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@StartSpain #AngelSchool: 101 Investing in Internet Startups (Powered by @Zoomry)

Posted by admin on 14/02/2012 None comments

Howdy friends!

Nast Marrero, here! Last week we launched Startup Spain‘s first program: the Angel School. Our take is: it’s been a great beginning for Startup Spain. We had more than 60 attendees of which more than 2/3 were potential investors.

This is an unusually large display of interest in the Spanish investment arena, where most events see no more than 20 or some participants maximum. Mentoring Angel Investors to better navigate their deal analysis is a keystone in fostering ITC startups in Spain. The program was a real marathon: 10+ hours of training (don´t worry we let them stop for lunch ;) . Thankfully, our first group of graduates proved to be up to the challenge, taking advantage of all the different elements of the day.

Missing from the program were the typical made-up miracle cures and formulas. We strived to keep the content practical, following the Tetuan Valley Way with hands-on exercises and significant mentors’ experiences

The event was hosted @ the awesome facilities of Madrid International Lab and kicked off by Iñaki Ortega, Director of Madrid Emprende, and one of the main forces behind Startup Spain. In his opening speech, Iñaki brought up the importance of joining private and public efforts to facilitate and develop entrepreneurial activity, and the key role those efforts will play in the long-run global competitiveness of Spain.

Two roundtables with rockstar speakers cherry-topped the program: one from Investors already Angel Investing and another from Entrepreneurs. Each of them gave invaluable insights on what it is they look for, value, and ask during an early stage investment.

The investors’ roundtable was moderated by our very own Alex Barrera (co-founder of Tetuan Valley & CEO of Press42), and formed by:

On the other corner, moderated by Ricardo Fernandez (director of Step One Spain), the entrepreneurs’ roundtable formed by:

Both roundtables aimed to give participants a overview of the ecosystem, showcasing startups from their seed stage through founders that have already made an exit, with similar ranges of experiences coming from the Angel investors, from managers that were just launching their first investment through those who have been in the game for a while.

Given the success and the of the program and the importance we place on such event to foster investment culture we’re already iterating on the feedback from the first event to run a LEGENDARY second edition of Startup Spain Angel School on March 22nd. Wanna get your tickets? Check here!

We had the pleasure of following all the twitter interactions of the event through Zoomry, now in it´s beta stage. The product is awesome and if you check #AngelSchool Social Media @ AngelSchool.Zoomry.com… You can see for yourself they’re up to something big!

You might want to check the slides of our presentations in our slideshare or check the pictures in our flickr group.

Thank you for reading… Bestest!

The Hottest Techies & Entrepreneurs at #StartupDating !!!

Posted by admin on 18/01/2012 None comments

Howdy friends,

This evening we’re running an awesome event that we’re really enthusiastic: Speed-Dating!!! The place were the entrepreneurial lonely-hearts will gather to meet their soulmate for co-founding (or whatever kind of arrangement you would make).

romantic dinner

The event is packed. And have to thank Mario Lopez de Avila who was setting another matching event and decided to join efforts with us and sum his applicants to our event. The answer of the entrepreneurial and tech community have been awesome, and lot of friends have helped greatly to push the event in bit-o-sphere.

I’m gonna try and stream the presentation and the elevator pitches. (We won’t push the actual dates to give them some privacy) To watch the streaming go here. Airing at 19.00!

If you haven’t got your ticket sign in here.

The program:

  1. 1) Intro
  2. 2) 30′ Elevator Pitch Slam by all the daters with a project
  3. 3) Speed-dates!!!

And remember, remember as @abarrera says: We’re huge on twitter! #DatingStartups

How to get started with Twitter

Posted by Connaxion on 28/04/2011 2 comments

Just had a session with Alex Barrera at Tetuan Valley Startup School and it was about Social Media and the popular options (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc). Since Connaxion is about building social websites, we’ll love to share our experience on getting started with Twitter easily.

When I created my account, I was not sure how to get started. Especially the thought of tweeting to just a few followers. Here’s what I did.

1. Upload your photo and write an interesting bio (be yourself!)

2. Follow stuff that you’re interested in so you’ll be updated on whats going on (your favorite brands, personalities, organizations etc)

3. Create a free Twitter management account with Hootsuite (my favorite) to post tweets. It helps you out by having a link shortener, and allows you to post stuff to other social media (Facebook, LinkedIn etc) at the same time

With Twitter being a tool where you can broadcast short messages (140 characters), you can use this basic points to guide your tweets (your message)!

1. To reply someone – type @their twitter name in front of the tweet
Example: @alexbarrera How’s it going?

2. To retweet(repost) something that someone else posted – type RT @their twitter name in front of the tweet
Example: RT @tetuanvalley New post Crisis could do us a favor!http://goo.gl/fb/jqXXl

3. To mention someone – type @their twitter name in the tweet
Example: Great to meet @connaxion at @TetuanValley

4. To specify a topic (use a hashtag) – type #keyword in the tweet
Example:  Now @xorduna on stage killing it! Flawless English and great advice #startupschool

That’s all you need to know. Have fun and happy tweeting!