We are four weeks into the national quarantine imposed by the Spanish government in an effort to combat Covid-19. When the restrictions were introduced, our entire school community – staff, teachers and students alike – suddently found themselves studying and working from home overnight. In our last blog post, we …
CASE OF SUCCESS ALINA DEMCHENKO, A REAL STORY Alina Demchenko is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who’s involved in several startup projects both in and outside of Barcelona. Alina opened her hotel – Musik Boutique Hotel – in El Born in 2012. Two years later, she decided to apply …
For startups and small businesses, smooth collaboration is key. Today’s digital world requires every member of a startup team to be familiar with online collaboration tools, especially if they often work remotely. Not to mention teams working together on school projects, like our students do here at ESEI. Choosing which …
We’re living in an era of immense environmental threats – in fact as we write this, the Amazon rainforest is experiencing an unprecedented number of forest fires. There’s no question, the future of our planet should be a conversation we have every single day. Thankfully, awareness is starting to spread, …
W-Agency and W-Project co-founders Théodore de Ville (left) and Santiago Torres (right) Today, we’ve got a special success story to share with you. Santiago Torres, co-founder at W-Agency and W-Project, graduated from ESEI Master’s in Digital Entrepreneurship programme in 2017. He’s now based in Brussels, running a business that puts …
Are you planning to launch your own startup venture? You must be wondering if you have your eye on the right industry. Beginning your own digital business is not easy, but some startup areas are more promising than others. There are so many things to consider, from market demand to …
In autumn 2020, ESEI is launching a Master’s in Sports Management Programme in collaboration with Bruguera Tennis Academy. We are very excited to begin this new chapter, and we want to share with you a bit more about why we chose to add sports management to our courses. Barcelona is …
At ESEI, we like to take our students on tours of some of the most important and interesting institutions in the city. The Borsa de Barcelona—or the Barcelona Stock Exchange—is a regular stop for students interested in seeing what really happens on a busy international trading floor. We spoke to …
Barcelona is a great city for networking. If you’re really committed to expanding your professional network, you can find an event to go every single day of the week. But while networking may be all fun and games for those who find socialising easy, it can be quite a challenge …
While Barcelona has a booming startup ecosystem, it has always had a love-hate relationship with the sharing economy. Just think of all the Airbnb scandals and the fact that companies like Uber are not allowed to operate in the city. There has been some progress, especially in the urban mobility …
The summer of 2019 was one of the busiest periods in ESEI’s nearly thirty-year-long history. With the help of the school’s staff, our new Head of Academics Rosanna West worked tirelessly to bring innovation to the school. She restructured all of our Masters programmes and laid the foundations of an …
It’s almost time for our next ESEI Guest Speaker Talk! On October 30th, we’re hosting Simone Van Neerven, Head of Innovation at Vueling. The event will take place at Imagin Café where Simone will deliver a two-hour workshop on the role of human-centred design in innovation. Simone is a rebel …