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Final call to Porto, OPO Startup Week on May 24
In the lively European Startup scene, Porto is looking for a full-time position. In case you don’t know, OPO is the airport code for Porto International Airport, a one to three hour flight from anywhere in the European Union, pretty … Continue reading
GO Youth @ Lisbon 2013
If there are many reasons one may have to visit Lisbon, another is to meet the local young entrepreneurs at GO Youth Conference 2013, held on the 16th and 17th of March. In case you cannot attend, we’ll be there … Continue reading
Posted in Portugal-Startups, Startups in general
Tagged Conference, Go Youth, Lisbon
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Porto University’s Incubator wins RegioStars award
Brussels, January 31st: UPTEC, Porto University’s incubator was awarded the RegioStar award for the Smart Growth category. Quite appropriately named UPTEC, 5 years old Porto University’s Science and Technology Park is Porto’s largest incubator, currently with 97 startups and 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Portugal-Startups, The EU and Europe
Tagged Porto, Porto University, RegioStars award
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Cristiano Ronaldo “starfunds” Mobitto
We’ve been writing about crowdfunding frequently (I certainly did). But today we’re covering “starfunding” as all-star football (soccer for Americans) player Cristiano Ronaldo invests in Mobitto’s mobile loyalty card. Mobitto is a Lisbon-based mobile marketing startup that aims to improve … Continue reading
Posted in Funding, Portugal-Startups
Tagged Cristiano Ronaldo, Lisboa, Mobitto, starfunding
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The Web of Things ruled the Dublin Web Summit 2012
If you’ve been at Dublin at least once, chances are you know what Temple Bar stands for. So very briefly let me tell you I saw at the Dublin Web Summit this week. The event Paddy Cosgrove brought to life … Continue reading
Posted in Funding, Startups in general, The EU and Europe
Tagged Conference, Dublin, Dublin Web Summit, Smartthings, web of things
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Mygon expands on daily deals
That’s what business modeling is: you can have the same product or service wrapped in so many ways, there’s almost always another way to differentiate. And that’s what business is: you never know what the result will be until you … Continue reading
Pepito, Beaunity and MiniMobil get Startup Pirates @ Porto prizes
It’s Saturday morning and Startup Pirates @ Porto second edition is coming to an end. One week of business modeling, branding, pitching, mentorship and teamwork is over and it’s time to let the team’s ideas shine. The jury has voted … Continue reading
Tuizzi is going global
You might say you could have done this too. But the fact is that Tuizzi done it first and got the second place at the Startup Games in London, last weekend. Tuizzi is simply the booking.com of outdoor advertising. Either … Continue reading
Posted in Funding, Interviews, Portugal-Startups
Tagged outdoor advertising, startup games london, Tuizzi
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Searching for Mediocre Entrepreneurs
I’m pretty mediocre. It’s just the first sentence of James Altucher post on Techcrunch. Interestingly and inspirationally dubbed “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Mediocre Entrepreneurs”, the post is just a masterpiece. But that’s only my opinion. Last week I … Continue reading
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