Bidroom is a new booking website that guarantees guests always get a great deal. They call themselves a “revolutionary booking platform, that offers new solutions to both the hotels and their guests.” Their goal is to bring fairness back to the travel industry cutting out the excessive costs for both parties. They have no commission…
Catarina Santos Nunes is the founder of Espaço 3D Cowork, a coworking space in downtown Lisbon. They call themselves “an eclectic community of inspired entrepreneurs who created a fun, laid back and creative worksplace in the heart of Lisbon.” They have 18 private offices, 20 open spaces, and host 36 events annually. In this interview,…
Nikolaas Bellens is the CEO at KAZI, an internationally-active Belgian HR tech company whose name stands for both “job” and “mission”. They’ve built the Expectations Scan, which is a unique tool business can use to identify and express the talent expectations behind the resume. This way, organizations can provide the right messages and positions with…
Banco Agrícola, a leading bank in El Salvador, recently launched “Cuenta Fácil”, the first 100% digital product that allows the complete opening of a bank account through their App Banca Móvil. After the acquisition in 2007 by Grupo Bancolombia, Banco Agrícola becomes a benchmark bank in most of Central America and Latin America, in a…
Lisbon (ViaNews) – James Cave, born in Ireland, has been a ‘digital nomad’ for almost eight-years. A digital nomad is described as someone who makes a living with digital technology and lately many of them have been coming to Lisbon. Like James, many companies and entrepreneurs have come to Portugal to live and do business….
London (ViaNews) – At the Lendit Conference in London, we met with Claus Christensen, CEO at Know Your Customer Limited. This Hong Kong-headquartered multinational company provides digital solutions to quickly identify companies and individuals for the KYC (know your client) onboarding processes. Know Your Customer Limited technological solution verifies original source documentation in record time….
LISBON (ViaNews) – Right at the heart of the Web Summit, we met with Lucas Roitman and Nicolas Klein, Designer & Visionary and Networking leaders respectively, for Adia Robotics. Adia Robotics is a UK-based startup on its way to disrupt the drone industry. They are on a mission to make drones “smarter”, using artificial intelligence,…
Luis Caixado founded JustEnjoy, a startup looking to deliver memorable moments for families during their holidays. Today, he’s focused on teaching and helping young entrepreneurs to become a better version of themselves. We met with Luis at Web Summit to understand what is being done for young entrepreneurs in Portugal. Miguel Salvado: We have a…
LISBON (ViaNews) – We met with Portugal’s Secretary of State for Internationalization, Eurico Brilhante Dias, for an interview at Web Summit, the largest technology event in Europe. Eurico Brilhante Dias holds a Ph.D. in Business Management and was Assistant Professor at ISCTE Business School. His management experience includes being Board Member of AICEP Portugal as…
LISBON (ViaNews) – Ewan Spence describes himself as a storyteller but he’s been doing a lot more than just telling stories. Besides writing for Forbes, he was a BAFTA nominated broadcaster and has been working for prominent organizations such as the BBC. He’s been conducting shows in various national and local stations. He was Scotland’s…
