Elena Rodríguez

Entrepreneurship, Social innovation, Project management, Dragon Dreaming, Business strategy, Humanitarianism, Start-up, Coaching, Design Thinking, Service Design.

Born in Costa Rica, brought up in Salvador, Elena has lived in more than 15 cities all around the world, which has made her understood different lifestyles and be in contact with very diverse challenges. She is the co-founder and CEO of Authenticitys, Anoderwold, Bloom Microventures and has been part of the team behind Impact Hub Barcelona. She has worked as a facilitator and mentor for more than 150 organisations and entrepreneurs and a trainer of trainers in the Dragon Dreaming methodology. She teaches in ESADE, UPF and IED Barcelona, among others, and, as a researcher, have co-authored numerous studies on social entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Elena studied International Business and Finance (Grove City College, Pennsylvania) and have Masters in Business Administration (SDA BOCCONI, Milano), Development Management (LSE, London) and TeamCoaching (Mondragon Team Academy, Spain). She is a Project Management Professional certified by the Project Management Institute and a Dragon Dreaming practitioner.

• Social Innovation Business Design