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We participate in many events and get to know a lot of new people, we always try to become members of interesting organizations to have a chance to speak with industry leaders in their field and share the knowledge.
We have been collaborating with Aijec member – Ivan Ruiz, who is co-founder & CEO of SEOCOM and he always had a good opinion of Aijec, finding it useful for entrepreneurs. Place where founders may share and solve similar problems, understand each other and speak the same language. Ivan invited us to Aijec and to be honest we are grateful for that!
AIJEC
Aijec – is an independent association of young successful companies in Catalunya, Spain. Aijec gets together growing & promising companies from different industries to share experiences, interests, ideas and business opportunities. The association was founded in 1985 and since than was growing year by year. Now its hard to find successful company with headquarters in Barcelona, that is not a member of Aijec. You may find here all industries that you may think of. People of different ages and different backgrounds.
Now this organization encounts more than 500 successful entrepreneurs, who give speaches every month, sharing their story of how they achieved a success. Most of the members are less than 41 years old, however as an organization is quiete old, there are veterans of Aijec who are more than 41 and they are members of Aijec+.
Aijec tries to empower the entrepreneurship in Catalunya by organizing networking events with guest speakers and CEOs of companies like Dorna Sports, Amat, La Farga, Puig, Across Legal, etc.
Also, Aijec organizes workshops and master classes to turn weaknesses into strengths and find optimal way to grow. And of cource financial help. If you have a briliant idea and solid business plan, Aijec is a good place to find investors or people who would be willing to partner with you.
AIJEC membership
What is so good about being a member of Aijec and why did Apiumhub decide to join this growing community?
- Sharing experiences & finding like- minded people. Members of Aijec are opened to new ideas discussion and are interested in sharing successful cases, new trends, business experiences, growth strategies.
- Access to exclusive interesting events. Members of Aijec receive private invitations to the events, press realeases and inspiring projects.
- Learning from the best. At Apiumhub we are always eager to learn and discover new opportunitis and toold. Aijec organizes workshops about different topics and industries to get together experts and people who would be interested sharing their know-how about particular fields.
- Being part of something important. You actually meet authority people from different sectors: Economy, politics, banks, technology, etc. All of them are working on important and revolutionary projects. You actually have a chance to join them and help them with your services.
- Funding. Aijec provides access to financial channels, which could fund promising projects. Aijec has speacial agreement with CEJA and ENISA.
Aijec organizes interesting events in fantastic venues like: Gran Teatre del Liceu, Tibidabo, Camp Nou, Hotel Gran Marina, Hospital de San Pau, etc., where politicians, economists, leading entrepreneurs, princess and Kings of Spain participate frequently.
It’s worth being member of Aijec if you you have your business in Catalunya!
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Ekaterina Novoseltseva is an experienced CMO and Board Director. Professor in prestigious Business Schools in Barcelona. Teaching about digital business design. Right now Ekaterina is a CMO at Apiumhub - software development hub based in Barcelona and organiser of Global Software Architecture Summit. Ekaterina is proud of having done software projects for companies like Tous, Inditex, Mango, Etnia, Adidas and many others. Ekaterina was taking active part in the Apiumhub office opening in Paseo de Gracia and in helping companies like Bitpanda open their tech hubs in Barcelona.
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