Another great year comes to an end, and all this nostalgia got us thinking. So many things have happened, so many things we've learned... 2015 was a hell of ride for the Portuguese startup scene. Together, we built cool new products, developed disruptive businesses, looked at things differently and turned them around, proved the skeptics wrong, and embraced the unexpected, over and [...]
If you're an entrepreneur who hear of Y Combinator all the time. The name kind of speaks for itself… So, when you hear that Garry Tan, former Partner at Y Combinator and founder of one of the most interesting blogging platforms ever, called Posterous, later acquired by Twitter, is coming to Lisbon for a talk, you know it’s gotta be good. Here's a quick summary of his talk that we're sharing with the world. Give it a read.
Alright, this is the moment we've all been waiting for. Who were the winners of the Lisbon Challenge Fall 15 edition? Who got the 100k from Caixa Capital or the 30 years of free office space in Lisbon from the City Hall? Well, for those of who couldn't attend Fast Track Lisbon here are the big winners.
Fast Track Lisbon, brought us some amazing insights from both some of the best startups in Lisbon and world known speakers. Check out here the main highlights and lessons learned on fundraising, product, design and business development.
We’re the same Beta-i as always, but now, with a new face.
We're busy getting everything ready for Fast Track Lisbon (Lisbon Challenge and Beta-start Demo Day) this Friday at Mercado da Ribeira and we just realised we only have 43 tickets left... Save your spot here before it's too late. Meet the best startups in Lisbon, talk to experienced entrepreneurs and network with the main players from the Portuguese startup scene.
We're introducing some of the best startups in Lisbon this Friday at Mercado da Ribeira. From our accelerators, Lisbon Challenge and Beta-start, here are the XX startups that will pitch and show their disruptive products to the world...
Just the other day at the office somebody from our team shared a really interesting blog-post on fundraising for startups. It was from Mark Suster’s blog, Both Sides of the Table (for those who never heard of it, do yourself a favour and give it a read). On this blog-post, Mark talks about his own lessons learned on Venture Funding and shares a few tips that are super relevant for any startup founder.
This is big news to all avid music listeners, entrepreneurs, marketers and growth hackers out there. We’re excited to announce that we’re bringing to Lisbon Soundcloud’s Growth and Retention Lead, Andy Carvell, for Fast Track Lisbon - Lisbon Challenge and Beta-start Demo Day - on December 4th.
Seeusoon, our Lisbon Challenge alumni has started off with the passionate mission of allowing long-distance couples to meet more often, as their platform would suggest their users cheaper flights and destinations. But since then, a few things have changed... They got into Startup Bootcamp in Berlin (and Startup Chile) and pivoted in the process. To recap the whole story, Techcrunch has written about it, putting this promising startup under the spotlight, once again.
