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Week 27 // 30th June to 6th July
Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?
Monday, 30th
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Tuesday, 1st
- 💰 Anatomía de una Venta Consultiva: Fases y Factores Críticos de Éxito/ 6.30 - 8pm: training session, led by an expert in strategic communication and sales, focused on the key phases and success factors of consultative selling, offering entrepreneurs practical insights into structuring effective sales conversations and avoiding common mistakes.
- 🎤 Open Mic Storytelling #17 @Tropicana "Summer"/ 7 - 9pm: open-mic storytelling event where you can share personal stories in a relaxed setting, this time on the common theme of "Summer". Tell your stories or simply listen to others, creating new connections.
- ₿ Proyectos en RSK: Asami Club con Nubis/ 7.30 - 9.30pm: introducing Asami Club, a platform built on RSK that supports Bitcoin, DeFi, and Web3 projects by enabling transparent, community-driven promotion through smart contracts and open-source tools. Join a network of content creators who are compensated with project payments and club equity.
Wednesday, 2nd
- 🙌 Conexión CEO - Madrid Edition/ 5.30 - 8.45pm: offering small business leaders a tailored experience combining a live podcast, a practical workshop on strategic tools, and networking opportunities, to help entrepreneurs grow and manage their businesses more effectively.
- ❌ Fuckup Nights Madrid (Vol. XVII)/ 6.30 - 9.30pm: another appointment with Fuckup Nights, where professionals share personal stories of failure to inspire learning, resilience, and connection within the entrepreneurial community. Expect talks, Q&A sessions, and networking over food and drinks in a relaxed, supportive environment.
- 🌆 Guiris After Work Rooftop/ 7 - 11pm: rooftop after-work social event with drinks, light music, and icebreakers, aimed at bringing together a mix of internationals, locals, and newcomers for relaxed networking and conversation. Enjoy some deserved relax while connecting with other professionals.
Thursday, 3rd
- 🏙️ Ciudades que Lideran/ 10am - 12.30pm: strategic forum on how innovation, circular business models, and sustainable practices are redefining economic development in adaptable cities. Enjoy panels with European policymakers, corporate ESG leaders, and urban planning experts.
- 🗣️ 10th Annual Meeting on International Entrepreneurial Mentoring/ 5.30 - 7pm: hosted by Fundación Madri+d to show key insights and results from its international mentoring program, with experts from European Space Agency, Youth Business Spain, and UCM. It highlights mentoring best practices, success stories from entrepreneurs and mentors, and concludes with a networking session over vino español.
- ✨ Clean Creatives llega a España: ¡Aquí Empieza!/ 6 - 8.30pm: Clean Creatives Iberia, a community for sustainability, hosts its first in-person gathering to unite communication professionals committed to a fossil fuel-free future, with talks, networking, and insights on joining the movement.
- 🤝 CTO Networking MAD/ 6 - 9pm: casual meetup for CTOs and senior engineering leaders to connect over drinks and tapas, featuring optional 10-minute talks with no slides. Sales pitches are strictly prohibited!
- 🚀 The Pitch Room - Club de Inversión El Escandallo/ 6 - 9.30pm: investment-focused event where innovative hospitality startups present their projects to investors, mentors, and key ecosystem players, followed by a cocktail and open networking session.
- 🤗 Construir la Experiencia: Espacios que Emocionan y Lugares que Acogen/ 6.30 - 8pm: roundtable by IE Business School exploring how to create emotionally resonant spaces in luxury architecture and hospitality, with insights from architect Ramón Esteve and hotel founder Daniel Mayo Pardo.
- 🏠 Open House by PropHero/ 6.30 - 10pm: afterwork open house for real estate with talks by investors Jaime Gil and Edu Saz, along with pizza, drinks, and relaxed networking. Designed for those interested in property investment and industry conversations.
Friday, 4th
- 🔀 Madrid Tech Mixer and Social/ 5.30 - 8.30pm: weekly tech mixer and social event for professionals in tech, AI, data, and related fields to network, share ideas, and explore career opportunities over afterwork drinks, open to everyone, from beginners to experts.
Saturday, 5th
- 🌍 The Legacy Flow Sessions | A 3-Hour Co-Work with Global Visionaries/ 11am - 2pm: curated 3-hour co-working experience for heart-driven entrepreneurs and creatives, combining guided journaling, focused work sprints, and intentional connection to boost clarity, productivity, and purpose.
Sunday, 6th
- ✍️ Co-writing Madrid #31/ 11am - 1pm: 90-minute group writing session where you can focus on your writing and (optionally) share your work with the other participants later on. Find your writing focus among a group of other writers.
Upcoming Events
- 🍸 Professional Networking & Drinks - PNM, July 7th
- 🇮🇹 Storie di Business & Tech: Dove Professionisti, Imprenditori e Startup si Incontrano, July 9th
- 🔥 Deep Chats x HOST, July 10th
- ☕ Café en Comunidad - Cómo crear Comunidades que Transforman, July 15th
- ₿ CryptoDays x La Vida Crypto (Ep.150), July 18th
Bi-weekly Business Book 📚
Historia de un éxito: Mercadona - Las claves del triunfo de Juan Roig (English version, Spanish Version)
by Javier Alfonso, Spanish economic journalist who deeply reconstructs the history of Mercadona in this book.*
- What: this time I want to recommend to you this short book telling a piece of Spanish history. It focuses on the birth and growth of Mercadona, from a small family grocery business into Spain’s leading supermarket chain with over 1600 stores and hundreds of products sold by its own brand Hacendado. Mercadona's owner, Juan Roig, is a wildly successful Spanish entrepreneur with an estimated personal net worth of about 6 billions.
- It's for you if: you are interested in business stories and want to learn how a local family grocery store became a national retail chain through smart leadership and innovation.
- Key takeaways:
- Mercadona’s success is rooted in always putting the customer first, constantly adapting products and services to meet their evolving needs.
- Mercadona avoids traditional promotions and discounts, instead offering stable, consistently low prices year-round, which builds customer trust and simplifies shopping decisions.
- Employees are offered permanent contracts, above-average wages, performance bonuses, and significant training, but pressured to maintain high-quality standards
- Juan Roig is recognized for his customer-centric approach, continuous reinvestment of profits, and commitment to employee welfare and supplier partnerships.
*If you decide to buy the book through the link, I will gain a small commission that helps me sustain the costs of the mailing platform and continue with the newsletter. Book recommendations are always based on books that I personally bought, read, liked, and enjoy discussing. Thanks for your support!
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