Carlos Cruz Rastrojo

4YFN Conference Consultant at 4YFN - 4 Years from Now

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

About

I am an event manager & conference curator with a background in finance and economics. After working in CNMC and Roca as data and financial analyst, in 2014 I co-founded Startup Grind Barcelona. In 2015 I founded the event consultancy iyi events, where I've produced and curated conferences like IDP 2016, 4YFN or xSide. Since 2018 I lead and curate Fuckup Nights Barcelona. I'm passionate about Barcelona, events, entrepreneurship and a strong believer in the importance of personal relations and the human factor, which is something I keep in mind with every single professional or personal interaction. My Mission is to live from doing things I love and I follow the next values: Be honest, Be curious, Enjoy the journey, Quality is in the details, Treat others like you'd like to be treated. Say hi and let me know how can I help you: [email protected] : )

Experience

  • Event Management & Conference Curation at iyi events
    Feb 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 6 mos

    iyi events is a boutique consultancy offering event management & content curation services in order to creat a more aware and human society.

  • 4YFN Conference Curator at 4YFN - 4 Years from Now
    May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

    Since Apr 2021 I've been leading the design, curation and implementation of the Conference program of 4YFN, taking place alongside GSMA's Mobile World Congress

  • Director and curator at Fuckup Nights Barcelona
    Apr 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

    At Fuckup Nights Barcelona we celebrate recurring events where we share stories of failure to create a culture shift around failure in order to help people get rid of limiting paradigms and empower growh and innovation. Since I became director I've grown the community by hosting recurring bi-monthly events and curating the failure stories.

  • Director and curator at Fuckup Nights Madrid
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

    At Fuckup Nights Madrid we celebrate recurring events where we share stories of failure to create a culture shift around failure in order to help people get rid of limiting paradigms and empower growh and innovation.

  • Madrid Curator at Techstars Startup Digest
    Jan 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    The newsletter covering all things startup & tech in Madrid. Subscribe here: https://read.letterhead.email/techstars-madrid