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  • Meet Pedro Santos
    Meet Pedro Santos

    Ahoy mateys! Welcome Pedro Santos who will deliver the Finances Workshop, on 8 March. Pedro Entrepreneurship Evangelist. Chief Executive Officer at all-desk. Director at Bet [...]

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  • Meet João Romão
    Meet João Romão

    Give a big ARRR to João Romão, another mentor in the 3rd Edition of Startup Pirates @ Lisboa. João graduated from Computer Science and Business Administration in 2010, after [...]

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  • Meet Cristiano Martins
    Meet Cristiano Martins

    Ahoy mateys! Please give a warm welcoming ARRR to Cristiano Martins who will deliver the energizer “Biodanza”! Cristiano seed sown in the earth in the fertile spr [...]

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  • Meet Celso Martinho
    Meet Celso Martinho

    Hey mateys! Give a big ARRR to another mentor of the 3rd Edition, Celso Martinho. Celso is a co-founder of SAPO, the first Portuguese Search Engine and Web Directory. SAPO i [...]

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  • Meet Miguel Muñoz
    Meet Miguel Muñoz

    Ahoy pirates! We have another mentor to present to you: Miguel Muñoz Duarte! Miguel is Curator of Ignite Portugal, a series of inspiration events that consist in periodic ga [...]

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  • Meet Bruno Amaro
    Meet Bruno Amaro

    Ahoy! Give a welcoming ARRR to another confirmed mentor: Bruno Santos Amaro. Bruno started out with a Chemical Engineering degree, from University of Coimbra but since a dee [...]

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  • Meet Michal Monit
    Meet Michal Monit

    Ahoy almighty pirates, give a welcoming Aaarrr to Michal Monit who will be giving a workshop on Trends and Foresight on the 3rd of March. In one sentence: a multi-skilled, pl [...]

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  • 3rd Edition’s Agenda
    3rd Edition’s Agenda

    Ahoy mateys! Are you still curious about what’s going to happen in the next edition? Be calm… because we are glad to present to you the agenda for the 3rd Edition [...]

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  • Meet Marta Miraldes
    Meet Marta Miraldes

    Ahoy mateys! We are pleased to introduce you Marta Miraldes who will be a mentor at the next edition. Marta is one of the founding partners and managing Partner at SBI Consu [...]

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  • Meet Vincenzo di Maria
    Meet Vincenzo di Maria

    Ahoy mateys! Say ARRR to Vincenzo Di Maria, a brave who will be mentor in the 3rd Edition of Startup Pirates @ Lisboa! Vincenzo is a service designer and social innovator cur [...]

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Meet João Vasconcelos



G’afternoon brave pirates! Give a big AAARRRR to another mentor from the 3rd edition,João Vasconcelos.

João founded and managed several companies, from design to real estate and tourism. He always had a strong involvement in community andassociations, particularly in ANJE where he was Vice President. He supports national entrepreneurship for many years and now adds to his business life the position of Executive Director of Startup Lisboa, Lisbon City incubator, a project sponsored by the Municipality of Lisboa, Montepio Bank, IAPMEI, Portugal Telecom, Microsoft, KPGM, SAGE and several universities.

Posted in 3rd Edition, Blog

Meet Dey Dos



Ahoy mighty pirates! Please give a big ARRR to Dey Dos. He will be our key speaker for the Inspirational Talk on Monday, the 4th of March!

When you ask Dey Dos what he does, he simply says “I’m an awesome human popcorn machine.” And if you are curios enough to keep on inquiring he may go on explaining what that means to him. At StartUp Pirates he will be sharing his perspectives in what he calls “popcorning.” He is co-founder of Beautiful Individuals, a social construction that enables co-generated learning spaces to come to life in wonderful retreats, enabling participants to start operating from more powerful and beautiful sources of action. Dey is a former global president of AEISEC, the world largest student run organization dedicated to international exchanges and leadership development. So far he has visited 76 countries in his quest of serving others, himself and the world to design beautiful ways to live life.

Posted in 3rd Edition, Blog

Meet Fernando Mendes



Ahoy mates! Please give a very loud AAARRRR to Fernando Mendes from Cowork Lisboa who will be mentoring on the next edition.

Fernando Mendes, 44 years, graduated in Communication Design and Master in Visual Culture (Studies of Photography) from IADE. Founder and Co-founder of the publishing projects of the Group Forum, Associação CAIS, Banco Alimentar, among others. Was the general coordinator of the first monthly portuguese magazine about the Internet – Cyber.net. He was director of design of the first portuguese portal, Terravista. In 2010, he founded Cowork Lisboa with Ana Dias. In 2011, he Co-founded the startup All-Desk. He is since April 2012, President of the Association of Former Students of IADE. But what he really knows about is The Velvet Underground.

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Meet André Luis



Arrr you pirates of the seven seas! Please welcome André Luis who will be a mentor on the 3rd edition!

The desire to be different, to have an impact in people’s lives and add value to the society was always the purpose of André Luis’ life. Born in Setubal, he graduated in Industrial Design in IADE, and later got a Post-Graduation in Marketing Management in ISEG.
He started his career in the communication department of a Portuguese human resources group, where he was responsible for the company’s rebranding.
Two years later, at the age of 23, he had the chance to start his first company and also become one of the owners of Blackorange, the company he leads nowadays.
A few months later, he accepted the invitation to be Vitória de Setúbal’s Marketing director – his hometown sports club – becoming one of the youngest directors in sports, nationally.
In 2008 he founded ODD School along with a few other founders, an educational project with the ultimate goal of creating and developing the Entertainment Industry in Portugal.
With an innovative methodology in Portugal, Odd School is now a reference in the market. Since 2008 it has been developing behavioral psychology competencies in students and teaching Leadership modules.
Three years later, he co-founded Yellow Mammoth with his friend Nuno Rivotti, a studio born inside ODD, meant to integrate the best students of ODD in the market.
Today YM is developing products of his own, and outsourcing services for the international market.
Currently, André is the CEO of Blackorange and Yellow Mammoth.

Posted in 3rd Edition, Blog

Meet Sandra Sick



Matteys, please welcome a very special lady pirate, Sandra Sick. She will be a mentor in the 3rd Edition of Startup Pirates @ Lisboa!

Sandra Sick has worked with a very long list of start-ups in her career with a focus on marketing strategy development and execution. Having managed the marketing departments of a number of well-funded technology start-ups in the United States, she then leveraged this experience and created her own marketing consulting firm. Big Planet Marketing focuses on digital marketing strategies and getting clients in any industry found and then developing their brand. Sandra also has extensive experience working with non-profits, who share a lot of the same challenges as traditional start-ups. She was the Digital Marketing Strategist for Stand Up To Cancer and part of the team that helped raise over $80 million for cancer research in the September 2010 telethon. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration with a focus in Marketing from S.U.N.Y. New Paltz in New York.
Having relocated to Lisbon, Portugal in August 2011, Sandra continues to run her consulting business while being involved with start-ups. She is a mentor for Start-Up Lisboa, mentored at the first Seedcamp in Lisbon last fall, spoke on a panel at SVC2Lx and returns for her third time as a mentor at StartUp Pirates Lisboa.

Posted in 3rd Edition, Blog

Miguel Neiva



Ahoy Pirates! Please give a welcoming ARRR to Miguel Neiva.

Miguel is a designer from Oporto and the creator of ColorAdd, a system of identifying colors for color-blind that was considered “one of the 40 ideas that will change the world.”.
As an invited speaker, he has taken part in more than 180 national and international conferences in such diverse areas as Inclusive Design, Marketing, Semyothics, Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
With a Master degree in Design and Marketing, he is currently lecturing the Fashion and Communication Master at that same University. He also cooperates with the Centre for Research Architecture, Urban Planning and Design, is a researcher in the area of the Mind Language Action Group and is a member of the Technical Commission for Accessibility and Inclusive Design. He is also the owner of the atelier – ÍCONE · Miguel Neiva which focuses on Communication Design and Equipment Design.

Miguel will give an Entrepreneurial Talk on the 6th of March.

Posted in 3rd Edition, Blog

Meet Rui Quinta



Rui QuintaAhoy terrors of seas! Give a big… no! Give a huge ARRR to the mighty pirate Rui Quinta!
Rui is a Communication Designer/Brand Strategist with the special focus of not being focused on anything in particular. Starting as a “classic” graphic designer he soon founded is own agency, learned about the importance of understanding the business perspective, developed interest in brand strategy and in the last years he’s been consciously applying some core “values” of what some people call “design thinking” after an intense experience at the D.School – Berlin. Basically, he loves to help people realize their beliefs, transform their motivations into images and feelings while bringing everyone into the design process. He’s not only applying what he has learned with client/agencies but also by putting in motion his own projects like “querescasarcomigo.com” or “toyno.com“.

Posted in 3rd Edition, Blog

Meet Pedro Falcão



Mateys, please give a welcome ARRR to a returning pirate: Pedro Falcão!

Pedro has a Degree in Information Technology Engineering and MBA by UNL. He is Investment Director at Novabase Capital and was previously Investments Director at Aitec SGPS, being responsible for analyzing more than 700 projects. He worked as Marketing Director at OutSystems and TIMw.e. where he helped the company expand to more than 90 countries. He was also a Strategic Consultant at Gemini Consulting. Formerly he worked in Banking and Services as Assistant to Chairman, Project Manager and Analyst/Programmer.

Posted in 3rd Edition, Blog

Meet Daniela Couto



Say ARRR to Daniela Couto, a brave pirate who is sailing the always misterious biotechnologies seas.

Daniela is CEO and co-founder of Cell2b: a biotechnology start-up dedicated to the development cell therapies that prevents and treats organ rejection. Daniela holds a PhD Degree in Bioengineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal. She studied the process of technological innovation in healthcare in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Daniela holds a M.Sc. Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Portugal. During her studies, Daniela lived in Milan, while doing research at Politecnico di Milano, and in the greater Boston area, U.S., for about two years. She has participated and been awarded in different strategic and business plan competitions, such as the Alnylam Strategic Competition at MIT Sloan School of Management. She has also been distinguished as the Women Entrepreneur Award – Start 2011 by ANJE, the Portuguese Association for Young Entrepreneurs. Finally, Cell2B team has received the BES Innovation award 2011, a 60,000 euros award.

Posted in 3rd Edition, Blog

Meet Kristin Mendez



Hey mateys! The New Year brought one more awesome speaker to the Startup Pirates @ Lisboa – 3rd Edition!

Please, say ARRR to Kristin Mendez! She is the Marketing Manager for Boyden Global Executive Search in Portugal and Teaching Assistant for Marketing courses at Católica-Lisbon School of Business  A New York native, she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Psychology from UPENN as well as an MBA with concentrations in Marketing and Management from The Lisbon MBA International – a program held in partnership with MIT, Católica and Nova.  Her professional experience ranges from managing luxury health clubs in NYC (Chelsea Piers, The Sports Club/LA, Equinox) to marketing in various industries (L’Oréal, BBDO, The Lisbon MBA, Grupo Neves de Almeida).  She believes that brands are like superheroes – they can have great power but along with that comes great responsibility.  Brands can be born, they can die, they can evolve and all of this depends on the strategy (or lack thereof) behind the brand.

Posted in 3rd Edition, Blog
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