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Week 21 // 19th to 25th May

Hola, Madrileños! Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Monday, 19th

• 📝 Elementos Clave de tu Plan Financiero/ 9.30am -1.30pm: a training session for entrepreneurs covering essential elements of creating a solid financial plan, aligning financial strategies with business goals, and supporting growth and decision-making.
• 🤖 AI Agents in Azure: Innovation and Practical Applications/ 5 - 7pm: an AI expert will present practical applications of autonomous agents in Azure OpenAI, including building adaptive chatbots and optimizing cloud-based intelligent applications.
• 🥕 Alimenta Tu Pasión: Food & Tech/ 6 - 9pm: food and technology event highlighting how digital tools are reshaping the culinary industry, optimizing kitchen operations, improving customer engagement, and increasing business profitability.
• 📈 De Agencia a Freelance sin Filtros/ 6.30 - 8.30pm: a strategic designer sharing her unfiltered journey from working at agencies to becoming a freelance professional, discussing the challenges and realities of freelancing in the design industry.

Tuesday, 20th

• 🤖 Prototipar, Validar y Crecer con IA en un Mercado Saturado/ 9am - 1pm: Cloud District and HubSpot are co-hosting a free event at the Google for Startups Campus about using AI to create personalized experiences, validate smartly, and scale projects effectively in a saturated market.
• 🐋 Modern Containerization Strategies | Amazon EKS/ 9.30am - 2pm: workshop covering the fundamentals of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), including hands-on labs deploying applications, managing pod lifecycles, and configuring secrets. Designed for participants with basic container knowledge and combining theoretical concepts with practical demos.
• 📊 Tableau Experience: Tableau Essentials Workshop/ 10am - 12pm: hands-on workshop and final session in a three-part Tableau learning series, designed to teach participants basic Tableau skills including data preparation, advanced table techniques, and dashboard creation, with live expert support and practical exercises.
• 🤝 Dinanetworking/ 10am - 3pm: networking event designed for community leaders to connect with other communities, make strategic alliances that boost visibility, authority, and business growth while participating in dynamic group activities.
• 🧠 Salud Mental para Emprendedores/ 11am - 1pm: tools for entrepreneurs to manage mental health challenges such as burnout, stress, anxiety, and depression. Hosted by the founders of Ancla.Life and including a panel of entrepreneurs sharing their experiences.
• 📸 Fotografía como Herramienta Creativa para tu Proyecto/ 12 - 2pm: showcasing how to use photography to effectively convey brand identity and connect with audiences through compelling visual storytelling.
• 📲 Negocios y Pymes - Contenidos de Calidad con tu Móvil/ 5.30 - 7pm: practical workshop led by the CEO of Videoriders, teaching entrepreneurs and small business owners how to shoot and edit effective social media videos using only their mobile phones and the free editing app CapCut, with no prior experience or professional equipment needed.
• ✈️ Turismo Rentable: Estrategias de Revenue y Profit/ 6 - 8.30pm: revenue and profit strategies specifically tailored for the tourism sector, aiming to help businesses maximize their earnings in a competitive market.
• 🟢 Google I/O Extended/ 6 - 9pm: watch party of Google I/O, the annual developer conference, at the Google for Startups Campus streaming Google’s latest announcements live, followed by a networking session to discuss innovations in AI, software, and hardware.
• </> Better Scala Builds with the Mill Build Tool/ 6.30 - 8pm: technical talk about Mill, a Scala build tool that offers improved performance, simplicity, and IDE support compared to SBT. The session includes a live coding demonstration and explores modern techniques for better build configurations.
• 🔥 Business Speed Dating/ 6.30 - 8.30pm: fast-paced networking format for professionals and freelancers to meet and explore potential business partnerships. The format includes rotating small-group conversations followed by informal networking over drinks.
• 📚 Isabel Allende Presenta su Nueva Novela «Mi nombre es Emilia del Valle»/ 7.30 - 8.30pm: the internationally famous author Isabel Allende will present her new novel "Mi nombre es Emilia del Valle" in a journalistic interview format. You can also purchase signed copies at the event.

Wednesday, 21st

• 🆙 Level UP - Reinicia tu Negocio/ 9am - 6pm (1/3): three-day intensive training event offering practical business strategies and high-impact coaching to help entrepreneurs learn marketing and sales techniques. It includes top national speakers and a business diagnosis session with a certified consultant. Head up: tickets are not free, but not that expensive if you consider the value you can get over 3 days.
• 🔑 Sima Madrid/ 9.30am - 6pm (1/4): leading international residential real estate event at IFEMA that connects professionals, investors, public administrations, and individuals, featuring over 300 exhibitors from diverse sectors like development, financing, proptech, and services.
• 🛡️ Cómo Alsea Digitalizó sus Procesos de Seguridad, Salud y Bienestar/ 10am - 1pm: event by Prodity Software showing how Alsea successfully digitalized its safety and health management processes, with expert talks on AI-driven ESG and EHSQ management.
• ☕ Coffee Training Jornada VI/ 4 - 7.30pm: looking for a job? This event is part of a series of in-person interview sessions connecting professionals in specialized engineering and environmental fields with companies offering relevant job vacancies. Enjoy refreshments and gain access to networking and employment opportunities across multiple industries.
• 🎯 Emprende con Jaime Cabezas/ 5 - 7pm: free masterclass on business strategy for entrepreneurs and professionals, offering expert talks, practical tools, and networking opportunities to help grow and strengthen businesses.
• 💻 Nexus 2025: Novedades y Versiones/ 6 - 8pm: presenting the new features of Nexus 2025 Community version and comparing them with the Pro version, aimed at architects and software engineers. Enjoy a casual networking session with vermouth tasting while discussing DevSecOps and digital transformation technologies.
• 🏛️ FormaDOOR | Contratación Pública: Qué es una Licitación y Participación/ 6.30 - 8pm: explaining what public bidding is and how to participate in it, offering practical guidance on the key phases, required documents, and eligibility criteria for companies interested in public contracts.
• </> Untapped Potential in the Java Build Tool Experience/ 7 - 9pm: discussing the limitations of current Java build tools like Maven and Gradle in terms of performance, extensibility, and IDE support, and introducing "Mill," an experimental build tool aiming to make Java build processes faster, safer, and easier.
• 🚀 Madrid Startup Bar/ 8 - 10pm: monthly networking event where a notable entrepreneur is interviewed, followed by presentations from three startups whose business plans are judged by a panel and voted on by the audience to select a winner.

Thursday, 22nd

• 🔐 Net&Sec Track | Estrategias Avanzadas de Detección y Respuesta a Incidentes en AWS/ 9am - 3pm: Amazon Web Services workshop focuses on advanced strategies for threat detection and incident response in cloud environments, covering key security services like GuardDuty, Macie, Inspector, Security Hub, Detective, and Security Lake.
• 🎯 La Product Conf Madrid 2025/ 9am - 8pm: one of Spain's largest annual digital product conferences with over 25 national and international speakers, two stages with diverse talks, and networking opportunities for product professionals and enthusiasts. Tickets are quite expensive.
• 🥽 Impulsa la Productividad en tu Empresa con la Realidad Virtual/ 10am - 1pm: workshop by INVELON and Meta on how Virtual Reality is transforming business productivity through real case studies, expert talks, and interactive sessions on applying immersive technologies for training, collaboration, and innovation.
• ✨ Creatividad para la Transformación Digital en Seguridad y Salud Laboral/ 10am - 2pm: discussing digital transformation in occupational health and safety to promote creativity and technological solutions to help SMEs improve risk prevention, training, and workplace safety.
• ⚡ Innovar sobre la Tradición del Distrito: Dale una vuelta a tu negocio/ 12 - 2pm: exploring how traditional businesses can innovate by using existing strengths with new technologies and processes. Experts and local leaders will share strategies to help entrepreneurs reinvent and add value to their established businesses.
• 🍺 Beer with… Gala Freixa/ 5 - 6.30pm: enjoy a beer while listening to Gala Freixa, co-founder of Sheedo, discussing sustainable marketing and innovative eco-friendly merchandising solutions like plantable paper made from cotton waste.
• 💻 Taller de Figma/ 5 - 8pm: workshop led by Muak Studio offering hands-on training in Figma, a collaborative web application for interface design, focusing on UX and user experience design. Learn expert workflows, improve your design skills, and get live answers from professionals using the tool daily.
• 🤓 Cuestiones Legales para Autónomos y Emprendedores/ 5.30 - 7pm: after being rescheduled twice, Work Café Santander re-organizes this meetup to provide legal guidance for freelancers and entrepreneurs on topics like self-employment vs company, tax obligations, and social security contributions, led by a business law expert.
• 🤝 FormaDOOR | La Importancia Real de Contratar Bien/ 6.30 - 8pm: discussing the critical importance of hiring the right people and choosing reliable service providers for business success. Learn practical strategies to make smarter, cost-effective hiring decisions and avoid common mistakes.
• 🤖 Rauda AI Talks - IA en Acción: Historias que ya Están Cambiando Empresas/ 6 - 8.30pm: leaders sharing firsthand stories at the Google for Startups Campus about how AI is transforming businesses, practical use cases, chatbots, location intelligence, data strategy, travel technology, and customer experience.
• 🤖 Meetup IA/ 6.30 - 9.30pm: all about the rise of AI Agents in automation, with practical insights and live demos with AWS tools, AI design patterns, real-world applications, and how intelligent agents are transforming productivity in business and personal contexts.
• 📈 13º Raller BrainVestor: Mesa redonda Mujeres e Inversión/ 7 - 9pm: roundtable on challenges, biases, and opportunities women face in investing, exploring gender differences in decision-making and cultural barriers. Learn how to build confidence and autonomy in investment while highlighting the role of men as allies for a more inclusive financial environment.
• 🍺 Cañas A La Madrileña XIV - REVEL/ 7 - 9.30pm: informal networking event for members of the tech and entrepreneurial ecosystem in a relaxed atmosphere with good food and drinks.
• 🍕 Pizza DAO Madrid Bitcoin Party 2025/ 7 - 11pm: our friends from Mutants Beer and CryptoDays organize this event to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the first Bitcoin transaction where 10,000 BTC were used to buy two pizzas. Enjoy discussions from top crypto speakers, pizza and beer, music, giveaways, and networking opportunities with crypto, blockchain, and Web3 enthusiasts and creators.
• 🍻 Guiris After Work Beers/ 7 - 11pm: casual social event by Guiris de Mierda offering cold drinks, relaxed conversation, and icebreakers for internationals and locals looking to unwind after work and socialize with other professionals.

Friday, 23rd

• 🚀 The MarTech Summit/ 8.15am - 7pm: exclusive event for senior marketing and technology executives, offering insights on the latest trends in marketing technology, data-driven strategies, AI, digital transformation, and customer engagement. Tickets are quite expensive.
• ☁️ Atlassian Cloud, Rovo y Teamwork: Mapa del Trabajo en Equipo/ 9.30am - 3.30pm: celebrating the growth of the Atlassian Madrid community, focusing on updates about Atlassian Cloud, Rovo, and Teamwork Graph. Learn how these tools improve team collaboration by integrating people, data, and intelligence into a unified workflow.
• 🖥️ Power Platform Madrid 2025/ 3 - 7pm (1/2): tech event focused on Microsoft Power Platform with practical workshops and educational sessions for beginners and advanced users. It includes hands-on training and knowledge-sharing sessions organized across two venues.
• ✈️ Objetivo: Viajar Sola/ 4 - 7.30pm: planning to travel alone? Join this event empowering women who travel alone or aspire to do so, offering inspiration, advice, networking, and a supportive community.

Saturday, 24th

• 🔥 TEDxAlcarriaSt 2025/ 10am -1pm: another TEDx free event featuring seven expert speakers sharing innovative and motivational ideas across diverse fields like communication, social economy, psychology, sports, nature, and social aid, with opportunities for networking during breaks. This time it is hosted in Guadalajara, a 40min drive outside Madrid.

Sunday, 25th

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📚 Bi-weekly Business Book Recommendation (week 2/2)📚

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit by Seth Godin, the legend of marketing: serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker.

• What: we have all been there. Moments of doubt and difficulty when life challenges you, and you ask yourself if you should continue or if it is not worth it. Entrepreneurship, business, career, work, everything is hard. Should you keep going through the grind, or should you quit and focus on something else? Find some food for thought on this topic with this little book, which you can read in a couple of hours or so.
• It's for you if: you’re feeling stuck, you’re a high achiever, you have big ambitions, you struggle with commitment, you fear failing or quitting, you’re an entrepreneur, a leader, or a professional facing the challenges of becoming better in your career.
• Key takeaways:

- "The Dip" is the difficult period after the initial excitement but before the big payoff. It’s where most people quit because it's harder to keep going. You will face this phase in every project that is worth pursuing.

- Quitting is not synonymous with failure. Strategic quitting means recognizing dead ends or distractions and refocusing on areas with real potential. Success is disproportionately awarded to those who are the best in their niche. Focus on excelling in a specific area.

- Understand when to quit: If a path is not aligned with your long-term vision or has no clear potential for success, quitting frees up resources for better opportunities.

- When you feel stuck and think about quitting, remember the reason why you started in the first place. Evaluate if that is still aligned with your goals.

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Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not an affiliate nor responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #32 (18.05.25)