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IESE Founders Forum 2026
Hosted by IESE Business School — School of Founders
Tuesday 16 June 2026 · 9:00am · IESE Business School — Barcelona Campus · hosted by IESE Business School — School of Founders
about this room
IESE's annual flagship founder forum at its Barcelona campus — a peer-led two-day format where founders and operators trade frameworks, provocations and questions rather than sit through one-way keynotes. 2026 contributors include James Allen (Bain, Founder's Mentality), Verne Harnish (Scaling Up), Avi Meir (Co-Founder Perk.com / former TravelPerk CEO), Mahendra Ramsinghani, Rachel Turner and Tim Leberecht. Paid, but the calibre of the room and the format make it one of the few founder events in Spain worth blocking two days for.
Avi Meir · Co-Founder, Perk.com
James Allen · Partner / Author Founder's Mentality, Bain & Company
Mahendra Ramsinghani · Author / Investor, The Resilient Founder
Rachel Turner · Co-Founder, VC Talent Lab
Verne Harnish · Author / Scaling expert, Scaling Up
Tim Leberecht · Founder, House of Beautiful Business
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