Dec 15-21 // Google Campus closure, Disruptive Business Models, Investors Lab, Mistakes and Soft Skills
Dec 14, 2025 5:01 pm
Qué Pasa en Madrid
Your weekly newsletter with Business & Tech events in Madrid.
Week 51 // 15 to 21 December
Hola, Madrileños. It's again that time of the year when business starts to slow down, and you can relax for a few days. Enjoy the last (few) events of the year!
Monday, 15
- 🎯 Soft Skills para Emprendedores: Conecta, Lidera y Crece/ 10am - 2pm: intensive training for entrepreneurs focused on communication, leadership, critical thinking, time management, decision-making, and confidence.
- 🚀 Hasta Siempre Google Campus: Legacy, Futuro y Comunidad/ 6 - 10pm: in occasion of the imminent closure of the Google for Startup Campus, the communities of Google Developers Group, Women Techmakers Madrid and Arcasiles organize this gathering focused on the future of software development and AI, with talks on AI-driven team evolution, modernizing legacy code, and post-transformer AI architectures.
Tuesday, 16
- 🤖 Cómo la IA Transformará la Ciberseguridad y la Resiliencia Empresarial/ 9.30 - 11am: business-focused session on how AI is reshaping cybersecurity, highlighting AI-driven threats such as deepfakes, social engineering, and highly targeted attacks.
- 💬 Estrategia de Comunicación para Startups/ 10am - 2pm: practical course for founders and early-stage teams on building a clear communication strategy, covering messaging, brand storytelling, channel selection, and low-budget digital tools.
- 🔑 IA en Procesos de Apoyo: Clave para la Transformación Digital/ 12 - 1pm: expert discussion at Madrid Innovation Lab on how AI is being adopted in business support functions such as HR, finance, and customer service, based on a European Commission report.
- 😢 Último Open podcast en Google For Startups/ 5.30 - 8.30pm: live recording of the final Open podcast season, marking the closing of a long-running chapter connected to Google for Startups. The session includes conversations on entrepreneurship, startup growth, and lessons learned from building and exiting technology companies.
Wednesday, 17
- 🌱 Coffee for the Climate/ 9 - 11am: networking and workshop session focused on sustainability, with experts from Robinsun, specializing in solar panels and renewable energy, leading part of the session.
- 🎬 IA y Video Analytics: La Revolución Digital que Está Transformando las Empresas/ 9.30 - 11am: session on understanding AI-driven video analytics to improve business operations and leverage visual data for strategic decision-making, with guests from Fervimax, IVEDA, and other experts.
- 👨🏻💻 NoCode4Culture: Aprende a crear Proyectos Culturales con NoCode/ 3 - 6pm: demo day to learn how to use NoCode tools and generative technologies to create, position, and sell cultural projects, and explore incubated projects that combine culture and technology.
- 💅🏻 Innovación Tecnológica - Sector Belleza & Bienestar/ 4 - 8pm: session presenting practical applications of digital tools and AI in the beauty and wellness sector, including apps, platforms, and experimenting with a new device that scans internal body states.
- 💻 Claude Code Meetup Madrid/ 6.30 - 9pm: explore Claude Code through a mini hackathon, creating digital products in small groups while learning the tool’s capabilities, with guidance from the team and a session for discussing results.
- 💥 Construyendo Negocios Disruptivos: Estrategia, Diseño e Impacto/ 6.30 - 9.30pm: event by StartupGrind to explore how strategy, design, and execution combine to build disruptive businesses, with practical tools and real-life examples from founders in gastronomy and urban mobility - like Bistrohunters and LetMePark.
- ☕ Café con Ethichubbers/ 7 - 9pm: gathering with the EthicHub investing community to reflect on the 2025 progress and plan for 2026 while celebrating the 5th anniversary of ETHIX and discussing regenerative finance.
- 🎤 The Madrid Review Live: Journalism as a Public Service 7.30 - 9.30pm: discussing journalism as a public service with Marilyn Quintana, a Spanish-Ecuadorian journalist, with a focus on media literacy, combating disinformation, and the connection between Spain and English-speaking countries.
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Thursday, 18
- 🧾 Nuevas Obligaciones en Materia de Facturación/ 10am - 2pm: four-hour practical workshop for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and business owners on the upcoming electronic invoicing regulation VeriFactu. The session covers legal context, obligations, implementation deadlines, and hands-on use of available platforms to automate invoicing.
- 🎅 Networking “Modelos de Negocio Navideños”/ 12 - 2pm: guided networking session on holiday business strategies, including case studies, seasonal adjustments, and creative marketing actions for entrepreneurs to optimize projects during the festive period.
- 💰 AI Investor LAB/ 4.30 - 8pm: lab for investors and founders to identify high-potential AI startups. The session explores evaluation criteria, market and technical analysis, team assessment, and emerging opportunities, combining discussion and collaborative learning to guide investment decisions in the deeptech sector.
- 🗣 Improve Your Public Speaking Skills/ 7.30 - 9.30pm: weekly public speaking meet-up to develop clarity, confidence, and persuasive skills using classical rhetoric and practical exercises, hosted in English.
Friday, 19
- 🤝 Descubre La Nave: Jornada de Puertas Abiertas a Emprendedores/ 11am - 1pm: open-house event for new entrepreneurs to explore the famous La Nave’s innovation space, learn about support programs for startups, and connect with resident startups and professionals.
- ❌ Networking “¿Cansado de Historias de Éxito? También se Aprende de los Errores”/ 12 - 2pm: session focused on sharing mistakes, failed decisions, and hard lessons that are usually left out of success stories, exchanging real experiences and practical takeaways to learn from errors and build more honest professional connections.
- 💰 Tus Finanzas Primero, Planifícate y Actúa/ 7 - 9pm: personal finance masterclass focused on understanding inflation, compound interest, and common banking pitfalls, with practical tools for personal and family financial planning - including a financial self-assessment.
- 🔀 Tech Mixer and Social/ 7.30 - 10pm: a relaxed after-work environment for tech enthusiasts to network, share knowledge, and explore career opportunities in fields like AI, web development, and data science, hosted regularly.
Saturday, 20
- 🤝 Digital Nomads: Dinner with Entrepreneurs in Madrid/ 7 - 10pm: small-group dinner designed for digital nomads and entrepreneurs to connect through shared experiences, conversation, and food in an informal setting, with planned table match-making.
Sunday, 21
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Upcoming Events
Monday, 12 January 2026
- 🍸 Professional Networking & Drinks/ 7 - 11pm
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Tuesday, 20 January 2026
- 🎤 Open Mic Storytelling #26 - "FIRST TIMES 👣"/ 7 - 9pm
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Good Books I'm Reading 📚
- The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self. I'm sure many of you have already read self-improvement books and are already looking for ways to stay physically and mentally healthy. Starting from human evolution principles, this book gives you additional ideas and shows you all the healthy behaviors we are sacrificing while living in the modern society full of comfort. It's packed with science and studies but written in an easy-to-read way, alternating narrative parts on the author's personal experience and more scientific ones. Loved this book, highly recommended!! (Spanish edition here)
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, offers a practical framework for handling difficult, high-stakes conversations with clarity, calm, and mutual respect. Communication is fundamental in every aspect of business and personal life. (Spanish edition here)
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Disclaimer: Qué Pasa en Madrid is not responsible for the events included in the present email. Informational purpose only. Issue #57 (14.12.25)
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