Week 27 // 29 June to 5 July

#81 Qué Pasa en Madrid - Your insider guide on Madrid's best Business & Tech events.

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Qué pasa this week in Madrid?

Week highlights:

⚡ Lightning Talks #50, Tuesday
❌ Fuckup Nights Madrid | VOL. XXII, Wednesday
🧱 Databricks Meetup @ Repsol, Thursday
⚫️ OpenCircle | Business Networking, Thursday
🥐 Madrid Tech Brunch: Summer Edition, Sunday

Monday, 29

🤔 Decisiones que Crean Destinos/ 20.00-21.30: networking meetup for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and professionals looking to diversify their income or reinvent themselves, with a mini-conference on digital distribution and building new revenue streams.

Tuesday, 30

🎯 From AI Feature to Market Position: Workshop para Fundadores/ 9.00-12.00: workshop at Madrid Innovation Lab for AI startup founders on how to move from building features to building a strong market position, covering topics like ideal customer profiling, differentiation, and value proposition.
🚀 DemoDay - Sartups en Etapas de Incubación/ 16.00-20.00: demo day where 15 startups from the Madrid Chamber of Commerce incubation program pitch their progress to investors and ecosystem players, innovating in different industries like AI, education, sustainability, and mobility.
📈 Stock Options y Retribución Flexible para Startups: Cómo Atraer y Comprometer Talento/ 18.30-20.00: workshop for startup founders on how to design and implement stock option plans and flexible compensation, while respecting legal requirements and understanding tax implications.
⚡ Lightning Talks #50/ 19.10-21.00: five speakers giving five-minute presentations on diverse topics, followed by questions, drinks, and social time in a format designed to share unexpected ideas and hear other people’s stories.

Wednesday, 1

🎯 OpenAI Ads Tech Breakfast: Prepara tu Marca para la Nueva era del Paid Media/ 9.30-11.30: executive breakfast on OpenAI Ads and paid media, focused on how brands can activate, track, measure, and gain visibility in conversational advertising.
❌ Fuckup Nights Madrid | VOL. XXII/ 18.31-21.31: storytelling event where speakers share real professional failure stories, this time with the founders of WellatSea and CityTactic taking the stage, followed by networking with food and drinks.

Thursday, 2

📝 Números que Convencen: cómo Preparar el Business Plan Financiero de tu Startup/ 10.30-12.30: workshop on how to prepare a startup’s financial business plan with the help of AI, estimating funding needs, and building the core projections to assess economic viability.
✴️ Club Tech × Finanzas para Founders: Automatiza tus Finanzas con Claude/ 12.30-13.30: workshop on automating startup finances with Claude, showing a real end-to-end workflow for categorizing income and expenses, cash flow, balance sheet and reporting.
⏾ Lluna Coworking Session/ 16.00-19.00: coworking session dedicated to entrepreneurial women, just to share some focused work time and have informal networking with other colleagues.
🧱 Databricks Meetup @ Repsol/ 17.00-20.30: meetup for the Databricks and data AI community showing the latest product updates from the Data + AI Summit, real implementation cases from Spanish companies, and networking with data and AI professionals.
⚫️ OpenCircle | Business Networking - Rooftop Drinks/ 19.00-22.00: business networking community for founders, freelancers, and professionals to have deeper, higher-value connections instead of traditional networking, this time hosted on a rooftop for a relaxed setting.

Friday, 3

.🌴 [Startup Oasis] Innovation Café/ 9.00-11.00: morning coffee replicating in Madrid the format already established in Andalucia, dedicated to the tech and business community to have conversations, share startup journeys, test ideas, and build connections over coffee and breakfast.
💪 Coworking Jam/ 11.00-14.00: coworking time for builders, founders, and product people to share startup ideas, side projects, and technical challenges, get honest feedback from other people building things, and move projects forward together.
🌱 Cleantech Meetup/ 17.00-20.00: networking meetup for people working in cleantech startups and large companies, designed to help sustainability and business profiles connect in an informal setting over snacks and drinks.
🤝 Business Networking - Startups, Investors & Tech/ 18.30-22.00: business networking event for startups, investors, and tech professionals, with welcome drinks, warm-up conversations, interactive networking, and space to explore collaborations and investment opportunities in a relaxed international setting.
🍔 Big Ballers: Dinner with Entrepreneur/ 19.00-22.00: small-group dinner for entrepreneurs to meet strangers, share experiences, and build new connections over a casual meal, with the group size kept intentionally intimate and the focus on real human networking.

Saturday, 4

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Sunday, 5

🥐 Madrid Tech Brunch: Summer Edition/ 12.00-14.00: tech brunch meetup for developers, founders, designers, and other tech curious people, with coffee, small group discussions, and rotating topics to help meet new people and talk about trends, AI, tools, and productivity.