Press
In the press.
Op-eds I've written and interviews I've given in Portuguese media, on AI, startups and how Portugal builds an innovation economy. The articles are in Portuguese; headlines are translated here and the summaries are mine.
From 7 Startup Weekends to 27: What São Paulo Taught Me About Building Startup Communities, and How We Took It to Portugal (Techstars, opens in a new tab)
How a volunteer community took São Paulo from 7 to 27 Startup Weekends a year, and how the same playbook built Portugal's largest startup community.
DeepNeuronic, BloodFlow, knokcare, RTBEAMTECH and Ricardo Marvão win the Entrepreneurship Awards (Business-IT, opens in a new tab)
The winners of Unicorn Factory Lisboa's Entrepreneurship Awards 2026, with Fernando Jardim named International Personality of the Year. · In Portuguese
DeepNeuronic, BloodFlow, knokcare, RTBEAMTECH and Ricardo Marvão win the Entrepreneurship Awards (PC Guia, opens in a new tab)
Unicorn Factory Lisboa's 2026 Entrepreneurship Awards: Fernando Jardim, of the 351 Portuguese Startup Association, wins International Personality of the Year. · In Portuguese
Finalists announced for 2026 Entrepreneurship Awards by Unicorn Factory Lisboa (Portugal Startup News, opens in a new tab)
Fernando Jardim among the finalists for the International Personality Award, for his work supporting startups and shaping startup policy in Portugal and Europe.
The 10-person startup is dead, and Portugal's accelerators haven't got the memo (Tek Notícias (SAPO), opens in a new tab)
AI now lets one founder build what used to take a team of ten, and Portugal's accelerators are still running a 2019 playbook. · In Portuguese
How to attract €800 million, create 1,600 startups, 8,800 jobs and add 8% to GDP, and why it's decided this week (Tek Notícias (SAPO), opens in a new tab)
On the public consultation for the National Entrepreneurship Strategy 2030: six barriers holding Portugal back, and why redirecting 0.3% of household savings and the EU's 48-hour company could change the next decade. · In Portuguese
Techstars' international programme for innovation leaders comes to Lisbon (Marketeer (SAPO), opens in a new tab)
On the Lisbon edition of the Techstars Community Leader Academy, which he says should end in a national plan to develop the ecosystem. · In Portuguese
351 Startups launches Startuppers to help new founders (ECO, opens in a new tab)
Launch of Startuppers, a free month-long online programme for future founders, which he calls the first of its kind in Portugal. · In Portuguese
Established founders will help other entrepreneurs through mentoring and networking (Human Resources (SAPO), opens in a new tab)
On #YouAreNotAlone, 351's programme pairing experienced founders with founders who need help. · In Portuguese
Companies in Portugal: how to build a more competitive, resilient ecosystem (Dinheiro Vivo, opens in a new tab)
What Portuguese companies need to compete: less bureaucracy, lower taxes, more talent and better access to financing. · In Portuguese
Why universities and companies have to innovate together (ECO, opens in a new tab)
Portugal files plenty of patents and turns few of them into products. The fix is a working link between universities and companies. · In Portuguese
What business leaders want from the Economy Ministry's big package of measures (ECO, opens in a new tab)
ECO special asking business leaders what the government's 60-measure package should include. As president of 351 Startups, he points to the costs early-stage companies carry before any revenue, and EU funding that arrives too late. · In Portuguese
Arroios, the Lisbon neighbourhood digital nomads made their own (Diário de Notícias (DN Brasil), opens in a new tab)
A report on Arroios with café owners, nomads and coworking managers. He explains how he brings founders and nomads into local coworking spaces. · In Portuguese
Entrepreneurship in Portugal: where we stand, what's in the way, what's possible (Observador, opens in a new tab)
Portugal's young ecosystem leans too hard on public support. He argues for a national entrepreneurship strategy built by founders, for founders. · In Portuguese
Porto hosts an international programme that trains startup-ecosystem leaders (Link to Leaders, opens in a new tab)
The Techstars Community Leader Academy comes to Porto to connect regional communities and co-design a local and national action plan. · In Portuguese
351: “It takes a village to make a startup work” (Dinheiro Vivo, opens in a new tab)
Interview on how 351 grew into a volunteer community that supports founders from day zero. · In Portuguese
351 Portuguese Startup Community becomes an association (Link to Leaders, opens in a new tab)
351 becomes a non-profit association, with 1,200+ members, so it can have people working full-time on helping founders grow. · In Portuguese
More than 100 tech events will surround Web Summit across Portugal (ECO, opens in a new tab)
Launch of the first Portugal Tech Week: more density in the big hubs, and the impact taken to every city. · In Portuguese
Made of Lisboa launches “Digitaliza Já!” to help small businesses (ECO (Lusa), opens in a new tab)
Lisbon's Made of Lisboa launches Digitaliza Já! to get small businesses online during COVID, with partners including Airbnb, Google and OLX. · In Portuguese
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