Startup Grind is one of the biggest communities of entrepreneurs in partnership with Google for Startups. Our mission is to help every entrepreneur in the world. We do so by hosting a monthly recurring event to inspire, educate, and connect entrepreneurs. The Barcelona chapter was granted the "Best Chapter of the Year" award in 2016, with the average assistance of +130 attendees per event, having held over 60 editions since April 2014 and helping local entrepreneurs to take their projects to the next level.
The event will go as follows:
1. An open mic session where any attendee is free to speak up his mind or ask for a piece of advice from the community and receive feedback.
2. A fireside chat with Elisenda Bou (CTO & Co-founder of Vilynx) hosted by our Chapter Director Àlex Rodríguez Bacardit.
3. A networking session in which attendees talk to each other freely over some beers and delicious empanadas. There's no Startup Grind where you don't leave with new friends and exciting connections.
Follow #SGBCN; the official Startup Grind Barcelona hashtag. See you there and happy grinding!
*Note: all our events are conducted in English and do not offer refunds. If you need an invoice email us at leire@startupgrind.com after buying the ticket. We do not sell tickets at the door. All tickets must be purchased online.
Vilynx
CTO & Co-founder
Co-founder and CTO at Vilynx, where they help a group of crazy/smart people build the first self-learning AI brain. Reach her to talk about Complex Systems, AI, Knowledge Graphs/Ontologies and Deep Learning.
Elisenda Bou (M.Sc. Telecom. Eng. UPC-MIT '2010, M.Sc. Electronic Eng. UPC '2011, Phd UPC '2017) is an Associate Professor at UPC, where she in in charge of several research lines on Machine Learning, Distributed Task Scheduling and Software for Nano-Satellite Constellations. Bou is also Lead SW Architect at UPC Nano-Satellite Lab (NanoSatLab) and collaborates with the MIT Aero-Astro Dept. and the UMD Aerospace Engineering Dept. She lectures on Nano-satellites at UPC and was a recipient of the 2013 Google Faculty Research Awards.
She also advises high-tech startups/spinoffs on Machine Learning and Complex Systems.
MarsBased
CEO & Founder
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CEO & Founder at MarsBased and Barcelona Chapter Director at Startup Grind. MarsBased is a 20-people full-remote development consultancy from Barcelona specialised in web and mobile applications developed with Ruby on Rails and Javascript frameworks. Àlex runs the sales/marketing area and is in charge of communications & growth of the company. His background in consulting & development (ex-Deloitte, ex-VASS) and his international profile helps him with the technical and the business perspective. His experience with volunteering (over 5 years at ESN) have helped him to build one of the strongest communities in Barcelona through Startup Grind, events for developers, curating Startup Digest, and managing a Slack community for entrepreneurs and startups in Barcelona.
