Such a week! From 3rd to the 7th of February, the SOL Mobility bootcamp brought 25 startups from 13 different countries to present their solutions for urban mobility to the public and corporate partners of this Smart Open Lisboa (SOL) vertical edition. Urban mobility...
The innovation wheel spins fast.
So, every week, we keep track of it.
Tech Hustlers Vs Music Artists – Dealing With Talent
What does Lady Gaga have in common with Uber? A Talk on how to deal with talent, conquer your first users and find your product/market fit.
How Culture Can Define The Success Of Your Startup
Presentation deck for the Lisbon Challenge Accelerator series on the importance of defining your startup’s culture from day one.
Beta-i awarded with best rebranding and logo of the year
Beta-i was awarded for the Best Rebranding and Logo of the year, thanks to the brilliant design made by Ogilvy. Find out the whole story behind our new brand and logo right here.
Ask the Right Questions – Customer Development
Are you asking your customers the right questions? Get your tickets here for Rob Fitzpatrick’s “How to talk to your customers” at Beta-i.
“I have a problem with the word Pivot”
The fact the word Pivot is so easily pronounced kind of gives us the wrong perception of a quick and painless step on a Startup’s normal routine.
You Got into the Lisbon Challenge accelerator. Now What?
Lisbon Challenge is a 10 week accelerator where founders will get to work hard, play hard and relax – the benefits of being in Lisboa.
Introducing the Lisbon Challenge Core Mentors
There’s no doubt a Mentor can have a crucial role on a Startup’s way to success. Within the strong Lisbon Challenge network, there are three Core Mentors that will help and guide every single team from day one to the final pitch, covering these main areas: growth,...
Meet the Startups of Lisbon Challenge Spring’16
Once again, from the four corners of the world hundreds of Lisbon Challenge applications arrived at our HQ in Lisbon. For days in a row, some of the most influential entrepreneurs, investors and mentors around were kept in a closed room, while carefully analysing each...
Web Summit’s Ultimate Guide to Lisbon’s Startup Scene
If Portugal(’s fame) in the last decades was still deeply attached to a past generation of explorers and remarkable sailing ventures, the last few years put Portugal and Lisbon again under the spotlight due to a rising community of adventurers and creators who have...
Lx Scala: the 1st International Scala Conference in Lisbon
A couple of months ago we got an email from Sandra Wolf from Codacy about this international Scala meetup they wanted to organise. However, what started off as a meetup turned out to be a ‘slightly’ bigger event... Codacy, together with 47 Degrees, is now organising,...
How to successfully launch a crowdfunding campaign
A couple of weeks ago we found out that Remidi, an Italian startup from Lisbon Challenge Fall 2015 who blew everyone away with a music playing and recording glove, had launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. That made total sense… If there was a startup with...
Startup Simplex: Keeping it Simple and Fighting Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy is just one of those words everyone hates, especially when it comes to the public sector... How many times have you actually taken the day to dive into bureaucratic paperwork and found yourself screaming in the waiting room because you can’t keep up with...