2nd TicketDay at Vit Vic

Last thursday was the 2nd edition of the TicketDay event at Vit Vic,

For this time, the speakers were Ariadna Mateu co-founder of Imaginecc and Innovalley, Josep Albertí founder of Grera and me, Valentí Freixanet founder and CEO of Biapum.
The event was divided with 3 presentations about a quarter each one with a question time at the end of each other.

I was the first. I maked a presentation about mobile apps and the current revolution about that. I explained the consequence of the moment. We started some years ago with the computers. Then, arrived Internet and as a consequence, exist the social networks. Nowadays, we are in the apps revolution and for me, is consequence of all the three revolutions before. The apps exist because we have evolved the computers as a mobile phone called now smartphones. This smartphones has got Internet connexions. Social networks as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare or the mail, makes us to be all the time pending of them and we need apps in our mobile to give us direct, easy and fast access to all of them.

After that, I explained the fourth most important business model of apps developers. Free apps, payed apps, apps with advertisements and apps using In-app Purchase.

Finally, I briefly explained all the Biapum Apps: Àgora, La iaia, Vic, Mercat de Música Viva de Vic, iCollina, Simon and iScrum. I showed them with my iPad2.

I think the assistents liked my speak.

After me, Josep Albertí starts speaking about his entrepreneur experience. He explained his victories and his fails. He shared with us all his experiences and gives some recommendations to all the assistents, motivating them to starts the thinks which they are dreamed in. Also explains de concept of Grera, an interesting network for comapanies.

Finally, Ariadna Mateu, starts a very interesting, natural and brilliant presentations. She explains his experience about founding a company in Sillicon Valley. She talked about the differences between here and Sant Francisco. As says everybody have been there, the mentality is different. They are not afraid to fail. People don't looks bad if you failed with you idea. People is open to help you and is easy to init a new dream. I love how Ariadna express themselves, communicate and transmit feelings.

At the end, she explains about Innovalley and Imaginecc. Innovalley makes intelligent clothes founded by she, my mate of Vic Xavier Verdaguer and another person. Imaginecc is a very interested initiative were Ariadna is directing and also Xavier and my other mate Hugo Pardo ara co-founders. They try to give the opportunity of Europe people to have a Sillicon Valley experience one month. I was thinking last year to be there. :)


Finally, we had got a networking time where can Molas gives as some typical sausages of Vic. I can spook with some interesting people who  I didn't know personally as Miquel Serrabassa or I haven't seen him for a time as Pep Campàs.

Thank you very match to ServeisWeb, TicketDay and Anna Molas to give me the opportunity of present Biapum with as interesting people as Ariadna and Josep. Is always a pleasure to be in Vic presenting my project.

See here the video resume of the event edited by TicketDay:

and the follow blog posts or #ticketDay at Twitter.

http://blog.serveisweb.com/29/

http://miquel.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/relats-demprenedors-i-camins-que-es-creuen/

4th day at Mobile World Congress 2012

Today was the 4th and last day at the Mobile World Congress. By the way, the last day is the less important but not for me in this case. It has been an incredible journey!

In the morning, when I arrived, I came directly to the Applanet at the Wipjam developer conference.

The conference was animated and correct but at 11:00 I had to go with my mate Quique to the apps4bcn speak. It was great, they presented a new good initiative to promote apps for Barcelona. There is no economic revenue at the end but you have the Barcelona brand support if you win. The price will be given 1 year from here. Maybe I think something to do, integrated with the F.C. Barcelona apps opportunity.

After that, I have been speaking with some good people. I met Jordi Taberener who is starting a new adventure in Niuladigital, somebody of the Catdroid group and Santi Ristol from Tempos21. 

Then, I went downstairs, where the Catalan companies where allocated. I visit all of them. I was speaking with BDigital, who allows me some months ago make a good speaking at Spurna center in Girona. Also, I could meet a good Catalan company, Sixtemia, speaking and having a good time with one of his founders, Josep Ma Teixidor. Is always nice to meet people that you only know him by Twitter or by other people.

After that, I came back to the WipJam conference. I met there the ING people, which I was having dinner yesterday because of the app for him we developed at Ideaknow.

I was waiting for the Barcelona Gtug (Google Technology Users Group) time and I can take some T-shirts and merchandising of the sponsors! Thank you!

At the GTUG conference, they organized a Barcamp. Some good proposals has been made. 

Firstly, somebody explains about developing apps for Blackberry with Android. Then somebody explains an experiment mixing Android and Arduino.

Then the topic was Startups. First, one boy starts explaining his case and then.. was the turn of BIAPUM!

I came to the stage and I started to present Biapum to all the attendants. It has been amazing, I have made an informal presentation with my iPad and showed some of my projects. Also, I explained how I got financing and answer some questions. It has been soo interesting and an honor to present my brand at the Mobile World Congress. I am proud about it.

Thanks Roger for the photos with your new Blackberry playbook. ;)

And specially thank to the Barcelona GTUG team, Oriol Blanc, Fernando Cejas, Israel Ferrer and Fernando Garcia, and all the people who bote me, to give me this unique opportunity.

  

After that, I came back to the other room where give the price of the hackaton party. The hackaton was about some API which they open.

In the draw, my friend Alejandro got a Galaxy tab tablet. He was so lucky!

This was the end of the Mobile World Congress. Good feeling with the Biapum presentation and starts the countdown for the Mobile World Congress 2013!

 Thanks ;)