When Filipa Manita is not painting her imagination on canvas, she is busy tweaking her business model canvas. “It is funny that there are some similarities between art and business,” says Filipa, who believes that starting a business is a lot like painting. “You don’t go into much detail in a painting until you have…
The length of the hiring process can have a big impact on a company’s recruitment efforts, says a seasoned entrepreneur and executive, who believes that a single day is enough to screen and appoint a candidate. “I think the biggest takeaway…is how you find the right people,” Rance Hesketh told Via News Agency when asked…
Failure to focus on the long-term vision of a business and over-extending the scope of its activities could result in vulnerability, says a senior entrepreneurial executive, who calls it a “folly” to pursue growth rather than profit. “There’s too much short-termism, and that short-termism is ultimately very damaging. It’s damaging to the [company’s] culture in…
Motion design can play a key role in advancing the communication and marketing campaigns of companies, especially small businesses, says an industry expert. “Motion design is the future of communication,” Cyril-Mickaël Callejon, CEO and producer at Directive Première, a France-based audiovisual production and post-production company, told Via News in an interview. Cyril made the comments…
Lisbon is a standout hub for startups in terms of “cohesive appeal”, says the founder of ripatrip, who has experienced for himself that the low cost of living in the Portuguese capital provides entrepreneurs with a longer runway. Brennan Basnicki had worked for a decade in quantitative trading in Toronto, New York City, and Illinois…
They say planning is half the fun of travel. But we all know that it’s not always the case as making preparations sometimes gets so complicated and stressful that it takes the joy out of travel. It is especially true if you are looking to spice up your trip by doing some kiteboarding, skiing, surfing,…
Independent hotels should embrace technology and incorporate the latest trends into their strategies to be able to survive in the long run, says the founder and CEO of Climber RMS, a hotel revenue management platform. “Like anything else in life, you either adapt or you die. We have seen a lot of independent hotels disappearing,…
In a world where many people tend to value complexity, a Portuguese startup is scaling the ladder of simplicity to paint a new landscape for hotel revenue management while aspiring to leave a worthwhile legacy for the hospitality industry. “We have the fastest and easiest-to-use revenue management system in the market, and our interface is,…
I established two startups in the course of three years. I closed down my first company in 2018 after around a year of operation and my second startup is about to disappear into the annals of history. It must hurt a lot, right? But I’m so glad that I failed and failed fast because it…
The surge in shared office space in Lisbon is a genuine trend rather than a passing phase, says the CEO of LACS coworking initiative, who believes that an increase in supply would lead to higher demand. “I think the boom in the coworking sector is not a fad. It’s a trend as we’ve been seeing…
