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What Will Web Summit 2020 Look Like?

Last year around this time, tech enthusiasts were preparing themselves to travel to Lisbon to attend Web Summit—one of the largest annual gatherings of entrepreneurs and investors in the world. But much has changed since last year. The world has turned almost upside down by a virus that is responsible for an unprecedented pandemic with…

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Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, at the Web Summit. Photo by: Miguel Salvado.

Web Summit: UN Chief Guterres Appealed to “a Serious Discussion on Impacts of Fourth Industrial Revolution”

Antonio Guterres’ speech at the Web Summit was about unity. Guterres’ intentions were clear, he wants to bring all the main political, business, and technology players together for the “common good of the societies of tomorrow”. Following the same line, just a few minutes earlier in the same auditorium, the CEO of Web Summit, Paddy…

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Isabel Neves Interview - Lisbon Business Angels Club President

Women in Business Isn’t Anything New, It’s Been Happening for 20 Years, Says Isabel Neves of Portuguese Shark Tank

Isabel Neves is the president of the Lisbon Business Angels Club (LBAC) and one of the investors in Shark Tank Portugal. We met with her for an interview during the third anniversary of the LBAC, in which another round of startup pitches took place. It was a full house event where angel investors and startups…

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Sergio Gonçalves interview - Lisbon Business Angels Club

Entrepreneurs Should Execute First and Perfect It Later, Says Business Mentor Sergio Gonçalves

The Lisbon Business Angels’ Club hosted another edition where startups where able to pitch and showcase their projects to investors. According to Sergio Miguel Gonçalves, the former project manager for the Lisbon Business Angels’ Club, “about 30% of the event attendees were investors and the event outcome was, once again, extremely positive”. Miguel Salvado: We’re…

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