHOOL

PARTICIPANTS:  ADRIANA TORTAJADA – MANAGING DIRECTOR, INADEM* TBC

13:45     LUNCH

15:30     INTRODUCTION                                PARIS DE L´ETRAZ – MD VENTURE LAB, IE BUSINESS SCHOOL

15:40     KEYNOTE SPEAKER                          JEFFREY CHAR – STARTUP ASIA: THREAT OR OPPORTUNITY

16:00     VENTURE DAY FINALISTS              (startups to be announced on April 30th)

MASTER OF CEREMONIES            LIZ FLEMING & PARIS DE L´ETRAZ – VENTURE LAB, IE BUSINESS SCHOOL

18:30     JURY DELIBERATION

19:00     PRIZE GIVING & AWARDS

MODERATORS:                             LIZ FLEMING – DEPUTY MD VENTURE LAB, IE BUSINESS SCHOOL

                                                                                PARIS DE L´ETRAZ – MD VENTURE LAB, IE BUSINESS SCHOOL

JULIO DE CASTRO – ACADEMIC DIRECTOR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, IE BUSINESS SCHOOL

VENTURE DAY STARTUP COMPETITION JURY

BEDY YANG – VENTURE PARTNER, 500 STARTUPS

GARY STEWART – DIRECTOR SPAIN, WAYRA

RODOLFO CARPINTIER – DAD

JEFFREY CHAR – J-SEED VENTURES

EDEN SHOCHAT – GENERAL PARTNER, GENESIS PARTNERS

EHUD LEVY – MANAGING PARTNER, VERTEX VC

WAYNE GIBBINS – ASSOCIATE, NOTION CAPITAL

A special thanks to Fundación Rafael del Pino for their continued support & for hosting our Venture Day Madrid in their beautiful installations on Rafael Calvo.

La posibilidad de conectar la teoría con la práctica es un componente esencial en la educaciónuniversitaria, en especial para los estudiantes que cursan un grado en Administración de Empresas(BBA). Alumnos de IE University en la clase de «Social Entrepreneurship», que imparte la profesoraRachida Justo, se han beneficiado de esta experiencia práctica a través de un curso centrado en untrabajo ‘pro-bono’ de consultoría. El objetivo es que los estudiantes adquieran un alto conocimiento de los problemas a los que se enfrentan los emprendedores sociales.

Durante tres meses, más de una veintena de estudiantes de BBA han estado trabajando en pequeñosequipos con los clientes de una incubadora con sede en Madrid llamada UEIA: la primera aceleradoraeuropea de  proyectos sociales de base tecnológica. Esta iniciativa ha surgido de la necesidad a la quese enfrenta el tercer sector, que debe reinventarse en cuanto a la dirección de la sostenibilidad. GenerarUEIA (una huella social como medida del impacto social de una iniciativa) es cada vez más complicado yrequiere de soluciones que sean autosostenibles, no solo como organizaciones sociales o sin ánimode lucro.

Elcurso de IE University incluye trabajos en el aula y una comunicación frecuente (a través de correoelectrónico, conferencias y visitas in situ) con el fin de dar forma a un proyecto de consultoría viable en unárea específica con necesidad de organización.

«Para un estudiante universitario que estudia negocios, la oportunidad de trabajar con una empresasocial durante tres meses puede ser muy revelador», asegura Rachida Justo, quien también da clasesde emprendimiento en los programas de Executive Educationy MBAen el IE. «No sólo estos estudianteshan adquirido una valiosa experiencia, sino que además han sido capaces de crear un impacto real; dehecho, las empresas sociales han respondido con el mismo entusiasmo que los estudiantes y muchasde ella han comenzado a poner en práctica las ideas generadas por los alumnos. Esto demuestra lobeneficioso que es un entorno de trabajo diverso en el ámbito empresarial». En la sesión final del curso,cada equipo de estudiantes del BBA presentará su trabajo a sus clientes en la sede UEIA.

Durante este programa en particular, los estudiantes del BBA están trabajando con las cinco empresassociales asociadas con UEIA a las cuales presentaron sus conclusiones el pasado lunes 22 de abril:

1. AFABLES: El primer orientador social de ayuda a domicilio que ayuda a personas en situación dedependencia personal y sus familiares a escoger -a través de una web- al mejor profesional que cubrasus necesidades, en función de valoraciones, opiniones y recomendaciones de otros usuarios.www.afables.com

2. CIEN-PIES: Educación ciudadana para niños de 4 a 11 años. Ofrece coordinación vía web, conseguimiento GPS, para llevar a los escolares al colegio andando, guiados por profesionales. Refuerza laeducación social de manera práctica y divertida. www.cien-pies.es

3. CRECICLANDO: Plataforma de intercambio que fomenta el consumo responsable para madres y padres con bebés y niños, y para mujeres embarazadas. www.creciclando.com

4.TRIP-DROP: Portal que incorpora experiencias solidarias en los viajes por España y el mundo. Publicanecesidades (no monetarias) de centros y colectivos de todo el mundo, para que viajeros y vecinos lascubran personalmente www.trip-drop.com

5. PASAPORTE VERDE: Promoción del ecoturismo vía una aplicación para smartphones que pone encontacto a los beneficiarios y proveedores de paisaje. pasaporteverde.es

The opportunity to connect theory with practice is a key component of undergraduate education, particularly for students pursuing a Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) degree.  IE Universitystudents in Professor Rachida Justo’s “Social Entrepreneurship” class have benefitted from this hands-on experience through a course focused on pro-bono consulting work.  The objective is that students end up having a well-rounded knowledge of the issues faced by social entrepreneurs.

For three months, more than 20 BBA students have been working in small teams with clients of a Madrid-based incubator called UEIA: The firstEuropean accelerator for technology-basedsocial projects. This initiative hasarisen from the need of what the third sector is facing, which is currently in a time of change and requires reinvention towards future sustainability.

The IE University course includes both related classroom work and frequent communication (via email, conferencing and onsite visits) to shape a viable consulting project addressing a specific area of organizational need.

“For an undergraduate student studying business, the opportunity to work with a social enterprise for three months can be quite eye-opening,” said Rachida Justo, who also teaches entrepreneurship in IE’sMBAand Executive Educationprograms.  “And not only have these students gained valuable experience but they’ve made real impact.  In fact, the social enterprises have responded as enthusiastically as the students and many have already begun to implement ideas generated by the students. It shows how beneficial a diverse working environment can be for entrepreneurship activity.”

Last Monday, in the final session of the course, each team of BBA students presented the culmination of the work to their clients at the UEIA headquarters

During this particular program, the BBA students are working with the following five social enterprises associated with UEIA:

1. Afables:the first social service that recommends help at home. Help for people who experience personal and family dependence, giving them the opportunity to choose from a website the best expert qualified to help with their needs, based on ratings, reviews and recommendations from other users. www.afables.com
2. Cien-pies:city education for children between the ages of 4-11 years old. Coordinationvia web, with GPS tracking, to take children walking to school, guided by professionals. Meanwhile social education is being reinforced in a practical and amusing manner. www.cien-pies.es
3. Creciclando:sharing platformthat encourages responsible drinking for parents with babies and children, and pregnant women. www.creciclando.com
4. Trip-Drop:portal that incorporates solitary experiences when travelling in Spain and around the world. Publishes needs of different centres in the world, so that travellers and neighbours can personally meet them. www.trip-drop.com
5. Pasaporte verde:Promotion of ecotourism via a Smartphone application that connects to the beneficiaries and landscape suppliers. pasaporteverde.es

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MAY 26th

What is Area 31?

Area 31 is an open space for entrepreneurship and innovation at IE Business School. IE’s passion for entrepreneurship has materialized into this ecosystem for startups in Madrid’s center. Within the IE Community, Area 31 has an important mission; to become the home of IE Business School´s entrepreneurs and innovators.  Area 31 will host and incubate teams participating in Venture Lab (IE’s Startup accelerator), IE students launching their own businesses and start-ups run by IE Alumni.

Why should you be interested in being part of Area 31?

Area 31 leverages the obsession of IE Business School for entrepreneurship, its expertise supporting entrepreneurs and the community of successful entrepreneurs and investors gravitating around IE to create the most exciting incubating environment for start ups. Those selected to incubate their businesses from Area 31 will get during the six month incubation period:

• Free co-working space for the whole team
• Free internet access
• Voluntary participation in an internship program with IE graduate and undergraduate students.
• Free international calls sopnsored by 902in *
• Free Hub Conecta Active Memberships  at Hub Madrid for all participants in the incubator plus 5 HUB 100 memberships during 5 months after leaving Area31 for 5 selected teams. Thanks to Hub Madrid participants in this incubator will access an international community of 6.000 plus entrepreneurs **
• Extensive networking opportunities with other entrepreneurs, talented professionals, investors and programmers.
• and, most importantly, access to the vibrant community of this world class Business School.

Area 31 is the perfect soil in which to grow your start up.

Who should apply?

• IE Alumni Entrepreneurs: At least one of the founders must be an IE Alumn
• Leading startups: We consider start ups to be companies created after Dec 2010. We take in full teams, not just entrepreneurs, with a maximum of 4 full time team members per team (prorate hours for teams with part time team members).
• Innovative businesses which are scalable and born with global vision
• Whose team is willing to launch initiatives valuable to the Area 31 community. Each Area 31 cohort of startup teams will co-create their own program of activities that they will run. Participating in Area 31 requires participating in the design, promotion and implementation of the program you help create.

Who was selected for the first edition?

The start-ups that were accepted in the first edition come from many diverse areas, both offline and online, including Social Entrepreneurship, IT (including crowdsourcing websites and mobile apps), Renewable Energy, Health and Beauty and many others. During their time in Area 31 they have designed and implemented a program that combines training sessions on securing funding or applying mindfulness principles to management, networking opportunities among them and with leading entrepreneurs and offering internship opportunities among other initiatives. This is their program, if you’re accepted you will be able to create your own based on your interests.

Recently, 3 teams in the Area 31 Alumni Startup Incubator have won a relevant entrepreneurship competition, Would you like to meet these entrepreneurs? Apply! The first and second editions of the incubator will overlap in Area 31 during the months of June and July. This will provide the opportunity to create a link among both editions to strengthen the community of Area 31 startups.

How can you apply?

In order to apply you need to fill in this form by May 26th, 2013 at midnight (although the form is in English it can be completed in English or Spanish). If additional information is needed, candidates will receive a request for an interview. Selected Startups will be announced on this blog by June 3rd. They will start their incubation in Area 31 on June 10th with a networking and co creation session that will run from 7pm to 9pm.

If you’re planning to apply, it is recommended that you attend one of the open house days that will be held in Area 31  on the following dates: May 7^th at 7pm, May 16^th at 6pm and May 23rd at 6pm. Rsvp required.

For additional information contact concepcion.galdon@ie.edu

*To selected countries and up to a maximum amount of 500 minutes per startup during those 6 months

**The Hub 100 Memberships will be offered only to projects that fit within the Hub community. This will be evaluated through their level of engagement with the community in Area31.

  IE Venture Network
Join IE Venture Network Thursday, 25^th  April 2013!

This weekly pitch slam is an invaluable resource for early stage entrepreneurs, a forum for engaging the entrepreneurial community, promoting your startup, and at best securing an investment from our Investors in Residence Wayra, Highgrowth Innovation, Big Sur Ventures, and Sodena.  The Venture Network is unique in that it is a very informal gathering where startups can meet investors in an informal setting over beers and snacks and focus on what’s important; building relationships.  The Venture Network is a great way to perfect your pitch, get feedback on your product, and meet the local startup community.

The Venture Network´s resident panel of startup experts include:

• Concepción Galdón, Area 31 Director/Venture Lab Operations Manager
• Gary Stewart, Director of Wayra Spain
• Catalina Labiano, Sodena
• Juan Capurro, Boltendahl
• Rodolfo Nevado García , Ahorro Corporación Soluciones Inmobiliarias
• Pilar García, Inversora

The three startups that will present their project in 7 minutes will be:

Alvaro Jimenez, Notorious

Notorious brings the personal shopper experience to your pocket, through a marketplace where you can ask your favorite fashion influencers for personal shopping and styling advice.

Alejandro Artacho, Jobbing You

We believe talent should be without borders. Jobbing You fills job vacancies worldwide by matching global companies with technical talent across the world through an user friendly website employing an innovative personalized «worldmap» design.

Ernesto Enriquez, Portalent

Portalent is a marketplace or an on-line platform to service professionals worldwide. Within Portalent, companies and individuals may publish projects about different categories.

Therefore , any professional may offer their products  to award the contract. Professionals, as well as  having the option for awarding the projects, it may solve their  professional questions either  via online chat or telephone.

IE Venture Network will be held every Thursday, from 7pm to 9.30 pm, at “AREA 31” María de Molina 31, CP: 28006 Madrid

AGENDA 7pm_8pm Pitch Slam – 8pm_ Networking

Para registrarse, por favor rellene el formulario
http://entrepreneurship.ie.edu/venture-network

PAINTING SUCCESS (MATT SHOUP)

Wednesday, April 24th – 19h
IE Business School, C/ María Molina 4, Aula E-108 

In 2004 Matt Shoup was living the american way of life: just graduated from the university, recently married and up to his neck with studies and mortgage debts. But he was not scared. «I am going to take a safe job at a bank» he thought, and so he did. In March 2005 that bank fired Matt and he suddenly found himself unemployed, lacking a salary and without a single dollar in his pocket whilst he owed more than 100,000 dollars in credits. At that moment Matt founded M&E Painting with the last 100 dollars that he had in his wallet. Since then Matt has grown M&E Painting until making it the biggest, most recognized and successful company of North Colorado. With more than 12 million dollars in revenue during the last 8 years, and several awards for creating a triving workplace. Matt is today considered as one of the most influential entrepreneurs of Colorado and the USA.

 At the talk «Painting success» Matt will share and discuss advices about his vision for creating and expanding a painting company, starting for zero, on an industry that is not cool, looks bad, employs poorly qualified manpower y strongly depends on the word of mouth and recognition of its customers.

Matt Shoup
President, M&E Painting, Shoup Consulting
Author, Become an Award Winning Company
Comentario de Matt sobre su libro en YouTube Why I Wrote «Become an Award Winning Company»

El idioma del evento será en inglés.
Registro: http://www.ticketea.com/pintando-exito

  IE Venture Network
Join IE Venture Network Thursday, 18^th  April 2013!

This weekly pitch slam is an invaluable resource for early stage entrepreneurs, a forum for engaging the entrepreneurial community, promoting your startup, and at best securing an investment from our Investors in Residence Wayra, Highgrowth Innovation, Big Sur Ventures, and Sodena.  The Venture Network is unique in that it is a very informal gathering where startups can meet investors in an informal setting over beers and snacks and focus on what’s important; building relationships.  The Venture Network is a great way to perfect your pitch, get feedback on your product, and meet the local startup community.

The Venture Network´s resident panel of startup experts include:

• Gary Stewart, Director of Wayra Spain
• Liz Fleming, Deputy Director Venture Lab
• Katherine Céspedes, Telefónica
• Alberto Benbunan, Mobile Dreams Factory
• Pablo Marti, Emmergia

The four startups that will present their project in 7 minutes will be:

Christopher Fuchs

Alan Cipriani Balarezo, Smart Traveler Games

Smart Traveler Games is a creative team that develops games for mobile devices. Our games are focused on the tourism and travel industry, targeting all users who enjoy earning rewards. We introduce our first product, Routty; the multilingual audioguide that rewards you for visiting cities.

Fabio Collela, Yakir Golan & Francisco Catalan, seemetric

seemetric develops a unique new solution for the Digital-Out-Of-Home (DOOH) advertising industry. seemetric’s solution will provide marketing managers the capability to measure their campaigns’ effectiveness and the ability to adapt them in real time according to the consumers’ responses.

Ya’ax Woolis

Yaax Woolis is brand of bamboo bicycles. Our mission is to create a better world by inspiring a sustainable lifestyle.

IE Venture Network will be held every Thursday, from 7pm to 9.30 pm, at “AREA 31” María de Molina 31, CP: 28006 Madrid

AGENDA 7pm_8pm Pitch Slam – 8pm_ Networking

Para registrarse, por favor rellene el formulario
http://entrepreneurship.ie.edu/venture-network

After coming very close in its most recent attempt to become an Olympic capital, Madrid has decided to add a bit of “entrepreneurial innovation” to its bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, and 3 of Area 31´s Alumni Startup Incubator teams will be part of the process!

More specifically, Madrid’s City Hall, through its network “Madrid Emprende”, is supporting the program “2020 for 2020 Startup Madrid”. One of the main objectives of this program is to support high-potential entrepreneurs that can help Madrid to become even more international by realizing their ideas while creating social impact through their businesses.

On 12 April 2013, the evaluation committee for “2020 for 2020 Startup Madrid” sorted through 150 projects to selected 12 winners. A full 25% of the winners are teams from Area 31’s Alumni Startup Incubator. Congratulations to camare.ro, Pathfinder and Top Around!

We are sure that these are just the first of what will likely be many future victories and celebrations of IE’s entrepreneurial talent!