Autoocupació celebrates a new edition of Startup Huddle during Barcelona Tech Spirit

27 February 2020

  • The networking event brought together more than 100 professionals from the world of entrepreneurship and mentoring.
  • The entrepreneurial projects Copernic and WeYado presented their challenges.
Last Monday, February 24, Autoocupació held the third edition of Startup Huddle Barcelona as part of Barcelona Tech Spirit, the movement dedicated to promoting technology in the city, bringing together more than 100 professionals from the world of entrepreneurship and mentoring. Guillem Arís, director of Autoocupació, opened the event and introduced the challenges of two different entrepreneurial projects in the technology sector: Xavi Creus presented the collaborative and modular web platform Copernic, which designs, develops, and manages business innovation projects; and Cristina Santa explained WeYado, the “Airbnb” for finding places to work and meet. The event, held at the Movistar Centre in Plaça Catalunya, concluded with networking among the attending entrepreneurs. About Startup Huddle Startup Huddle is a networking event where local communities help entrepreneurs solve their challenges. During the event, two entrepreneurs present, one by one, the challenges facing their projects and receive feedback from the attendees. This is followed by a networking session for everyone. Currently, this event is held in more than 50 cities in over 25 countries as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Network. Autoocupació is the representative of this network in Spain.  

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