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Hello startups! I’m finally back in Madrid after a very busy week! I was in Pamplona giving a Scrum course and then the weekend in Porto for the Startup Pirates Battle, an amazing team pushing for a greater startup community in Portugal.It’s been a very interesting experience because sometimes we talk about the startup community across Europe but we forget that each country, each city within a country has its own challenges. For example, I learned that Portugal has a lot of talent (I already knew that but it was good to experience it again) but very few startups. Most students have no desire to do a startup and the few tech companies that are there have a hard issue finding funding. Especially shocking is the lack of private funding. Mostly all money comes from either the government or European funds.Thankfully, this is changing and there are a bunch of guys pushing for change. On one side you have the Pirates, with members pushing TEDx events or Sandbox Network events across the country. On the other side, you see guys like Diamantino Costa, Chairman at Critical Software and general partner at Critical Ventures, one of the most successful tech companies in Portugal that is trying to fund tech projects not only in Portugal but across Europe.

Anyways, going back to Spain and Madrid in particular, we have one hell of a week! FICOD is here and we’ll have some amazing speakers coming in, including Tim O’Reilly, Gary Vaynerchuck or our beloved co-founder Chris McCann. :D So definitely check it out! Here we go!

 

 

What’s Going on in the Madrid Startup Community

FICOD (Spanish/English)
When: Tues Nov 22, 9:00am – Thur Nov 24
Where: Palacio de Congresos, Madrid

Definitely the must-go event of the week. Literally everybody will attend, ranging from investors to all of the most rperesentative entrepreneurs from Spain and several cool US friends (Tim O’Reilly, Gary Vaynerchuck, Chris McCann, etc.).
 
Inspirational 2011 (Spanish/English)
When: Wed Nov 23, 8:30am
Where: Palacio Duques de Pastrana, Madrid

The only event dedicated entirely to advertising and digital communication in Spain, there are some interesting talks here too. They’re a little unlike because they fight against FICOD for the timeslot but some impressive speakers here.

 

Founder Meet (FICOD) (Spanish)
When: Thur Nov 24, 11:00am – 1:00pm
Where: Palacio de Congresos,Madrid

While inside FICOD, I wanted to mark this event because I think it’s badly needed. Founder Meet is a speed dating event between founders so that you can find a co-founder or partner to help you with your project. It’s a very neat idea that I’m sure is going to be helpful to plenty of people.

 

iWeekend Universidad Madrid (Spanish)
When: Fri Nov 25, 12:00am
Where: Edificio Telefónica, Calle Gran Vía 28, Madrid

iWeekend comes back this next weekend! With a target of capturing the imagination of our students, I’m sure they’ll make a splash and uncover some entrepreneurs within the students.

 

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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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A huge list of events this week. Dallas Give Camp is a notable non-profit effort this week that can always use an extra hand.I wanted to personally thank Jennifer Conley of Gravity Centre for pointing to many of this weeks events. Thank you. And if we’re missing your event, please let me know.Get out there, make a difference!

Chris Bond

 

 

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What’s Going on in the Dallas Startup Community

DFW Scrum
When: ·Tues, Oct 18, 6:30pm
Where: 16633 Dallas Parkway, Addison, TX

Developing software is a complex process. TDD can really help in making it simpler, DRY is another principle to explore. Using them properly, of course, takes lot of skills and practice. This session
will address these issues and hopefully make it easier to practice in real life. It will be illustrated via live coding with the help of few free tools available.

 

It is your chance to make a difference and help out some great non-profit companies.

 

Are you an interactive designer seeking a developer who won’t wince when you want to push the boundaries of what’s possible? Or are you an innovative developer, searching for a creative to give your concepts finesse? Come meet your counterpart.

 

Tom Nelson will be teaching us about responsive themes and demonstrating how to create responsive themes that display sites differently for websites, iPhones, iPads etc. This invaluable lesson will open your eyes to an entirely new way of designing websites for devices.

 

Join the node.js revolution.

 

The Startup Career Fair is a great resource for students and professionals to talk to startup technology companies that are looking to hire employees. The positions range from internships to full time, and cover all experience levels from students to seasoned professionals. A sample of the companies that will be attending is below. This is not the final list, but all the companies below have confirmed their attendance.

 

In the past, I.T. departments controlled enterprise hardware choices and network connectivity. The game has changed. The iPhone and iPad immediately disrupted the consumer market. Rogue IT product adoption soon disrupted how I.T. departments controlled enterprise hardware choices and network connectivity. Increasingly tablet technologies are redefining data security, remote work force management, application choices, with portability and mobility rapidly changing the way businesses operate. Hear about today’s offering and take a peek into the future as executives from Cisco, RIM and Samsung share their views and strategy on competing for the lion’s share of the enterprise tablet market. Cost $35+.

 

GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where software developers, designers, and database administrators donate their time to create custom software for non-profit organizations. This custom software could be a new website for the nonprofit organization or a small data-collection application to keep track of members.

 

 

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Melbourne StartupDigest is curated by:
Humphrey Laubscher - Co-Founder of a stealth startup focused on improving businesses through customer feedback and loyalty engagement
Geoff Burns – Designing software products and solutions for 15 years

 

 

What’s Going on in the Melbourne Startup Community

ACS Mobile Application Development SIG (Free – RSVP)
When: Monday 10 October 2011 at 5:30 PM
Where: Telstra Conference Room 2, Level 1, 242 Exhibition St, Melbourne

Cross Platform Apps in JavaScript with Appcelerator Titanium. Jeff Bonnes will give an introduction to developing iOS and Android native apps in JavaScript using Appcelerator Titanium.

 

Improv wisdom. In this practical session, Mike Askew, Professor of Primary Education at Monash University and a most provocative thinker on future learning, will explore some lessons from improvisational drama (improv) for developing collaboration and team work.

 

Topics: What’s new in Visual Studio ALM vNext & //Build Conference Recap by Anthony Borton
Gentle introduction to node.js for .Net developers by Cristian Prieto.

 

Craig Brown explains how to deal with changing requirements.

 

Modelling in an Agile World – How modelling efforts can still be relevant and useful even when the team is under pressure to deliver quickly.

 

PhoneGap Intro session – There has been a lot of updates to PhoneGap recently, so let’s take a look at them all and explore the potential. For beginners we will also walk through downloading, installing and setting up PhoneGap as well as creating your first (basic) application.

 

Student Entrepreneurs | Agents of Change is proud to announce the return of the most anticipated
business/entrepreneurial challenge of 2011 – IDEAPITCH. The finals are being held on the 12th of
October, where the best of this year’s start-ups will be pitching for their chance to win over $15,000
worth of cash and prizes.

 

How to Build a Killer Board – Some organisations have sensational Boards of Directors from the word go. You know they have a bullet next to their name because of their leadership team. Other Entrepreneurs simply have their shareholders represented. It’s been asserted that a board of a mature business mitigates risk but a board of a young business should aid growth. So how do you get a board that tells the world where you are going? And how do you balance shareholder representation, getting the right skills and networks on board plus getting people playing the right roles on an effective board? Hear some answers tonight on these questions.

 

This is a discussion group for Gamification, ‘play’ and ‘Serious Games’ for education, enterprise,
organisational development and personal development. There is no real structure to our sessions as
of yet, however this will evolve over time. Come down and have a coffee (or bring your playlunch)
and meet some interesting, like-minded individuals.

 

 
Top Upcoming Melbourne Startup Events

October 21 - Sir Richard Branson and Tim Ferriss Summit ($197 for 2 People Special)
October 26 - Android Australia User Group (Free – RSVP Mandatory)
November 4 - Startup Weekend Melbourne($99/$69 [Students] – Weekend Event)

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Melbourne StartupDigest is curated by:
Humphrey Laubscher
Geoff Burns – Designing software products and solutions for 15 years

 

 

What’s Going on in the Melbourne Startup Community

ACS Business Intelligence SIG (Free)
When: Monday 29 Aug 11 at 5:30:00 PM
Where: ACS Pearcey Room Level 2, 120 Clarendon Street, Southbank

In their January report on Business Intelligence (BI), Gartner have outlined what they see as a growing shift in the BI market into two distinct segments: traditional report-centric BI and a self-service data discovery segment focussed squarely on the business user. This talk will look at why this split into these two distinct segments is happening, and how the differentiation will affect the market and the consumers of BI.

Connect Community Hacker Space (Free)
When: Tuesday 30 Aug 11 at 6:00:00 PM
Where: Camberwell, Vic (Please contact andyg(geekscape) or DM @geekscape)

Getting a head-start on the Arduino, before the next big weekend session. These smaller, shorter sessions are intended to provide continuity between the larger monthly weekend meetings.

Scrum & Lean Leadership SIG (Free – RSVP)
When: Wednesday 31 Aug 11 at 5:45:00 PM
Where: TBA

The Requirements Communication Game: People often underestimate how rich and powerful face to face communication is compared to written documentation. This exercise is a fun way of bringing this point home.

Android Australia User Group (Free – RSVP Mandatory)
When: Wednesday 31 Aug 11 at 6:00:00 PM
Where: OpenHub, 243 Collins Street (Manchester Lane Entrance),Melbourne

There is no main topic this month – the aim is to take an Ignite style approach, which is “Enlighten us – but make it quick!”

The Churchill Club ($33 Members, $55 Non-Member)
When: Thursday 01 Sep 11 at 5:30:00 PM
Where: Upstairs @ The Leveson Hotel, 46 Leveson St, North Melbourne

Churchill Club runs panel based events around practical entreprenurship, innovation thinking and emerging technology opportuntiies. Our topic tonight: Building Global Sales Channels.

Melbourne Silicon Beach Drinks (Free – RSVP)
When: Thursday 01 Sep 11 at 6:00:00 PM
Where: The Deck at The Waterside Hotel Rooftop, Corner of Flinders and King Street (entry via Mercantile Place), Melbourne

Silicon Beach is an informal group for anyone interested in entrepreneurship, the interwebs or technology. The active mailinglist is here.

Melbourne Lean Startup ($10 – RSVP)
When: Thursday 01 Sep 11 at 7:00:00 PM
Where: The Leveson , 46 Leveson St, Melbourne

Come meet other Entrepreneurs, Boostrappers, Business Owners, Marketers, Startup Junkies, Investors and Lean thinkers at the second Lean Startup Melbourne event. Andrew Birt & Adrian Stone – How they started AngelCube, Melbourne’s newest incubator and startup fund.

Social Melbourne (Free)
When: Friday 02 Sep 11 at 8:00:00 AM
Where: 1000 Pound Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Social Media Melbourne or #socialmelb is a weekly social gathering of passionate and inspirational Melburnians who have one thing in common: social media. On Fridays at 8am, we collaborate and share ideas, stories and views on a variety of topics from startups to business strategy, the latest news and social change to the latest joints worth a visit around Melbourne.

 

Top Upcoming Melbourne Startup Events

October 21 - Sir Richard Branson and Tim Ferriss Summit($197 for 2 People Special)