Warm welcome of Junior Enterprises at Euskalduna, Bilbao, to Asturix’s leader

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The celebration in Bilbao of the XXVIII National Congress of Junior Enterprises gathered more than 200 junior entrepreneurs from Spain and Europe around the theme “bilbONrocking.” This event marks the opening of a new era of knowledge society for all Basque, Spanish and international. In this context, professionalism and quality, both human and content, have been two pillars before, during and after the Congress. Have participated as speakers:

- Antonella Broglia, has worked among others as Vice President and CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi in Spain and European member of the board lately … Known for presenting the event in which participated among others TEDxYouthMadrid Luis Ivan Cuende.

- Luis Ivan Cuende: Young entrepreneur of 16 years from Asturias, founder of Asturix, winning  european programming contests and hackers. 2.0 A promise the world and eager to make changes in society.

- Igor San Román: Sociálitas founder of professional experience in very diverse in the right where he practiced for more than three years. Responsible Expansion Restaura and expert group on social networking and Enterprise 2.0 include

- Tabi Vicuña: Creator and CEO of Jobs and Talent

- Juan Ferrer: One of the best business coaches in Spain. Educated at the Harvard Kennedy School in Leadership Development.

Original post in El País on 11.26.11:

“I want to change the world.” Nothing less. Young Luis Ivan Cuende (Oviedo, 1995), aiming high since he was just 12 years. Just created a project called Asturix, which consisted of setting up an operating system that seeks to “compete” with Windows and Mac. Beginnings of an entrepreneur is never easy, but a child of 12 years are even more arduous. “I had problems with the closed minded people.” However, the idea had potential and soon arrived institutions and sponsors willing to assist in the company. In the present works a dozen people between 14 and 47 years with the firm. So far, so altruistic.

Its software has been installed in over 20 countries around the world and it lays the foundation of another company with another boy of 16 years Murcia. “It will be  the first desktop distributed in the world. Instead of having a third party server is distributed over several computers at once without relying on a third party to synchronize files,” said the young Asturian.

Luis Miguel, the father of this restless young man who speaks with a confidence beyond her age, is devoted to computing. A Luis Ivan had never particularly liked computers, but at age 12, by chance, came to him a CD with free software and interested. His family supported him, after saving some initial reluctance. In a couple of months convinced them he was “not crazy”.

“People often think that I spend the day stuck in a cave programming, but actually when I was 12 years spent an hour a day, which was increased. Now I spend more time on this than the studios,” he admits. He study First Grade High School in an Technological Institute in Oviedo. “Now is secondary, I do not care,” says Cuende.

“The software is what makes a computer run. Our product also has ethical advantages. The base to within a few principles: use and modify and distribute freely. Windows or Mac does not happen.” Cuende also now helps others overcome the” barriers “which ensures that in Spain there are new projects. This guy offered yesterday at a conference Euskalduna on entrepreneurship and innovation in the framework of the Congress Junior national Companies that organize this year students from the University of Mondragon and which closed yesterday. Cuende encouraged to undertake something that “in Spain not long ago. People complain of unemployment, but you have to do is create your company innovate. Differentiate from others, you must be autonomous “encouraged.

Original post in El Diario Vasco, 11.26.11

Luis Ivan Cuende, Asturix
“Matter ethical advantages of free software” discovered 12 years free software and is now an expert. Created an operating system for use in Asturias and is used more outside of Spain (present in over 20 countries) in Asturias, a reality that leads to joke “I’m about to change the name because in Asturias is where the least support us “. Already working with him in Asturix 22 people “as volunteers because we are volunteers.” Now study the creation of a hotbed for “young people like me, 12 to 25 years, to take forward their projects rather than 3 years, as happened to me, by the number of barriers in this country to take” . The difference with the major brands of operating systems is that they like to promote “ethical advantages of free software because it is based on several pillars: use, modify, improve and redistribute: here you are user but also participate in the process “.