Business & Working
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Socially Responsible Investment: The Time Is Now
Investors are increasingly taking environmental, social and governance criteria into consideration when mapping out investment strategies. And now, you can make a positive impact on society with your investments too. Read more
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Why It Makes Good Business Sense to Hire People with Disabilities
Job applicants who live with disabilities represent a largely untapped sector of the workforce—unemployment rates among these workers tend to be about double that of non-disabled workers, with comparable age and education levels. Read more
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Are Micro-Influencers the Next Big Marketing Trend?
Posting about your life on social media isn’t just a hobby anymore. For some, it’s a career. Read more
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Photo courtesy of Lucy Bolin.
Lucy Bolin, Coach
Fellow expat Lucy Bolin shares with us the thrills and challenges she faced as a foreigner living, studying and working in six countries. Read more
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There’s a Gay Wage Gap—and It’s Linked to Discrimination
The wage gaps that exists between men and women and between white and black people have received a lot of attention in recent years. But there’s another wage gap that tends to be overlooked—between heterosexuals and LGBT+ people. Read more
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20 Ways to Create More Diverse Conferences
Stereotyping and unconscious bias can lead to discrimination in any professional area, as an organizer, making sure that your team is diverse can help to mitigate this. And, diverse teams make good business sense. Read more
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Ending the Conference “Manel”
Have you ever been to a conference and noticed that you’re watching an all-male panel? Or looked around the room at an event amazed to see such diversity, only to disappointingly turn to the front and see that the diversity isn’t replicated on stage? Read more
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5 Common Mistakes Job Hunters Make and How to Avoid Them
Discover how you can avoid making some of the most common mistakes job hunters make and increase your chances of landing that dream job. Read more
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Aerial view of Barcelona, photo courtesy of the Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Networking in Barcelona: Get in with the Right Crowd
Opening new doors, starting a business, or finding a job in Barcelona, also means you need to know the right people. So, how do you meet people if you don’t speak Spanish or Catalan and when networking has shifted online because of COVID-19? Read more
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Work Addiction Can Be Harmful to Mental Health
As a culture, we’ve come to value growth and productivity, making paid work not only a necessity, but a central concern in peoples’ lives. Yet this attitude towards work is harming us more than it’s helping. Read more
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Roman Martin, photo courtesy of EKMH Innovators.
Interview: Serial Entrepreneur, Artist & Writer Roman Martin
Guest contributor Erin Hobey shares with us an interview with serial entrepreneur, philosopher, artist, activist, speaker, neuroscientist, economist and angel investor Roman Martin. Read more
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Inca and Victoria Coates of VIVABCN.
Entrepreneurs Explain: Victoria Coates and Inca from VIVABCN
This month for Entrepreneurs Explain we chatted with Victoria Coates, an expat that started VIVABCN, the only pet-friendly relocation company in Barcelona. Read more
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Entrepreneurs Explain: Laura Cuddy Weathers the Storm
This month for Entrepreneurs Explain we chatted with Laura Cuddy, who has developed her own line of women’s sportswear right here in Barcelona. Read more
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Jodie Sclare and Josh Bumgardner: Founders of FunTalk
Jodie Sclare and Josh Bumgardner explain how their language centre FunTalk was created, and prove that learning a language can be fun. Read more
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David Jane: CEO of Drivemebarcelona.com
The CEO of Drivemebarcelona.com shares his experience of registering and financing his businesses in Barcelona. Read more
Business events
PWN Networking Drinks
Expand your professional network at PWN’s monthly drinks event. Read more
Dec 14, 2021
PWN Networking Drinks
Expand your professional network at PWN’s monthly drinks event. Read more
Jan 11, 2022
PWN Networking Drinks
Expand your professional network at PWN’s monthly drinks event. Read more
Feb 8, 2022
