Talent Arena, a success

The last day of the MWC always has a different character. With the top executives already gone, the exhibition welcomes a new type of visitor. This Thursday, thousands of people have gained access with the free pass included in the registration to the Talent Arena, the programmers' congress organised by the Mobile World Capital Foundation from Monday to Wednesday at the Montjuïc venue. Combining media presentations, motivational talks and technical sessions, the Talent Arena completes the virtuous circle of technocapitalism: it stimulates vocations that generate start-ups, which will then seek investors at 4YFN and perhaps end up being acquired by major MWC exhibitors. The success of this event could be the seed of a strong local community of developers, very different from that of entrepreneurs. I suspect that in a few years the GSMA will absorb the Talent Arena and integrate it into the MWC, repeating the strategy applied with 4YFN.

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