28/05/2021
The challenges of the post-COVID labor market
The impact of COVID-19 on the world of work has been devastating. Over the last year, more than 1,250,000 Catalans have been affected by temporary employment regulation schemes, and more than 240,000 self-employed workers have applied for the extraordinary benefit for cessation of activity. This is an unprecedented situation that has particularly affected small businesses
28/04/2021
Startup Huddle Barcelona: Culture Transforms
Last Monday, April 26, Autoocupació held the sixth edition of Startup Huddle Barcelona, which, coinciding with the Sant Jordi celebrations, was dedicated to the culture sector. The event brought together more than 40 professionals from the world of entrepreneurship and mentoring. The event, which featured the collaboration of the Fundació Carulla and the participation of
06/04/2021
I am what I want to be!
Have you ever wondered how many hours you will work throughout your life? Broadly speaking, a person who is professionally active from the completion of their studies until retirement works more than 80,000 hours! This time represents more than 30% of the hours a person is awake during adulthood. Taking these figures into account, it
25/03/2021
BANC has secured €2.3M in funding for some twenty projects in 2020
The network has secured €2.3M in investment for Catalan business projects, at the startup stage, innovative and with growth potential Most projects are developed in sectors such as ICT, agri-food, industrial, and cosmetics During 2020, the technical team of the Business Angels Network Catalonia-BANC worked to help mitigate the economic impact caused by the Covid-19
12/03/2021
AWS Amazon Credit for the Get With project
BANC, a network of private investors founded by Autoocupació 17 years ago, has helped the GET WITH project secure an AWS AMAZON credit. These credits are designed to provide startups with the necessary resources to scale rapidly, offering up to 10,000 dollars in credits to purchase AWS services (software, cloud space, AI/Machine learning technologies, advisory
08/03/2021
Today and always, March 8th! #SomDones
Today and always, in the struggle. So that women are valued as role models in different areas of life, to break the glass ceiling, to expand the network of services aimed at female empowerment, to eliminate the additional discrimination faced by women, to achieve true coeducation, to be able to decide about our own bodies
22/01/2021
Reempresa enters 2021, preventing the closure of 3,000 Catalan SMEs
Reempresa, the market for buying and selling small and medium-sized businesses in Catalonia, an initiative launched by the employers’ association Cecot and Autoocupació in 2011, reached 3,000 successful business transfers at the beginning of this January. These success stories have generated an induced investment of over €138M and have prevented the loss of more than
20/01/2021
More than 1,800 students have passed through Autoocupació in 2020
Autoocupació is committed to occupational training for active and unemployed individuals as a way to help them achieve their professional goals. During 2020, the training service has successfully trained more than 1,800 students: specifically, 1,844 students have taken Autoocupació courses, of which nearly 1,000 were trained online during the Covid-19 lockdown in the spring months:
