Pau Garcia-Mila

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Pau Garcia-Milà is a young and successful Spanish entrepreneur and communicator who is a prime example of entrepreneurship in the Digital Age.

Born in Barcelona in 1987, Pau Garcia-Milà is an entrepreneur and communicator. He was 17 years old when he founded his first company, eyeOS, which Telefónica subsequently acquired. During that period, Pau was named Innovator of the Year in 2011 by MIT’s TR-35 and was honored with the Prince of Asturias and Girona “IMPULSA Empresa 2010″ Award.

On the communication front, Pau Garcia-Milà is the author of four books about innovation, ideas, and communication, and contributes to a host of media. He is a regular speaker at public and private events, where he advocates the culture of failure as a critical part of success and speaks about the need for companies to innovate from all departments so as not to lose their competitive edge.

Pau Garcia-Milà currently combines his work at his most recent venture, IdeaFoster, with lectures at ESADE (he teaches on the Masters in Digital Business). He is also an external expert working with the research team at the IMD’s VC2020 Research Centre.

Among Pau Garcia-Milà’s awards are the IMPULSA Award from the Prince of Asturias and Girona (FPdGi), one of the “100 Leaders of the Future” by Capital magazine, and Innovator of the Year by MIT’s TR-35 publication.

Pau Garcia-Milà has been a speaker at public and private events in 15 countries. He has taken part in major events such as the World Business Forum and the World Human Resources Forum,  and numerous corporate and training events where he speaks about innovation, success and failure, idea generation and technology. 

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