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October 2, 2025
WHAT IS LAUNCHLAB?
LaunchLab BCN is a 4-hour, high-energy startup sprint where you’ll form a team, brainstorm bold ideas, build a business model, and pitch your solution for a chance to win 100€ — all in one night.
💡 Design thinking crash course
🎤 Pitching & public speaking mastery
🏆 Final pitch showdown for 100€
🚀 Work with ambitious students & future founders
🤝 Meet professionals & key ecosystem players
EVENT AGENDA
🚪 6:00 PM - Doors Open
🎤 6:15 PM - Welcome & Kickoff
🌐 6:30 PM - Ecosystem Panel
💡 6:50 PM - Ideation Workshop: Design Thinking (30')
🎙️ 7:20 PM - Pitching Workshop: Public Speaking (30')
⏳ 7:50 PM - Prep Time: Pitch-Building (60')
🎯 9:00 PM - Final Pitch Session (€100 for the winner team)
🏆 9:30 PM - Winner Announcement & Closing Remarks
🍻 10:00 PM - After Hours
MEET OUR MENTORS AND JURY – the experts guiding you at LaunchLab Barcelona
👩💻 Elize Bosker – 15+ years in tech, senior product leadership at Hotjar, Deezer & McKinsey Venture Building. Inspiring Fifty awardee, now leading product at Mitiga Solutions (climate tech).
👨💻 Renaud Bruyeron – 25+ years as tech executive, drove $6B carve-out & IPO of Adevinta and $9.2B eBay Classifieds acquisition. Global leader in product & cloud transformation.
🌍 Nuno Rocha – Executive leader & marketing strategist across 3 continents, 6 languages. Former Marketing Director at Renova, expert in branding, positioning, and bold storytelling.
🎤 Lourdes Olivé – Executive coach, lecturer at UPF, published author. Expert in communication, leadership, and design thinking.
📚 Theodor Vladasel – Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at UPF, PhD from Copenhagen Business School, Yale Fox Fellow. Researching entrepreneurial growth & strategy.
✨ Ainhoa Crespán – 30+ years in strategy, leadership & communication. Expert public speaking & pitch coach.
👨💼 Adrián Montero – Investment Analyst at Bcombinator, helping early-stage startups turn ideas into investable businesses through strategy, growth, and fundraising.
HOW THE APPLICATION WORKS
😎 LaunchLab is for all motivated students and aspiring entrepreneurs: no previous experience needed, every background is welcome!
👥 Every team consists of 3-4 members.
✍️ Even if you already know who you want to compete with, every member has to apply separately — but we will take it into consideration. Look out for the field where you can state your teammates’ names.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZER
🌍 START is the biggest student-led entrepreneurship association in the EU and LATAM, consisting of 20 chapters across the globe.
✨ As part of the renowned START Network, which originated in St. Gallen in 1996, START Barcelona empowers students to launch ideas, build networks, and shape the future of the local startup scene by organizing regular flagship events with leading Barcelona startups, VCs, and other key ecosystem players.
Your path to innovation STARTs here!
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