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Eric Edelstein - Co-Founder & CEO, evly.com

 

 

What’s Going on in the Cape Town Startup Community This Week

My good friend, Dave Duarte, UCT lecturer, and head of Ogilvy’s Digital Marketing Academy, is the guest speaker at the last Heavy Chef event of the year. He’s a fantastic speaker, (he’s been involved in Toastmasters a lot longer than I have), so try not to miss this one.

 

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Top Upcoming Events

January 26 - Scale Conf

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Good morning, everyone! Ready for another amazing week? This past week has been awesome! We had Chris, our beloved co-founder in Madrid, so we took him out for beers. :P We joined with the Tetuan Valley crew, a bunch of startup friends and we had an amazing night! Thank you all for coming, I had a lot of fun!Apart from that, this week I’ve been working hard on my own startup, Press42 to get a prototype ready for LeWeb. Yeah, I’ll be there this year too, so if any of you are going, do ping me. :) I would love to meet you!Some interesting posts from this week, 7 tips on how to get acquired. For those of you starting to look for Christmas gifts, here is a bad ass one, the Twine! (btw, I want a couple!). For those of you in the blogger arena, Om just wrote his reflections after 10 years of blogging (some interesting graphs there) and finally, startups and virality, take a look at the Pinterest story.Before we get into the events, I wanted to thank a lot of you for the kind words I’ve been getting these pasts weeks. Many of you have found interesting people at the events or had a great time at specific events. I’m super happy about that! That’s what the digest is for so I’m very glad! So let’s keep it coming! Events powa!

 

 

What’s Going on in the Madrid Startup Community

iOs Bootcamp (Spanish)
When: Mon Nov 28, 6:00pm
Where: EOI, Avenida Gregorio del Amo, 6, Madrid

My good friend from betabeers kick this new event with my friend @filito from MiNube. He’ll be teaching some iOS coding 101 classes. If you want to learn, this is a great opportunity!

Conferencia startups esade (Spanish)
When: Wed Nov 30, 5:30pm
Where: Fundación Rafael del Pino, c/Rafael Calvo, 39 Madrid

Bunch of talks organized by ESADE. This first one counts with quite a lineup, including Jesús Encinar from Idealista or Gustavo García from Buyvip.

 

Hacks & Hackers (Spanish)
When: Wed Nov 30, 7:30pm
Where: GarAJE (Matilde Diaz, 11 Madrid)

Meeting point between journalists and developers. A place where they’ll share their knowledge. To be honest, I would love to swing by this one but I have another event at 7pm. :( It’s a very new meetup so I’m rather curious.

 

Congreso Iniciador (Spanish)
When: Thurs Dec 1, 9:30am
Where: Auditorio del rectorado de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. C/ Tulipán s/n. Móstoles. Madrid

Our friends from Iniciador organized their II congress this week. Some interesting talks if you care to stop by.

 

Women 2.0 Founder Friday Madrid
When: Fri Dec 2, 6:00pm
Where: The Gin Room, Academia, 7. Madrid

This event is quite unusual, but very needed. Want to find and talk to other founders? Maybe even find a co-founder? This is a great place to start!

 

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Hi people! How has your week been? I’m back from an amazing Barcelona Scrum Week. Super tired, but excited! Lots of great ideas. We managed to get some swag shirts from the guys at RunRoom (also know as runrun; yeah, our English accent sucks. :P).The corporate culture talk we gave was a blast and we had a lot of fun giving it. This week I’ll also be away from Madrid, but on a fun trip to Porto for the Startup Pirates Battle! I’ll be talking with startups there ,so if you’re one of them, ping me in advance. ;)As I’ve been doing previous weeks, here’s some interesting news of the week. First, 17 ways to persuade people is an amazing post on tips and tricks with their corresponding scientific base that you can use when giving a talk. Amazingly, swearing is great for talks! (Yay! I knew it!). Another of my favourite posts this week comes from my good friend Paul, talking about why startups should use English always, no exception. It’s definitely a must read that also has some great links.

This week Mini Seedcamp is happening in Barcelona; if you happen to be around the area, do drop by and try to sneak in cause it’s probably worth it.

Ok, so off we go. Let’s kick it with this week’s events. Wooohoooo!

 

 

What’s Going on in the Madrid Startup Community

V Congreso periodismo en red (Spanish)
When: Tues Nov 15, 8:30am – Wed Nov 16 7:00pm
Where: Fac. de CC de la Información, Av. Complutense (Metro Ciudad Universitaria). Madrid

If, like me, you work with the media, this might be an interesting event to attend. Plenty of media people will be here, from Vocento to 20 Minutos, RTVE, etc.

Mobile Web Development (Spanish)
When: Tues Nov 15, 7:00pm
Where: CAMON, Plaza de Moncloa, 1, Madrid

If you want to learn how to do mobile development, this is a great event to start with. They’ll talk about the theory on how to build apps and will walk through a real-life case.

 

Iniciador (Spanish)
When: Wed Nov 16, 7:00pm
Where: GarAJE. c/ Matilde Díez 11, Madrid

How to be startup from the music is the theme for this month’s talk. Amazing line-up, Aviador Dro, Electric Nana and Pelacha, moderated by Sebas Muriel, VP of corporate Affairs at Tuenti. If you love music, this is the must go event of the week!

 

I Jornada Estatal RITSI (Spanish)
When: Thurs Nov 17, 12:00am
Where: Universidad de Alcalá,Madrid

Meeting for Computer Science students on Agile Methodologies and Cloud computing with talks from the major tech companies in Spain, Microsoft, Indra, Cisco or Tuenti. Not sure what they’ll talk about or even if it’s worth it, but if you’re looking for a job, this is probably a great place to get onto the recruiters’ radars. :P (that’s if you want to work there, hehe).

 

DevOps: HAProxy (Spanish)
When: Thurs Nov 17, 7:30pm
Where: Oficinas de Tuenti, Plaza de las Cortes 2, planta 4, Madrid

My good friend Ricardo will go all ninja on you and he will explain how Tuenti does load balancing with HAProxy.

 

Foro BAN Madri+d (Spanish)
When: Fri Nov 18, 9:30am
Where: Salón de Actos de PromoMadrid. Suero de Quiñones, 34. Madrid

And on the investor side, you can check out the Madrid Business Angel investor forum that will be held this week. It tends to be pretty large, but it might be a good experience to check how startups pitch there and what questions fly around.

 

 

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Gooooood morning, Startupnam! Waking up in Barcelona this week (yeah, I know, I’m on the road again). I’m here for the Scrum Weekso swing by and say hi if you’re around.I was impressed by the number of emails I got last week about the immigration issues in Europe. Not only I got emails from people having problems in Spain, but in other countries like Germany as well (via Twitter):”We actually have to wait 3 months for a new US employee to arrive because of VISA. Should be much easier!”

So again, as I said last week, it’s a disgrace that we’re behaving like this. Not only that, it seems that verbal attacks on foreign are getting harsher. This past week, a good friend told me he had to sustain these attacks in the university. That professors were attacking him for not being Spanish and because he spoke English. I can’t even start to describe how ashamed I am of those behaviours. How mistaken these people are and how they can’t see past their miserable lives…

It’s sad to think that high qualified foreign are being accused of taking our jobs. Not only is this not true, but it’s actually quite the opposite, diversity is needed for innovation. Yeah, that innovation that politicians love to through around.

Anyway, other interesting news of the week I’ve posted on the Press42 Facebook page, Traction verticals (which appeared on our reading list Digest) on different ways your startup can do PR and get exposure, four destructive myths most companies still live by (this one should be read and printed in many companies) or the current status of raising seed and series A rounds for startups.

And after this rant, off we go to the events of the week!

 

 

What’s Going on in the Madrid Startup Community

InterQue (Spanish)
When: Fri Nov 11, 9:30am – 7:15pm
Where: La Casa Encendida, Ronda Valencia, 2, Madrid

One of the most interesting events this week. Opening up the program, my good friend Antonella Brogllia from TEDxMadrid, and a bunch of other good friends will be talking in different round tables. From online revolutions, to education 2.0, going through online journalism or magic 2.0.
 
iWeekend (Spanish)
When: Fri Nov 11, 5:00pm
Where: garAJE, calle Matilde Díez nº11, Madrid

Named, the Spanish Startup Weekend, it brings entrepreneurs, developers, designers, etc., together for a weekend of coding and working on new projects. A definitely must attend this week if you’re looking for inspiration, developers or co-founders.

 

6th Annual Social Responsability Forum (Spanish/English)
When: Fri Nov 11, 3:30pm – Sat Nov 12, 3:00pm
Where: Caixa Forum, Paseo del Prado, 36, Madrid

If you’re into the social entrepreneurship and Social Responsability areas, this forum is definitely a must go. With people like Erik Joule SVP from Levi Strauss, Sarah Murray from the Financial Times or Indy Johar, founder of The Hub, I think it’s a great weekend starter.

 

 

 

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What’s Going on in the Cape Town Startup Community This Week

Google will be launching the latest Smartphone ZA Consumer research, along with a brilliant tool to enable easy access to the stats, followed by some fun demos and great handsets being shown off by the Android Handset Manufacturers, Huawei, Samsung, MiFone and Sony Ericsson!

 

There is a workshop and awards ceremony taking place – check the website for details.

 

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Top Upcoming Cape Town Startup Events

November 23 - UX & Content Strategy Meetup

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Morning, startupers! Hope you guys had a great weekend. I sure did! Plenty of events this week, so let’s get started! Hey, just in case, a good friend lent me the 37 Signals book, Rework, which I’m planning on reading very soon. He told me it’s brilliant and I do trust him very much (He was the first to point me to Maverik, which is a bible for me), so check it out too! :) Also, as a heads up, this next weekend the guys at Agile Spain are bringing Barcamp Spainto Seville. While it’s not Madrid, if you’re around Seville, it’s definitely worth swinging by. Now back to Madrid, let’s kick it guys!

 

 

What’s Going on in the Madrid Startup Community

I’m a huge Neuroscience fan, and Neuromarketing is one of my favourite subjects too, so I think it’s a great opportunity to learn some brain tricks to sell more ;) Do register because space is limited.

 

The SIMO network is here. By far, one of the most popular IT events in Spain. It’s been under heavy format rework for this past year. Hopefully this year it’s better.

 

The second edition of this event is back. If you’re into Twitter and want to check the local scene, it’s a good place to start.

 

TEDx strikes Madrid again, this time with the xSol guys. Smaller than its bigger brother, but with some very interesting speakers. Do check the streaming as, like usual, invitations flew. :(

 

The guys at Agile Spain want to have a distended discussion on what makes good programmers. Definitely a good recipe for an uber flame war, hehe, so definitely fun. :P

 

Doing battledecks is always hard, but doing a battle of battledecks between several startup organizations is even harder. Definitely going to be fun too.

 

If you’re into the education space, it seems like an interesting event. Some government talks but others that look interesting.

 

NFC, QRs and mobile payments will be the center of this event. Check it out.

 

As usual, Betabeers is back one more month. A place to showcase your project, open space and then some beers.

 

 

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Raji Bedi – Founder, doingtonight.com
Jason Raznick - Founder,  Benzinga.com

 

 

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Less than two weeks left to enter Global Entrepreneurship Week’s Startup Open competition sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation. Winners could win a trip to Liverpool and meet global entrepreneur experts or a year’s mentoring by Redbox founders. Sept. 15, 2011 is the deadline. Learn more here and submit your startup here.

 

What’s Going on in the Michigan Startup Community

This informal get together hosted by our good friend Brandon Chestnut is a way to brainstorm and figure out ways to grow the startup community and culture here in Detroit. Please register here.

Five presenters/companies this month take the stage for ten minutes each, five minutes to demo and five minutes to answer questions, followed by open announcements and community networking. Register here.

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Hey, hey! 

Having some well deserved vacation? Hehe me too, having too much sun in Madrid. This week has been exciting though as I had my good friend Paul Papadimitriou in town, so it’s been an interesting one talking about startups. Today, I want to share a very inspiring video of a 10-year-old entrepreneur. (Beware, it will make you feel extremely old :P). So, as you see, this week we only have one event, so things are definitely crawling to a stop here. Have a nice week guys!

Alex Barrera – Co-Founder of Inkzee
Luis Rivera – Founding partner at Okuri Ventures

 

 

What’s Going on in the Madrid Startup Community

Crowdfunding with Injoinet Workshop
When: Wed, Aug 3rd, 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Where: CIBALL, Corredera Baja de San Pablo nº 41, Madrid

So you want to get a grasp of how crowdfunding works? Check out this workshop then.

 

We had some awesome conferences last week from Lean Startup to Make Web Not War! Hope you all had a chance to check them out!

BCIC has also started a forum to hear from the local tech community! So make sure to add your voice here.

This week, come check out MoMoVan and meet the new DigiBC president, as well as an awesome talk on startup legal 101 @ Bootup HQ with my good friend and co-founder of Contractual.ly, Martin Ertl!

Also, on Friday the Northern Voice conference for bloggers starts, and Thursday is the 5th New Ventures BC series on “Managing Your Intellectual Property” – The tickets are free for students or StartupDigest has also received a 30% discount code: “vanstartup”.

And finally, if you’re startup in need of a mentor, my good friend Jimmy Ho is putting a charity event together that could bring out Danny Robinson, Thealzel Lee, tentatively Mike Volker, and many others. He’s also offering a 50% discount for StartupDigest readers so use the code “SD0511″ here if you’re interested.

‘Til next week!

- Jon Chui

Vancouver StartupDigest is curated by:
Jon Chui – iPhone Developer, Invoke Media
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What’s Going on in the Vancouver Startup Community

MoMoVan: Meet DigiBC’s New President
When: Mon May 9, 6:00pm
Where: Fasken Martineau – 2900-550 Burrard Street – Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 0A3 – Canada

MoMoVan = mobile monday Vancouver. Network & meet people in vancouver’s mobile tech scene.

 

Outsourcing Your Business Growth With Riel Roussopoulos
When: Mon May 9, 7:00pm
Where: Internet Masterminds – 1633 West 2nd Avenue – Vancouver, BC V6J 1H4, Canada

Riel has used technology as a competitive advantage since he built his first business selling computer games in high school. He’s built 3 businesses & sold them since. Come check out this talk!

 

UBC talk by Jeffrey E. Boyd on Modern Surveillance Systems
When: Wed May 11, 11:30am
Where: Meeting Room ICCS146 @ UBC’s ICICS/CS Building, 201-2366 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC

Some really cool technology in this talk!

 

Startup Legal 101: Startup Financing with Contractually’s Martin Ertl
When: Wed May 11, 5:00pm
Where: Bootup Labs @ 163 W Hastings Street, BUZZ 200 – Vancouver, BC V5K 0A1, Canada

Finance can get so confusing: Convertible Debt vs. Preferred Shares vs. Common Shares?! Come find out as Martin from Contractually will be talking!

 

Doing Business in the US
When: Thurs May 12, 8:30am
Where: Sheraton Guildford Hotel @ 15269-104th AVe., Surrey, BC

The title says it all ;)

 

2011 GreenAngel Energy AGM and GreenTech Showcase
When: Thurs May 12, 2:00pm
Where: 515 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, BC

Register early – as the event is free! And hear about the new clean tech technologies out there & startups in that space.

 

NVBC Seminar 5: Managing Your Intellectual Property
When: Thurs May 12, 5:30pm
Where: 500 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V7Y 1K8, Canada

Use StartupDigest’s 30% discount code: “vanstartup”.

 

2011 Northern Voice
When: Fri May 13, 10:00am
Where: UBC Life Sciences Building @ UBC, 1958 Main Mall, Greater Vancouver A, BC V6T, Canada

Canadian web-blogging conference held here in Vancouver!

 

Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2011: International Conference and Exhibition
When: Sun May 15, 10:00am
Where: Vancouver Convention Centre @ 999 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Startups in the clean tech space pay attention! Vancouver Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2011: International Conference and Exhibition is one of the leading international events for the hydrogen and fuel cell industry.

 

Top Upcoming Events

Mon, May 16 - The Mentor Connect
Tues, May 17 - Communication Design for the Mobile Experience
Tues, May 17 - Projecting Change Through Social Media
Wed, May 18 – 2nd Annual Canadian Videogame Awards
Mon, May 30 – Self-Discipline is Overrated: How to Succeed Where You’ve Previously Failed
Wed, June 1 – Mobile First! The PhoneGap Story