We are glad to receive Javier Barberá, Central Musical’s CEO, next Tuesday 29^th April at 18.00 hrs in S-101.

Central Musical produce and broadcast on the Internet live music bands. They work in exclusive collaboration with concert halls in Spain, Portugal and expand more and more internationally.

Javier Barberá will present the company business model.

REGISTRATION: Please sign up HERE (WITH NAME + SURNAME + EMAIL)

The IEntrepreneurs’ Club is delighted to invite you to the Family Business Debate on Thursday, April 24 in Room S-101 at 6.30 pm.

The discussion will open with an introduction by Professor CRISTINA CRUZ, who teaches the Family Venturing elective course at IE. Ms Cruz was born into a family business environment and works as a family business consultant.

The first topic of our discussion will be leadership. How to be an effective leader in a family business?

Several of our colleagues from different sections and programs will share their experience of working in family-run firms and talk about the associated challenges and opportunities. A large part of our discussion will be dedicated to Q&A to maximize input from everyone present.

REGISTRATION:
Please sign up HERE (WITH NAME + SURNAME + EMAIL)
For further information send an email to EntrepreneurshipClup@ie.edu

We are proud to present Wouter Lauwaars, in our next Guest Speaker Series. He will be discussing his favorite daily pastime …, reading Business Plans.

He worked for Rabobank International (Dutch Triple A rated Investment Bank dedicated to Corporate Finance and Corporate Banking) first as Credit Analyst, then Associate and Relationship Manager.

He is currently working for Barclays Bank (Fifth largest bank in Spain, sixth largest in Europe in terms of market capitalization) as Senior Relationship Manager. He is responsible for origination of corporate, structured and capital market transactions, wide product portfolio incl. corporate, capital markets, private banking and equity linked.

This event will take place next Tuesday 15th April , from 18.00 to 19.30h in A-304 (María de Molina, 11).

Please register HERE, include your NAME and EMAIL (Write it as the first person of the list), then mark the event and submit it.

See you there!

Invitation

The IEntrepreneurs’ Club requests the pleasure of your company at its cocktail party on Monday, February 25 at the Lagoa Bar on Serrano, 85 from 6 to 8 pm.

We see this as an opportunity for club members to get to know each other in a less formal setting. In addition we anticipate this to be an extension of the dialogue initiated during the Team-building Session organized by the Venture Lab on the preceding Friday.

This event is open to all club members and non-members who want to be active in the Venture Lab. Average price per drink - €2.

We look forward to a pleasant and productive evening!

Please RSVP by CLICKING HERE and please do not forget to include your name and e-mail address.
For more information, feel free to contact us at entrepreneurshipclub@ie.edu

If you want to learn more about Zaryn Denzel conference at the Entrepreneurship Club and to keep with the discussion CLICK HERE to go to the Technology Blog.

The Club is opening its guest speaker series with Mr. Zaryn Dentzel, co-founder and CEO of Tuenti.

Tuenti is a young Spanish start-up that is positioning itself as a national alternative to Facebook. In contrast to Facebook, Tuenti maintains its network exclusivity through by-invitation-only subscriptions. Its current users form a predominantly young community of university students, but since companies often follow their consumers, corporate presence is expanding fast.

For more information on Tuenti, read this article.

Mr. Dentzel will be speaking to the IE Entrepreneurs Club on Monday, February 11 in room S-201 at 6:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 hour

Please, BE PUNCTUAL!!! We will start at 6:00 p.m. sharp. Late comers will not be allowed to enter.

MANDATORY REGISTRATION:
Please sign up HERE (with NAME + SURNAME)

¡¡¡PLACES ARE LIMITED TO 63 PEOPLE!!!

For further information on the Entrepreneurs Club, send an email to EntrepreneurshipClub@ie.edu

This year the Entrepreneurship club has organized a Speakers Series in which students and alumni have had the opportunity to share points of views with very successful entrepreneurs like Martin Varsavsky.

Martin Varsavsky's conference attendance was impressive; so many students and alumni came that they had to sit on the floor to listen to Mr. Varsavsky discuss FON.

In the picture to the right, Varsavsky appears with the Entrepreneurship Club organizers of the event.

This year, some of our Alumni came to discuss their successful projects as well as their failures; learning from mistakes can also turn into a valuable experience.

In this picture, Miguel Ángel Perez-LLoria is sharing the lights and shades of Smart Wine, highlighting that not all projects are successful.

The Workcenter is an undeniable business success; Alfonso Senillosa was at IE with the Entrepreneurship Club.

Alfonso Senillosa giving his presentation, and later with the organizing team and Nacho de la Vega.

Some of the cases discussed were international, such as those presented by Bumeran.com and Pablo Larguía.

Pablo Larguía presenting Bumerang.com, one of the most important job search websites in Latin America.

To participate, please register at MediaComm.Club@ie.edu

Group photo of the Club coordinators with the guest speaker, from left to right. 1st row (standing up): Sylvain Pouilly IMBA07, Gisselly Díaz Sánchez IMBA07, José Cadenas Rabaixet MBA07, Martin Varsavsky, and Marcelo Caballero IMBA07. 2nd row: Frank Uffen IMBA07 and César López Benito MBAP07. Missing: Mariella Timtiman Zúñiga IMBA07.

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Martin Varsavsky. Monday, March 5th / 5 de marzo !!! 19:00 hr @ Aula Magna

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THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB’S "SPEAKER SERIES" is delighted to welcome Mr. Pablo Larguía, as our next guest speaker at IE.
WHEN? Wednesday, November 15th @ 19:00 hr @ classroom A-304

IMPORTANT: SPACE IS LIMITED SO PLEASE REGISTER WITH ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB @ EntrepreneurshipClub@ie.edu

Pablo Larguía started up Bumeran.com, an on-line recruitment site #1 in Latin America and #4 in the world. Backed by US and UK VCs, Pablo and his partners expanded the company throughout Latin America between 1998 and 2000. In December 2000, the company was acquired by TerraLycos. Within a six-month period at Bumeran-Terra Miami, Pablo left the day-to-day activities in the company.

In 2002, Pablo started Enjoy Entertainment, a new Film and Theatre Production company. Enjoy Entertainment produced the #3 most seen Spanish-speaking movie in 2003, "Lugares Comunes", winner of multiple awards in San Sebastian Film Festival. After that, Enjoy produced "ART", the most successful theatre play in Spain in year 2003. That same year, Enjoy also acquired a 50% stake in Séptimo Arte, a retail store chain that rents & sells DVD´s, which is quickly expanding through Spain. In 2004, through a new company, Singular Multimedia, Pablo developed a new theatre space in Gran Vía here in Madrid. In 2005, Enjoy Entertainment acquired the "Teatro Lara", one of the most important theatres in Madrid.

Pablo firmly believes that entrepreneurship and new venture creation are essential drivers of economic growth and social mobility. Committed to seek for positive changes in the world, he is involved in The Junior Achievement Foundation, the world's largest economic education organization.

Please join us to learn more about Mr. Pablo Larguía ´s entrepreneurial adventure!

THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB’S "SPEAKER SERIES" is delighted to welcome MR. Scott Witters, as our next guest speaker at IE.

WHEN? THURSDAY, October 19th @ 18:00 hr @ classroom B-203

Scott Witters, a 2003 MBA graduate of the Instituto de Empresa, is one of the founding partners of Zugiis, www.zugiis.com. In the same week of graduation, they opened their first Juice Cafe/Smoothie Bar here in Madrid with the aim of franchising. Now with four locations including one franchise, Zugiis is at the crossroads of its uncertain future. His experience as a foreign entrepreneur include many insights, lessons and advice for those seeking enter the cafe/bar/restaurant sector or wish to build any business in Spain. Scott is a New Zealander that has also lived and worked in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and New York.
IMPORTANT: SPACE IS LIMITED SO PLEASE REGISTER WITH ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB, by sending an email to EntrepreneurshipClub@ie.edu

Please join us to learn more about Mr. Scott Witters’s entrepreneurial adventure!

On Wednesday, March 22 Richard Vaughan, founder and owner of Vaughan Systems and Vaughan Radio, visited IE invited by The IE Entrepreneurs Club, and opened the first event organised by the Club under the title"Speakers´ Series".

Vaughan Systems is the largest in-company language-training firm in Spain. Currently, it has 119 teachers that provide 12,000 hours per month of language training to people interested in learning English. Vaughan Systems has a presence in some of the most important cities of Spain including its famous English-speaking village.

Richard gave the students some insights on how to become a successful entrepreneur. He shared that since his company began in 1977, they have sustained a rock-hard faith in the one single tenet that has made the company a leader: "The success of a language-training program depends solely on the human and technical caliber of the trainer. All the rest is pure adornment."

Mr. Vaughan’s key lessons are:
- Be humble yet energetic.
- Feel passionate and compromised
- Listen to the people that are around you, be open to ideas
- Respect and appreciate your people
- Master communication skills, they are crucial in leadership
- Always motivate your employees
- To any ideas that come your away, tell yourself “Why not?” and do it.

"Got to do things –Pisando Fuerte-"

As a great English instructor and as a communicator, Mr. Vaughan also emphasized that for public speaking, you have to know your subject, believe in what you are saying, have the urgent need to share what you know, and transmit it with passion.

He succesfully captivated the audience and fostered its participation, so all attendants to the event enjoyed his speech and lessons.

To learn more about Mr. Vaughan and his business, tune into Vaughan Radio at 101.0 FM or visit:http://www.vaughancamp.com, http://www.vausys.com or http:// www.vaughantienda.com

IE’s Entrepreneurs Club organizers: Jorge García (President), Alain Huber (Vice-President), Walid David (Communications), Ilias Hamdouch (Events), Alex Corrie (Social Entrepreneurship), Kapil Jhindal (Alumni, Networking), Alonso Solís (Investors Relations), Robina Leo (Finance), Philipp Diedrich (Venture Lab Support), Roman Korchagin (Events & Networking), and Alfonso Pérez (Events & Networking). All IMBA 2006.

Email: EntrepreneurshipClub@ie.edu
Website: www.ie-entrepreneurs.org

The mission of the IE entrepreneurs Club is to continuously provide its members with access to knowledge and experiences from professors, alumni, students and other professionals. The added value from the club will contribute to successfully create and develop businesses by stimulating the exchange of ideas and networking among its members.

The main objective of the entrepreneurship club is to foster the creation and development of new businesses by IE students and alumni. In order to meet this objective the club organizes activities and events that include:

- Promotion and organization of the "Speakers' Series" in which successful entrepreneurs share their business experiences and knowledge with IE students.
- Organization of Investor Panels to supply IE students who aspire to become entrepreneurs with advice on writing business plans that attract financing resources. Organization of lunches between local entrepreneurs and club members that are looking for the exchange of points of view and networking.
- Establishment and development of links between entrepreneurship clubs of top Business schools to promote networking and exchange of ideas.
- Bringing awareness and promotion of social entrepreneurship and corporate responsibility.
- Creation and development of the IE entrepreneurship club's website, a source of information and meeting point on the web for IE Entrepreneurs and club members.
- Development of permanent relationships between members and IE alumni, the school, other Entrepreneurs and Investors through membership
- Cooperation with the Entrepreneurship Department to help IE in the organization of IE's Venture Lab (the school's incubator for business start-ups developed by IE students and alumni).
- Support IE with the organization of the IE Entrepreneurs Day, bringing entrepreneurs, investors and advisors together by featuring conferences, discussion panels and fostering networking.