Madrid StartupDigest – December 5, 2011

Below is an archived version of the Madrid StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Madrid. If you would like to get next week’s digest on Monday, sign up here.

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Hi all from rainy Paris!Staying some days at the city of lights for LeWeb. I’m very excited to be here, especially because LeWeb is THE startup conference for Europe and even for part of Silicon Valley. Everyone is going to be here, so if you have a startup or work in that industry, you should definitely check it out (big waving hand to my friends at Rude Baguette who will be there too). This year I’m especially thrilled because we’re going to test the first prototype of Press42. That means we’re covering the event, not only as official LeWeb bloggers, but for all things startup for Press42 and our partners too. If you’re a blogger that writes about startups and are attending LeWeb, please do let me know so I can add you to the system. If on the contrary, you’re a startup attending the event (already got in contact with some of the startup competition finalists), email me at leweb@press42.com so we can add your story to the platform and reach the bloggers at the event.

Some news from this week, the big bomb, Facebook buys Gowalla. I nearly missed that one. I’m very happy for the guys at Gowalla. Have a couple of friends there, so I’m guessing I’ll see them in SF. ;) Also, the now infamous list of probable IPO startups from Goldman Sachs. Yeah, you know, the guys partly responsible for our financial meltdown? Well, they’re playing with startups now… And finally, a good post from GigaOM talking about thinking big. I have to agree on this one. Lots of startups aren’t thinking big enough. A lot of people are talking the Lean Startup approach, but they forget that lean doesn’t mean cheap — nevertheless, it seems that’s what most people are doing.

And now, back to our events. Although this week we have 2 holiday so most people are out of town. Very very slow week with only 2 events coming up.

 

 

What’s Going on in the Madrid Startup Community

Re-Twittmad
When: Wed Dec 7, 8:00pm
Where: Irish Rover

If you want to swing by and talk with the Twitter community in Madrid and have some beers, this is the place this week.

 

 
Okuri Entrepreneur Feedback Day
When: Wed Dec 7, 4:00pm
Where: Okuri Spaces (C/ Bravo Murillo 244 Planta 1 28020 Madrid)

After many months, including a Startupbootcamp Madrid and a Tetuan Valley Startup School, my friends at Okuri return with the feedback days. If you have a startup and want to get some free real badass feedback, this is the place to go this week, hands down!