Tuesday, March 12th, we kept the ball rolling on RE-discover MONEY week! We started it by giving a warm welcome to Pedro Monteiro de Barros, Head of Finance at Codacy. Per usual, the day started with a pitch presentation from each startup, followed by our mentor’s talk about Startup Finances.
Week 6 ‘RE-discover MONEY is officially on! It all started on Monday, March 11th! We started by welcoming Jorge Dias Fernandes, CEO of Expedita, and Luís Duarte Silva, CEO of XIS Group, to our retreat.
Week 5 is all about RE-booting your ENERGY! After an extended weekend of relaxing and celebrating Carnival, it was time to add more fun and energy to the week.
The fourth week ended with a splash. Literally! On Friday, March 1st, our startups went into open seas on a mission to watch some of the 28 species that live on this part of the Atlantic.
On Thursday, February 28th, our startups started the day with a visit to the Municipal Theatre Baltazar Dias, guided by the Director of the Theatre herself, Sandra Nóbrega. Built in 1887, the Theatre is named after the great blind playwright and poet born in Madeira who marked the national theatre scene, Baltazar Dias.
The main gold of the 4th week was to RE-start SOMETHING! Based on Google Ventures Design, this Sprint lasted for 3 days (25th, 26th, and 27th February). The startups started by identifying an issue, think about solutions and create a prototype that could be tested and validated. To guide this Sprint we welcomed Joana Roquette, Assistant Project Manager […]
SRS Advogados is one of the partners of Madeira Startup Retreat: 2nd Edition. From SRS Advogados, we welcomed on Wednesday, February 22nd, Paulo Bandeira, partner, and Cristina Dionísio, Consultant Lawyer. It was an afternoon dedicated to learning more new information about the Investment Process in Startups.
Sharing makes us bigger! And we can accomplish a lot together. So, besides our mentors, speakers, local entrepreneurs, and enterprises, our Startups are also invited to share. During the Madeira Startup Retreat, the entrepreneurs have the chance to share with us more information about their product/ service. Our first Startup Workshop – Sharing Makes Us Bigger […]
February 19th was all about digging into how strong each startup brand; how to care about the brand; and is it communicating the right message? But most importantly, which tools can be used to measure it. Rui Gouveia, Co-Founder & CIO of comOn Group and CEO of Build Up Labs visited us during all day to help […]
RE-launch GROWTH‘s week is on! On February 18th, we welcomed Gil Belford, General Manager at Fever Portugal & Lisboa Secreta. Gil shared his experience as a mentor and entrepreneur and explored both the good and the bad moments in his entrepreneurial life.