“The stereotype is true in the United States that they have a very dreamy mentality, but as dreamy as they are and want to attack $3,000 trillion markets, they also ‘zero nonsense‘ [cero tonterías]”They don’t want to hear buzzwords, they want to know how you plan to do things.” If Tech Spirit’s mission is for one entrepreneur to learn from another, one would think the goal has been achieved with this first roundtable. They give him stars Arnau Navarro, co-founder of HaddockAnd Marius Montmany, co-founder of ReverBoth were chosen because they built their businesses One of the most respected accelerators in Silicon Valley (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA), YCombinator.
Both embody what is President of the Tech Barcelona foundation, Miguel Vicente, was attributed to the Barcelona technological ecosystem at the official opening of the congress this Tuesday. This meeting of entrepreneurs and investors, which was born as an impromptu reaction to the cancellation of Mobile in 2020 and became one of the references in Barcelona, is being held for the fourth time in the Catalan capital. startup ecosystem about this. “It will take two days to immerse yourself in the best content, enjoy ‘networking’ and of course ‘next work’,” Vicente promises, mentioning more than 140 speakers and “swords of firsts” on the one hand Spanish and international investment funds On the other hand, the total under management is more than $4,000 million.
It is true that of the approximately 50 roundtables at which this event is held, a dozen deal directly with financing. And for many others who don’t, this becomes one of the main problems. However, companies retain the leading role. haddock, Review, food, Accept Treatment, neuroelectric, 011h, mundimoto, Hi Luz, Travel Advantage, dinbeat, Bitmetrics, Biel Glasses, better care, Social Diabetes, HumanITCare, keybotic, biosorra…They were all invited to talk about their experiences to help guide the entrepreneurs listening in the audience.
The first is directly from Silicon Valley. There, “the ‘show’ doesn’t matter, they ‘hate’ raising more money” because yes, Haddock’s Arnau set up Navarro. restaurant management software. “The aim in Europe is to become a unicorn [compañía tecnológica valorada en más de 1.000 millones de dólares]“The ones that will succeed in the United States are $10 billion companies, no one is talking about $1 billion there,” concludes Montmany, co-founder of Rever, a platform where electronic businesses manage their refunds and returns.
Here are some of the things they learned in the most fundamental area of entrepreneurship: Here you are thinking big; HE You must be in constant communication with customers, Regardless of your role in the company; And? It is very important to get to work the earlier, the better.Even if it is with an Excel and pays the repayments from a personal account like with Rever.
Thirty years of advantage
In Spain “we lack some experience: The United States and Europe have had a startup investment ecosystem for many years“, both entrepreneurs conclude with a diagnosis that will be shared some time later CEO of Neuroelectrics, Ana Maiques, in the same scenario. “It’s not like that Boston be smarter, they are 30 years ahead of us,” summarizes this businesswoman responsible for a device aimed at treating neurodegenerative diseases.
sitting next to entrepreneurs after 011 o’clock, Lucas CarneAnd mundimoto, Joseph TalaveraHis mission is to consider how experience simplifies things a bit. “In the 011h case it was easier because of the history and reputation,” the co-founder of this neo-construction company gave the example. privacy (his first big project as a businessman) had given him one of his most troubling moments; he had to restructure it and was faced with such an urgent need for money that it was not clear to him at the beginning of that year how to carry out the project. We can achieve this beyond the summer.
Co-founder Talavera explains: “The people who end up being successful, doing great things, are because they are there every day and they bite every day: it happens once in a lifetime and you have to go to death.” A trading platform for motorcycles. “The life of an entrepreneur is a rollercoaster, and you have to face the stubbornly and optimistically imposed reality,” he concludes in another roundtable. Co-founder of Holaluz, Charlotte Pi.