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Op-eds I have written on AI, startups and how Portugal builds an innovation economy. The articles are in Portuguese; headlines are translated here. A weekly newsletter is on its way.
Op-eds
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.
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
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
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
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