Attendees for the talk:

1.       Tony Anagor

2.       Corina Pisc

3.       Nick Lesser

4.       Christian Clottu Saba

5.       Oscar Vaello Monllau

6.       Alexia Giordmaina Medici

7.       Olga Dolgova

8.       Germán Delgado

9.       Lené Tourn

10.   Nunu Roney

11.   Judi Oshowole

12.   Ondrej Benes

13.   Claudia Cano

14.   Alberto Denia Cerezo

15.   Marysol Claver

16.   Nicole Trad

17.   Djanira Cortesao

18.   Barbara de Swaan

19.   Maite Reche

20.   Josephine

21.   Marisa Lopez

22.   Felipe Araujo

23.   Christian Cokson

24.   Patricia Zeegers

25.   Anna Dabrowska

26.   Belen Palacios

27.   Alicia Alfonso

28.   Cormac Walsh

29.   Ron Fassbender

30.   Ania Honess

31.   Patricia Vargas

32.   Sascha Froehlich

33.   Philip Strange

34.   Scott Doane

35.   Mariona López

36.   Abel de Benito

37.   Gemma Graupera

38.   Valeska Magalhaes

39.   Henrik Akesson

40.   Alessandra Dalla Fina

41.   Rose Chong

42.   Anette Kragdahl

43.   Abel de Benito

44.   Elisa Ferreira

45.   Sebastian Egri

46.   Patricia Jover

47.   Victoriano Travieso

48.   Rod Lloyd

49.   Carlota Estera

50.   Claudia Cano

A very happy new year to all ENB members.

As you know, we have invited a wide variety of speakers along to our meetings over the past couple of years, and we thought it was time to get the membership more involved in helping us select suitable speakers for the future.  Therefore, we would very much appreciate your responses to the following questions:

1) Do you know anyone who would be a good speaker on a topic relevant and of interest to entrepreneurs in Barcelona?  If so, please send us their name and contact details, and we will happy to have a conversation with them about the possibility of doing so.

2) Which topics would be of most interest to you for future talks and presentations?

3) Any other comments/suggestions on how we can maximise the benefit to members from the group.

Please email us at info@networkbarcelona.com with responses.

Best regards,

The ENB team

The dinner will take place from 20:30 at our regular venue, the Hotel Casanova, at Gran Vía 559 (on the corner with Casanova), with the hotel’s fantastic restaurant Mexiterrenée providing us with a high quality Mexican/Mediterranean buffet. The price is 39 euros including food and drink.

In order to reserve a place, it is necessary to pre-pay the hotel using a credit card. Please email Poli Shosheva at p.shosheva@rafaelhoteles.com confirming your attendance and including your credit card details. If you prefer not to send your credit card details in an email, please email her first and then arrange to give her the details by phone (933 964 808).

We would appreciate it if you could also email us at info@networkbarcelona.com to let us know that you are coming.

To confirm the details:

• ENB Christmas dinner
• Thursday 17th December from 20:30
• Hotel Casanova, Gran Vía 559 (corner with Casanova, metro Universitat or Urgell)
• Price is 39 euros including food and drink
• Pre-payment by credit card is necessary, please contact Poli Shosheva at p.shosheva@rafaelhoteles.com (933 964 808)

The menu is as follows:

DEGUSTACIONES

Pre aperitivos
Tosta de carpaccio de buey y parmesano
Brocheta de mini mozzarella, tomate seco y albahaca fresca
Quiche de calabacín y bacón
Brocheta de tataki de atún
Tinga de pollo con chile chipotle
Quesadilla sincronizada de jamón Ibérico y queso brie
Croquetas caseras
Mini rollitos de verduras con salsa agridulce
Quesadilla sincronizada butifarra ‘esparracada’ y setas
Empanadillas de atún clásicas

BUFFETS

Mexicano
Tortillas de maíz fritas
Burritos clásicos de pollo
Guacamole Mexiterranee
Burritos de carne de ternera
Salsa de tomatillo verde
Ceviches Mexiterranée
Salsa taquera (tomate y chile chipotle)
Quesadillas y Tacos
Frijoles refritos

Arroz
Risotto de setas de temporada con parmesano

POSTRES

Brochetas de fruta natural
Brochetas de brownie de chocolate
Chupito de crema de vainilla

BARRA COMPLETA DE BEBIDAS

Next ENB meeting on Thursday, 19th November at the Hotel Casanova, C/Gran Via de les Corts, 559 (corner of Gran Via and Casanova, metro Universitat or Urgell).

Schedule:

PLEASE BE SURE TO REGISTER EARLY FOR THE TALK so as to avoid disappointment. You can register by emailing us with your name and company to: info@networkbarcelona.com

TALK: Is your business as efficient as it could be?

Michael Egan & Miguel Angel Blanca, Spence Clarke S.L. 
“Business Accounting and Tax Made Simple”

We have all been to presentations on how to set up a company; the capital required, lawyers, escrituras, notaries and so on. But once the company is set up, are we so busy rushing around getting clients and providing them with goods and services that without knowing it we are wasting money, and not operating as efficiently as we could be? Do we really understand what is contained and revealed in the accounts prepared by our accountants? Could we be more cost efficient? Could we be more tax efficient? In the current economic climate, the companies that come through successfully will be those that not only look carefully at their product offering, sales, and marketing, but that also take care of their costs.

We are delighted to announce that the presentation for this month’s ENB meeting on Thursday, 19th November at 19:30 will be given by Michael Egan and Miguel Angel Blanca of Spence Clarke S.L. They will be covering topics such as:

These are topics which many  entrepreneurs often leave to one side while they “do business”.  We hope that this presentation will help us all take this key area more seriously.

PLEASE BE SURE TO REGISTER EARLY so as to avoid disappointment. You can register by emailing us with your name and company to: info@networkbarcelona.com

Please also be sure to arrive punctually, ideally by 19.10/19.15, in order to complete registration before the talks. The talks will start at 19.30 and it may not be possible to enter once they have done so.

Attendants to the talk:

1.       Nick Lesser

2.       Tony Anagor

3.       Brian Byrne

4.       Jan Brinckmann

5.       Rebecca Ames

6.       Patricia Jover

7.       Peony +1

8.       Stephen Garland

9.       Cristina Aquino

10.   Craig McLaughlan

11.   Vincent Bakker

12.   Raquel Olmos

13.   Lyonel Scapino

14.   Felipe Araujo

15.   Melissa Lamb

16.  Nunu Roney

17.   Maria Ntuk-Idem

18.   Luke Roberson

19.   Suzanne Fennelly

20.   Ania Honess

21.   Rebecca Ames

22.   Jan Brinckmann

23.   Josephine Anagor

24.   Andreu  Linares

25.   Stefan Menden

26.   Jenny Jobring

27.   Leticia Brando

28.   Philip Strange

29.   Sonia Viver

30.   Peter Williams

31.   William Nacy

PLEASE BE SURE TO REGISTER EARLY FOR THE TALK so as to avoid disappointment. You can register by emailing us with your name and company to: info@networkbarcelona.com

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TALK: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AN ENTREPRENEUR VS AN EMPLOYEE

The evening will commence with what we hope to be a very interesting topic for members, a talk on  ‘The Psychology of an Entrepreneur Vs the Psychology of an Employee ’.

We are delighted to announce, the presentation will be given by Ann-Marie O´Donnell, an experienced Business Coach passionate about creating results, personal growth and increased understanding of what makes individuals and teams effective. Ann-Marie is flying in from the UK specifically to give this presentation so please make sure you sign up early for this talk as numbers will be limited. Her Clients range from SME’s, Entrepreneurs and FTSE 100/500 Companies.

She has worked in all business functions at all levels up to Board Director, with clients from Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and America.  Her experience covers work in the Private and Public sector.

Her clients have included: Unilever, Allied Domecq, Imperial Tobacco, Afton Chemicals, EDF Energy, Siemens, VISA, The London Film Academy, The London Art Academy, The Environment Agency, NHS

The talk will delve into the psychologies of the entrepreneur and an employee and take a closer look at personality traits of the two. Find out why you may not be happy in your current role or why it just seems to fit like a glove.

The evening promises to be a fun presentation with a lot of learning opportunities. Ann-Marie will be flying back the next day but she will be on hand after the presentation to answer more questions and share more of her knowledge in the social after drinks session

PLEASE BE SURE TO REGISTER EARLY so as to avoid disappointment. You can register by emailing us with your name and company to: info@networkbarcelona.com

PROFILE FOR ANN-MARIE O’DONNELL

Ann-Marie is an experienced Business Coach passionate about creating results, personal growth and increased understanding of what makes individuals and teams effective. Her Clients range from SME’s, Entrepreneurs and FTSE 100/500 Companies.

She has worked in all Business functions: Sales, Marketing, HR, Finance, Manufacturing, Logistics, Engineering and Manufacturing with all levels up to Board Director level with Clients from Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and America.

Her experience covers work in the Private and Public sector.

Clients include: Unilever, Allied Domecq, Imperial Tobacco, Afton Chemicals, EDF Energy, Siemens, VISA, The London Film Academy, The London Art Academy, The Environment Agency, NHS

Recent Projects/Achievements with Entrepreneurs

She co-designed a Coaching Course for Serenergise which received ICF (International Coaching Federation) accreditation (1 of only 5 in the UK). She continues to deliver the Business Coaching / Coaching in Action Module of the course.

She worked with John Harle a world renowned saxophonist to turn his dream of running Programmes for Presence and Performance in the Corporate arena. Connecting him with his true purpose and passion meant that a dream of years became a working reality within 4 months from the start of the initial coaching. Sospiro the Company he formed continues to enjoy success and profitability.

She worked with Communicarta who research and design Public Transport maps for major cities worldwide. They traditionally work with International Guide Book Publishers. As a result of her coaching they expanded their offering in line with technology and are now suppliers to Nintendo and I-Phones which has substantially increased turnover and profitability.

Recent Projects/Achievements with Corporate Clients

Currently working with Siemens VAI on a large Outplacement / Redundancy Support Programme. As a result of achieving 100% Service Level Agreements and receiving consistently high feedback from participants, she was asked to tailor and deliver a workshop specifically for their Directors. She was subsequently requested to coach the Directors on a one on one basis.

Currently working with the Senior Finance Team of Afton Chemicals, to bring the Managing Director’s directive of creativity and innovation to the Department. Her reputation quickly spread and she has been asked to work with other departments for one on one coaching and mediation/conflict resolution issues. The coaching programme she designed and personally delivered to the Senior Finance Team will now be rolled out to the rest of the Finance Team.

She is also designing and delivering workshops and training to teach Managers how to conduct effective appraisals.

Coached on Leadership Development Programmes for Managers and Directors who had been identified as top talent for Unilever, Allied Domecq and Imperial Tobacco. Coaching was for business and personal goals and a collective high profile and confidential team assignment from the CEO.

Other Information:

Familiar with Lominger and Hay Feedback processes, Myers Briggs Personality Types, FIRO-B

NLP Master Practitioner – Trained with Paul McKenna and Richard Bandler

Trained with Tim Galwey (author of the Inner Game series) in his Inner Game at Work Programme

Certified Coaching Certificate with Newcastle College

ATTENDEES FOR THE TALKS:

1. Tony Anagor
2. Corina Pisc
3. Nick Lesser
4. Tom Hayton
5. Nancy (YuJu) Yeh
6. Oriol Bertran
7. Jordi Bachs
8. Anna Macià
9. Philip Strange
10. Emma Grenham
11. Ruth Nash
12. Brian Byrne
13. Ania Honess
14. Stephen Garland
15. John French
16. Rebecca Castleton
17. Ralf Burghart
18. Craig McLaughlan
19. Josephine Anagor
20. Felipe Araujo
21. John Woodward
22. Jochen Doppelhammer
23. Cynthia Indriso
24. Suzanne Fennelly
25. Michael Egan
26. Miguel Ángel Blanca Prieto
27. Paul Brogna
28. Andrea Ramírez
29. Alex Bustos
30. Jason Thompson
31. Pamela A mà Teràpies
32. Koen Willems
33. Mark von Othegraven
34. Quintus Snapper
35. Alan Seideman
36. Rod Lloyd
37. Erika Csaszar
38. Andrea Giannotta
39. Deborah Williams
40. Leticia Brand
41. Brigitte Knaus
42. Borja Robleda Vives
43. Jordi Aránega
44. Petra van Poelje
45. Maria Ntuk-Idem
46. Luke Roberson
47. Mariusa Reyes
48. Inírida Reyes
49. Miguel Jodra
50. Djanira Cortesão
51. Bruce Calder
52. Adolfo Pedraz
53. Andréa Drottholm
54. Carmen Perez
55. Andrea Drottholm
56. Sonia Viver
57. Ann Pehrson
58. Anders Pehrson
59. Amanda Green
60. Anette Kragdahl
61. Adriana Rodriguez R
62. Marisa Lopez
63. Pere Baleta
64. Enrique Rubio
65. Montse Duran
66. Merel Wackwitz
67. Rory Ryder
68. Pet Holtrop
69. Marysol Claver
70. Iryna Parr
71. Christian Enestrom
72. Akin Savage
73. Timo Buetefisch
74. Alejandro San Agustín Gómara
75. Lee Gonzalez
76. Lauren Gonzalez
77. Sorina Campean
78. Judi Oshowole
79. Mitch Berman
80. Michael Giovannetti
81. Alicia Affonso
82. Patricia Jover
83. Luigi Bugalla

As some of you may already know, our board member Lucy Davis is pregnant with her fist child and from September she will be on sabbatical until the new year. We wish Lucy all the best with the new arrival and look forward to meeting the ENB baby when he arrives.

We will be kicking off the autumn with our next ENB meeting on Thursday 17th of September at the Hotel Casanova, C/Gran Via de les Corts, 559 (corner of Gran Via and Casanova, metro Universitat or Urgell).

Schedule:
19.30-20.30h:         Talk (5€ entrance fee)
20.30h onwards:    Social meeting in hotel bar 

PLEASE BE SURE TO REGISTER EARLY FOR THE TALK so as to avoid disappointment. You can register by emailing us with your name and company to: info@networkbarcelona.com

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TALK: HOW TO USE SOCIAL NETWORKING AS AN EFFECTIVE MARKETING TOOL

The evening will commence with what we hope to be a very interesting topic for members, a talk on  ‘How to use Social Networking as an Effective Marketing Tool’.

We are delighted to have two important players in the social networking movement, especially here in Spain; LINQIA and XING. Both companies will be explaining to our members the importance of social networks, their history and development and in particular how to use them as effective marketing tools to promote businesses and create successful online marketing strategies.

Presenting from LINQIA will be Business Development and Strategy Manager Piero Poli and from XING, Director General Daniel Pérez and Business Development Director Sergio Aragón.

PLEASE BE SURE TO REGISTER EARLY so as to avoid disappointment.You can register by emailing us with your name and company to: info@networkbarcelona.com

SPEAKERS:

Piero Poli
VP Business Development and Strategy
LINQIA

Piero has spent the last 10 years following his passion for digital around the globe and working with some of the world’s largest brands in helping them navigate the digital landscape. He has envisioned and implemented digital communication strategies and go-to-market approaches for some of Australia’s leading companies (GM/Holden, Telstra and Diners Club), and helped some of Europe’s largest brands (Ladbrokes, Pringles, Pampers, Hugo Boss) to be brave online and effect positive return on their marketing activities through his senior roles at leading digital agencies in London. Part commercialization, part inspiration and part implementation, Piero’s focus is always on partnering for shared value.

Piero worked in the music industry, as the former Director of Digital Marketing (EMEA) for Warner Music International and also managed a global publishing house based in Barcelona which offers him practical insight into the power of content and conversations to build and drive value for brands. Piero has recently taken a role as the VP of Business Development and Strategy for Linqia an internet startup which monetizes social networks by connecting businesses to online communities and groups.

About LINQIA – The Linqia marketplace helps monetize social networks by attracting valuable partners.

Linqia presents relevant and interesting commercial partners to social networks who bring affiliate deals, advertising, sponsorships, content, new members, products and innovative technologies.

Key decision makers at social networks register to Linqia for free and specify what type of opportunities they are interested in receiving. Linqia approves commercial partners to present their opportunities to selected social networks which Linqia sends to the key decision maker via the marketplace.

Today, there exists over 2,000 social networks with dozens more launched every week. With the exception of the bigger social networks such as Facebook, Bebo, MySpace and LinkedIN, many struggle to monetize and attract valuable commercial interest.

90% of social networks cater to specific niches and groups of people and invest heavily into technology, support, business development and marketing. Linqia acts as a supporting business development arm for key decision makers (CEO, Business Development, Key Account) at social networks and sources interesting opportunities from prospective commercial partners.

With Linqia, social networks can:

•    Increase their visibility to prospective commercial partners
•    Attract valuable commercial partners to monetize their offering, provide content, sponsorship, promotions & competitions, market research and much more.
•    Specify their interests and needs
•    Accept or decline opportunities
•    Protect their identify - with no obligation or cost 

www.linqia.com

Daniel Pérez
Director General
XING

Daniel’s professional career started out in investment banking in London, but soon after in 2000 he moved into the Internet sector. Daniel specialised in assisting start-up Internet companies with their business development plans. Daniel also then went onto work as Business Development Director at Zakis.com, and co-founder Business Development Director at Viapack.com. Daniel then moved onto be Director at Monster, Spain where he built on his Internet Human Resources knowledge. Currently Daniel manages the Spanish office of the professional networking site XING.

Daniel has an MBA from ESADE, where he graduated fifth in his year. He spent part of his studies at the Stern School of Business in New York and at HEC International Business School in France. Daniel speaks French, Spanish Catalan and English.

Sergio Aragón
Business Development Director
XING

Sergio graduated in Law from the Universidad Iberoamericana de la Ciudad de México. He completed his law studies in Deusto (Spain) and at the French University Aix-Marseille III. Sergio’s professional career has developed both in the world of Law and Internet. Sergio has worked as a lawyer in various international law firms but has also been the director of digital start-up Esarium (Spain).

Currently Sergio is the Business Development Director for XING (Spain).

About XING – professional networking:

XING is currently the most important professional online networking platform in Europe who offers its eight million users the possibility of contacting other professionals and discovering business opportunities across the world. XING opened their offices in Barcelona in April 2008 and is now leader in Spain with over one million registered users.

The professional network provides an effective search engine and advanced contact management facilities. In addition, with XING it is possible to advertise employment opportunities, participate in over 25.000 discussion groups and thousands of networking events from around the world, creating a meeting place for professionals from all sectors. XING works to a solid business model, is a stock market listed company and has offices in Barcelona, Milan, Istanbul and Hamburg.

www.xing.com

As always there will be an opportunity for ENB members to participate in a Q&A session afterwards where they can probe the speakers for further information and possible advice.

PLEASE BE SURE TO REGISTER early so as to avoid disappointment. You can register by emailing us with your name and company to: info@networkbarcelona.com

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SOCIAL MEETING
20.30h onwards

Following the talk will be the Social Meeting in the hotel bar from 20.30h onwards, where we encourage members to get down to some effective networking in a relaxed environment.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The ENB Team

ATTENDEES FOR THE TALKS:

1. Nick Lesser

2. Corina Pisc

3. Lucy Davis

4. Sascha Froehlich

5. Mateo Austin

6. Graeme Kingshott cancellation

7. Mitch Birman

8. Alex Martin

9. Alicia Alfonso

10. Renata Vintzileou

11. Sander van Dissel

12. Stefan Klumpp cancellation

13. Clarissa Rossi

14. Tom Hayton

15. Brian Byrne

16. Ari Chazan

17. Lené Tourn

18. Alberto Denia

19. Marisa Lopez

20. Àlex Moreu

21. Eric Kleinjan

22. Paul Brogna

23. Makx Dekkers

24. Montse García Díaz

25. Nadeem Bukhari

26. Leticia Brando

27. Adrian Crouch

28. John Woodward

29. Belen Palacios

30. Stephen Garland

31. Valeska Magalhaes

32. Craig McLaughlan

33. Sander Muylle

34. Ange Pequignet cancellation

35. Lesley Cannell

36. Kostas Karountzos

37. John French

38. Lilian Mateu cancellation

39. Saika Bukhari

40. Monica Panato

41. Marc Paré

42. Jorge Martín

43. Adolfo Pedraz

44. Marta Carballo

45. Elena Sala

46. Arnaud Ripert

47. Heidi Niedermair

48. Michele Franchi

49. Harald Eberling cancellation

50. Sabine Bertuch

51. Erica Szabo

52. Hélène Silvy-Leligois

53. Martin Petts

54. Judd Muir

55. Victoriano Travieso

56. Pablo Alvarez

57. Daniela Arens

58. Ana Macià

59. Deborah Williams

60. Amelia Roversi-Mónaco

61. Carina Stinga

62. Michael Egan

63. Miguel Angel Blanca

64. Dan Lesser

65. Angélique Suárez Menéndez

66. Jason Thompson

67. Maria Ntuk-Idem

68. Luke Roberson

69. Bryan Wijsman

70. Nicolas Lajambe

71. Damien Bruneau

72. Jan Jonckheere

73. Montse Prims

74. Gina Green

75. Felipe Araujo

76. Cristina Villavicencio

77. Antoine Grillon

78. Isabel Jiménez

79. Pedro Pineda

80. Jordi Sandalinas

81. Luca Speranza

82. Manuel Vidal-Quadras

83. Jérôme Marien

84. Michelle Barrios

85. Tomàs Reverter Morelló

86. Gareth Inker

87. John Helmutt

88. Patricia Vargas

89. Emma Grenham cancellation

90. Lluis Carreras

91. Michael Giovannetti 

92. Jaime Alvarez Noguera

93. Hein Behrens

94. Juan Vicente Mañanas Abad

95. Ruth Nash

96. Philip Strange

97. Nicholas Crawford

98. Nunu Roney

99. Yohan Londchal

100. Souhailla Aulad Ahmed

101. Alexandra E. Rodríguez

102. Victoriano Travieso

103. Nick Place

104. Catherine Lynch

105. Jennifer Johnson

106. Annie Michie

107. Mio Hayashi

108. Henri-Pierre Valdeolivas

109. Carolina Cabanillas

We would like to give particular thanks to the Hotel Claris for their fantastic hospitality. Not only was the space provided absolutely beautiful, but the welcome given to us, as well as the cava to which they treated us, was much appreciated by everyone present, and showed clearly the quality of the hotel. It also gave an indication as to why the hotel was recently declared to be among the finest luxury hotels in the world in the annual Forbes Traveler list, among only five in the whole Spanish state, and two in Barcelona. Thanks again to all at the hotel.

We will be deciding on the date and theme of our September meeting soon, and will be sending out an email. We look forward to seeing you then.

The ENB Team

The next ENB meeting will be held on Thursday, 13th August from 20.00. As it is August, we are again planning on having a more informal meeting on the rooftop of one of Barcelona’s finest hotels, as we did last year.