Area 31 Newsletter

This week Area 31 is hosting a very Interesting Workshop on Growth Hacking! Come and learn the tacts and tricks to boost sales for your start-up on Wednesday. On Saturday Executive MBA team hosts the Academic Sessions in Area 31 with professor Gema Sotoca for the course Entrepreneurship Environment.

From our Opportunities section, Check out South Summit Madrid, the leading startup conference in Southern Europe. AIESEC brings SpainUp, a project that offers leadership development to young people through international experiences in companies, Startups, NGOs, institutions and social projects. The wait is over! Do not miss the opportunity to apply to Startup Incubator in Area 31... The application opens towards the end of this week! From our blog this week, meet Area 31 Startup Sellers N Bloggers and the way they have revolutionized the fashion e-commerce industry!

Date: Wednesday, 19th October (Event date changed)

Time: 18:00-20:00

Location: The Garden, Area 31

Do you have a startup and you don't know yet what is Growth Hacking?

Have you already heard about it but you don't know where and how to start?

Then, don't miss this amazing event where you will learn about what Growth Hackers do, also learn some amazing tactics and hacks that will help you get more clients, sales and grow your startup. Visit here for details and register here.

Date: Saturday, 8th October

Time: 8:00-13:00

Location: The Garden, Area 31

This is an academic Session by prof. Gema Sotoca for executive MBA student. The Students will get an opportunity to work in Area 31 and get a feel of being in the Entrepreneurship environment.

This session is only open to EMBA Spanish students.

Date: October 5th, 6th and 7th 2016

South Summit is the leading startup conference in Shouthern Europe. A platform created with the aim to bring together Startups, international investors and leading corporations in the search for innovation. With more than 7.000 attendees, including 3.500 entrepreneurs and 450 investors The South Summit has become one of Europe’s most relevant startup up events, with key attendes such as 500 Startups, Skype, Zipcar, Square Founders and Co-founders and many more! Learn more and buy tickets here.

AIESEC is the largest youth organization in the world. They offer leadership development to young people through international experiences in companies, Startups, NGOs, institutions and social projects. SpainUp aims to improve the productivity of Startups by connecting with young international innovative entrepreneurs during 3 months, during which they will perform different tasks that will help the business to grow, expand and develop. Learn more here.

Application Opens: 7th October 2016

Deadline: 4th November 2016

IE Business School’s startup ecosystem embraces more than 300 startups every year as well as investors, programmers and corporate partners worldwide. The Incubator in Area 31 is at the very heart of IE Business School's world class environment. Overall, startups in our Incubator have access to up to $150,000 worth of services including freeoffice space, mentoring, training, technical support, free services from our corporate partners and extensive networking opportunities. For details visit here.

Sellers N Bloggers, the first platform that allows you to buy through a Buying Tag... Any piece of clothing or accessory that a blogger has featured in his/her blog. We interviewed Ignacio and Rodolfo, two of the founders to tell us their story. Read more here.

Saturday, 8th October, 8:00-13:00 Only half the space available for coworking

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