Barcelona's Weekly Tech Update

By Scott From Barcinno • Issue #464

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Barcinno Media
April 17, 2023

Happy Monday,

This week’s main headlines:

  • SolarMente raises €50M 💰

  • TravelPerk ditches remote work 🏢

  • Catalan female scientists head to Mars research center 👩🏼‍🚀

📊 Poll results: Your startup industry investment predictions

Graph showing reader predictions of most startup investment by industry 2023

🙏 Thanks for the input – we combined last week's newsletter votes with our LinkedIn poll and these were the results. Great to see a lot of faith in fintech! But it was cleantech ♻️ that swiped the top spot, with almost half of you predicting it to raise the most investment.

Indeed, Spain's solar market is thriving, even known as a world leader 🥇 in the sector, plus it was ranked the 8th most attractive country for renewable energy investment. BCN startup SolarMente also just raised €50M to scale its solar energy subscription service, too - a further sign that cleantech is enjoying a particularly strong leading position in the BCN startup sector at the moment.

Let's see how Q2's results compare.

Have a great week & hope to see you at the EU Startup Summit (reach out to Natasha or Clemens if you want to meet us) 🌸

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Powered by The -C- Coach, in collaboration with Barcinno and OneCoWork.

Welcome to week 1 of The Happiness ROI Programme! Today, we kick off our 10-week journey together exploring our first wellbeing pillar, Values.

The results are in

We’ve had fantastic engagement on all surveys so far and now the results are in! It’s clear that on the whole, we are a community of people who are not fully realising our potential and not living a life based on what’s important or what we want.

Just under half of us are in a position that I’d describe potentially as feeling lost, stuck, or demotivated around this issue. Given we spend on average 90,000 hours of our life working, do you really want to continue like this?

Overall, we are struggling to align our actions with who we are. There could be a number of things happening here: we’re feeling disconnected from our personal values, we’re pleasers, we’re overachievers, we haven’t yet dug deep into who we are, or are we afraid to be ourselvesfor fear of judgement?

That’s only half of us who I’d describe as fulfilled, or living a meaningful life. Surely, we all want to live a life that matters? Every one of you has an opportunity to leave a legacy given the calibre of our audience here, and yet as a community - something is missing. What is underpinning this lack of authenticity?

I’ve developed a toolkit to help you better understand your personal brand, identify who you are and realise what you stand for.

  • LISTEN to the values mantra meditation daily to support your mindfulness practice and develop a stronger mindset.

  • WATCH the Daily Values Filter exercise to learn why values are important, how they support your brain, and how to align with them daily.

  • ACT. Download the Value Cards Exercise to help guide what you do, how you spend your time, and how to achieve success in a team.

  • LEARN the science behind how aligning with your values supports your brain and body functions, as well as your mindset.

  • NOURISH your body with a recipe recommended to boost your mood, support your sleep, and improve your happiness levels.

Next week I’ll be featuring one of your stories! I’ll be providing guidance to one of you looking to make changes in your life and be happier. Share your story or contact me personally if you need further support or guidance during the Happiness ROI Programme.

Mehibe, The -C- Coach.

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