wohoo! Last week we attended the Web Summit @ Lisbon!

The legal subject is always important. Considering the crucial meaning of the law, SRS Advogados were our partners. On March 7th, Paulo Bandeira traveled from Lisbon to Madeira to discuss “Investment Process in Startups”. Firstly, Paulo mentioned the Company Incorporation in Portugal, Venture Capital, and Investment Agreement. Explaining all the process by phases, Paulo started […]

REinvent your PITCH & FUNDING! The 8th week and the final one of the program was all dedicated funding and pitch. On tuesday, March 6th, we welcomed Paulo Andrez and Filipe Portela. Paulo Andrez, a Business Angel, talked to us about “Zero Risk Startups. 3F, Angels and VCs“. The President of Cascais Business Angels Club […]

VINCI Airports is our partner for the 2nd Hackathon. This is the 7th week and it’s time for the 2nd Hackathon, this time by VINCI Airports and Ana – Aeroportos de Portugal. Yesterday afternoon, two challenges were presented. Francisco Fernandes, Ingrid Lourenço and Artur Arnedo represented the corporate.  For a better introduction to the problem, nothing […]

It’s always important to talk about Metrics, Finances, and Pricing. Mario Mouraz, the co-founder & CEO at Climber Hotel, was at Madeira Startup Retreat last week. Firstly he talked about Management by Metrics and then it was time to work on everyone’s Pricing Strategy. The startups had the opportunity to hear about Inbound and Outbound […]

In these 2 weeks, we’ve been talking and working with Elizabeth Kimball. Elizabeth Kimball is a Freelance Consultant specialized in Innovation & Customer Experience. In her 1st presentation, about Customer Development, she started by quoting Steve Blank on the definition of a startup: “A Startup is a tempory organization designed to search for a repeatable and […]

Madeira Startup Retreat is almost approaching the middle of the program and it coincides with the carnival! This Saturday, we enjoyed the good weather and went to explore several places of Madeira. We 1st stopped at Pinaculo for a photo, then headed to Cristo Rei (Caniço), Santa Cruz, Machico and finally Caniçal. For lunch, we […]

After 4 weeks, plenty of contacts have been made. Local entrepreneurs, startups, enterprises, and clients have been in touch with the startups of Madeira Startup Retreat. This week we welcomed Madeira Software Entreprises. Expedita /Gestools; Xis Group. Everyone had the opportunity to pitch, in order to introduce themselves, even the enterprises. These presentations were followed by […]

On the 4th week, it was all about taking a look back: > Market & Competition > Business Development > Idea and Customer Validation On Monday morning we started with a talk by Tiago Franco, CEO at Imaginary Cloud. On his talk about Strategy, Mkt & Sales, Franco started by trying to identify the most […]