From Monday to Tuesday, March 18th and 19th, we welcomed Diogo Silva and Jesper Carvalho Andersen to guide the teams through how to pitch and how to impact, respectively.

On Friday, March 15th, the entrepreneurs from instaviagem, Vinicyus Vieira, Priscila Mattos and Fernando Palacios conducted the workshop #Unskippable > how to develop your Instagram account into a purposeful content system! We couldn’t have asked for a better workshop: #pratical and #intuitive! 

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. 

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.

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 […]

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.

Take a deep look at what you are offering to your customers! So the startups could look deeper to what they are offering to their customers, the second day of the week was guided by Fernando Moreira, Founder of Angry Ventures.

As you all know by now, Madeira Startup Retreat is a unique mix of a startup acceleration program and a relaxing retreat for Tourism & Travel startups After an intensive 1st week, it was time to enjoy a road trip! With a great temperature, we started our Saturday exploring the amazing fruits, senses, and sights […]

On the second day, Tomás Sousa de Abreu and  Victor Micu, both from the NOVA SBE Venture Lab, kicked-off the retreat program with the arrow of life!  An introspect exercise of looking into themselves considering their past, present, and future. To get everyone focused, calm and into a concentrated state, it was time to meditate. […]