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News
▸ Official launch of IberianTax, a startup hosted at the ParcBit business incubator, which has developed a SaaS that allows foreigners with properties in Spain to file and pay their own non-resident tax from anywhere in the world and without the need for tax knowledge.
▸ The agency Borbalán has published the new Businesscards.eco website, a platform for freelancers and companies to create their own e-Cards.
▸ Call for applications for the Cercle d’Economia de Mallorca Awards is now open. They are looking for ideas to improve people’s living conditions and health or ideas that contribute to environmental sustainability. The winning idea will receive a cash prize of €7,000 and other benefits.
▸ Netin Club lands in Palma. It is a startup private equity investment fund in Palma de Mallorca that manages a network of private investors that connects local business projects that want to grow. Last year, nationwide, they received 600 applications, of which 40 were approved and raised a total of €3M in investment.
▸ VisitBot was officially presented at FITUR. It is a bot developed by APSL, based on its yed.ai solution, which provides information on what to visit and do on the island of Menorca.
▸ Emprendedores magazine has published an article in which it lists 83 brilliant business ideas classified by autonomous communities. In the Balearic Islands, it has highlighted the startups Idonia Health (accessibility to medical imaging tests), Apprentium (online school for construction), Mansión Games (independent video game studio) and Modosmart (IoT for holiday accommodation management).
▸ Report on the startup Saigu Cosmetics, an ecological make-up brand launched in 2019 by two Menorcans. Throughout the article, they review the trajectory of the young company, which went through one of Lanzadera’s acceleration programmes and last year reached a turnover of €350,000.
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Interesting Links
▸ Talent & Startups Especial Día d’Internet – Antoni Aloy (APSL), Tomeu Fiol (Hotelinking), Verónica Rosselló (TravelgateX)
▸ From Surge.sh to Netlify – Álvaro Medina, Fundació Bit
▸ What is ideation and when to use it? – Fabian Roschig, Innovation Consultant
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Tech Stories
The goal of Mallorca Tech Newsletter’s Tech Stories is to tell stories from our ecosystem; whether it is a big company, a small project, a personal story, or a community, the only thing that matters is to share experiences and lessons learned.
▸ Apprentium, or how to launch an online education business applying Lean Startup methodology.
▸ The marketing of DonDominio, the company that manages more than 400,000 domains a year from Manacor.
▸ Chronomask, creating and launching an app to control the usage of coronavirus masks.
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