Speakers

Workshops:

Guida Figueira: Facilitating messages and change with people and organizations since 1994, Guida has sailed red and blue oceans with good weather and with tropical storms. She had the privilege to make part of great teams and to lead some of them in public, private and non profit organizations. She sailed within dreams of organizations, drafts of organizations, small companies, nightmares of organizations, great organizations and also the ones that everybody knows. She was involved in the launch of projects, reinvention of businesses/companies and also in the end of others. All in the only way possible – with passion and the strong believe of getting better in the end of the way, much better in the end of the journey.
At the moment, she makes part of Winwin Talents team as a Business Matchmaker.

Kristin Mendez is the Marketing Manager for Boyden Global Executive Search in Portugal and Teaching Assistant for Marketing courses at Católica-Lisbon School of Business  A New York native, she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Psychology from UPENN as well as an MBA with concentrations in Marketing and Management from The Lisbon MBA International – a program held in partnership with MIT, Católica and Nova.  Her professional experience ranges from managing luxury health clubs in NYC (Chelsea Piers, The Sports Club/LA, Equinox) to marketing in various industries (L’Oréal, BBDO, The Lisbon MBA, Grupo Neves de Almeida).  She believes that brands are like superheroes – they can have great power but along with that comes great responsibility.  Brands can be born, they can die, they can evolve and all of this depends on the strategy (or lack thereof) behind the brand.

Lina Figueira: A strong believer of the motto “all work, all play” Lina has dedicated the last two decades of her life to developing people and organizations, with a clear goal of leveraging talent as a way to bring joy to the work place as well as to improve productivity. From  the experience as a first grade teacher remains the passion for creativity and innovation as means of problem solving and change management.

Marta Miraldes is one of the founding partners and managing Partner at SBI Consulting. With more than 10 years of experience, Marta has supported the launch and consolidation of numerous projects across several business segments, from the business model development to the elaboration of the business Action Plan, further supporting the search of the most appropriate methods of financing (including bank financing, venture capital and incentives QREN).
Amongst the many initiatives and projects which have participated over the years, Marta has been involved in the creation of the study on Venture Capital in Portugal, the launch and implementation of the Finicia Jovem Program, the economic development of the financial model Finicia-IAPMEI. Marta is also trainer in various workshops and seminars on entrepreneurship and QREN incentive systems and has been invited Professor for three years in the entrepreneurship post-graduation at INDEG / ISCTE. Currently, on top of managing SBI Consulting, she collaborates with the STARTUP LISBON, a new incubator in Lisbon, supporting the selection and follow up of the incubated companies.

Rui Quinta is a Brand Designer and starting as a “classic” graphic designer he soon founded is own agency, learned about the importance of understanding the business perspective, developed interest in brand strategy and in the last years he’s been consciously applying some core “values” of what some people call “design thinking” after an intense experience at the D.School – Berlin. Basically, he loves to help people realize their beliefs, transform their motivations into images and feelings while bringing everyone into the design process. He’s not only applying what he has learned with courageous clients and agencies but also by putting in motion his own projects like “www.bubka-associates.com“, “toyno.com“ and “www.peixariacentenaria.pt“.

Tiago Franco: I founded Imaginary Cloud in 2010 and have been leading the company ever since. From the very beginning we have been guided by the same principles that we still live by today:
Developing creative and sustainable solutions; Maintaining excellent communication; Always being transparent. Placing a high priority on innovation and always improving our methods. It is for these reasons Imaginary Cloud continues to grow as a company, winning the confidence of successful, progressive clients. We’re proud that we continue to employ and invest in the most talented developers and designers in Portugal. I’m always happy to talk to driven and aspirational Ruby, iOS and Android developers about their career plans.

Mentors:

André Luis: The desire to be different, to have an impact in people’s lives and add value to the society was always the purpose of André Luis’ life. Born in Setubal, he graduated in Industrial Design in IADE, and later got a Post-Graduation in Marketing Management in ISEG. He started his career in the communication department of a Portuguese human resources group, where he was responsible for the company’s rebranding. Two years later, at the age of 23, he had the chance to start his first company and also become one of the owners of Blackorange, the company he leads nowadays. A few months later, he accepted the invitation to be Vitória de Setúbal’s Marketing director – his hometown sports club – becoming one of the youngest directors in sports, nationally. In 2008 he founded ODD School an educational project with the ultimate goal of creating and developing the Entertainment Industry in Portugal. More recently he founded Trojan Horse was a Unicorn, a unique four-day Digital Art Rave that brings to Portugal the most important artists and companies of the digital entertainment industry. Launched in 2013, Trojan Horse was a Unicorn has already become a one of the most important events of its kind in the world.

Bruno Santos Amaro started out with a Chemical Engineering degree, from University of Coimbra but since a deeper contact with the entrepreneurial world in London, in 2006 while pursuing his PhD studies, that’s all he can think of these days.
Formerly a startup consultant for SPI Ventures. In 2012, accepted the challenge to join AUDAX/ISCTE-IUL and be part of a team to rethink the innovation centre of FCUL (School of Science, University of Lisbon). And Tec Labs was born. Artisan of several crafts, master of few. A David Allen’s GTD methodology enthusiast. Loves hearing, reading and throwing tips about new projects, even if not asked to. Although a failed MacGyver, Bruno is a tech enthusiast, always excited about new gadgets. Antibullshit. Prolove.

Fernando Mendes, 46 years, graduated in Communication Design and Master in Visual Culture (Studies of Photography) from IADE. Founder and Co-founder of the publishing projects of the Group Forum, Associação CAIS, Banco Alimentar, among others. Was the general coordinator of the first monthly portuguese magazine about the Internet – Cyber.net. He was director of design of the first portuguese portal, Terravista. In 2010, he founded Coworklisboa with Ana Dias, his wife. In 2011, he co-founded the startup All-Desk. He is since April 2012, President of the Association of Former Students of IADE. But what he really knows about is The Velvet Underground and beloved Lou Reed.

João Pina Souza has a Degree in Geography with GIS specialization from UL, Post-degree in GIS, and MBA from ISCTE. With more than 15 years experience his professional experience ranges from Director of Information Technologies in hospitality industry, IS Division Manager at Tech Data, to Marketing & GIS Director and Application Engineer in different multinational corporations. Actually is the Founder and CEO at Shipizy and Partner at Silverlegacy, previously he Co-founded Twinazous and GBI c.s., both services companies. Married with two children, currently lives in Lisbon, is passionate about travel where already traveled to 25 countries. Loves everything that has to do with technology and virtual reality but lately has specialized in business operations and strategies and has strong ability to make life simpler and more productive through the use of new and emerging technologies, if they are not available, able to design and Implement them.

João Vasconcelos: João founded and managed several companies, from design to real estate and tourism. He always had a strong involvement in community andassociations, particularly in ANJE where he was Vice President. He supports national entrepreneurship for many years and now adds to his business life the position of Executive Director of Startup Lisboa, Lisbon City incubator, a project sponsored by the Municipality of Lisboa, Montepio Bank, IAPMEI, Portugal Telecom, Microsoft, KPGM, SAGE and several universities.

Miguel Ferreira: Entrepreneur and marketer on a mission to build things that matter. Miguel is the Co-Founder/Marketing MacGyver @Foodzai, an online community for kitchen superheroes. In 2013, Foodzai was the first ever portuguese startup to be selected for LeWeb Startup Competition in London. Foodzai also joined the renowned accelerator programme Startupbootcamp Berlin for its 2013 class. Previously, Miguel also Co-founded Gruv Lisbon. Lived in 5 countries in 3 continents, and has professional work experience in 4 countries. Passionate about social media, marketing and electronic music. Always learning.

Nuno Lourenço is an Industrial Property Official Agent, an European Trademark and Design Attorney and a partly Qualified European Patent Attorney. He is the Patents Department managing director at Clarke, Modet & Co Portugal. He has a wide background and experience in patentability, infringement and freedom-to-operate technical and legal opinions, as well in patent drafting and conducting due diligence. He also acts as an expert in patent actions before Portuguese courts and has several post-graduate degrees in European patents. Formerly, he was Project Manager at Madan Science Park in partnership with the Portuguese Patent and Trademark Office and a researcher in several projects, GMM / IMAT – Metallic Materials Group / Materials Institute of the Faculty of Engineering – University of Porto. Nuno is also on the board of members in the Materials Professional Society of Engineers.

Paulo Bandeira: Corporate lawyer with extensive experience in M&A deals (domestic and international), corporate governance matters and securities law. Experienced in startup investment processes, structuring seed funding and capital venture investments. Founder of the Insituto Português de Corporate Governance (Portuguese Corporate Governance Institute), member of the Commision in charge of drafting IPCG Corporate Governance Code and member of its legal commission. Frequent speaker at corporate governance seminars, focusing mainly in board of directors structuring and directors liability. Member of the Governance Lab forum. Vice-President of the Union Internationale des Avocats and member of the Executive Committee of the Portuguese Section. Specialties: Mergers and Acquisitions, incorporation of companies, startup, business legal structuring, restructurings, commercial contracts, securities.

Pedro Falcão has a Degree in Information Technology Engineering and MBA by UNL. He is Investment Director at Novabase Capital and was previously Investments Director at Aitec SGPS, being responsible for analyzing more than 700 projects. He worked as Marketing Director at OutSystems and TIMw.e. where he helped the company expand to more than 90 countries. He was also a Strategic Consultant at Gemini Consulting. Formerly he worked in Banking and Services as Assistant to Chairman, Project Manager and Analyst/Programmer.

Sandra Sick apparently adores pirates (and mentoring startups) as she has been on the mentor team for every edition of Startup Pirates Lisboa. She has also mentored Seedcamp Lisbon in 2012, Startup Exchange, Startup Live, The Lisbon Challenge sponsored by Beta-I and is a mentor for Startup Lisboa. Sandra has an extensive background in marketing for startups and has worked for numerous well-funded technology companies in the US as well as consulted for many companies around the globe. She continues to consult in the area of marketing, public relations, business development and social media and is currently working with or advising startups in Portugal and the US. With a great interest in non-profit marketing, Sandra was the Digital Marketing Strategist for Stand Up To Cancer and part of the team that helped raise over $80 million for cancer research in the September 2010 telethon. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a focus in Marketing from S.U.N.Y. New Paltz in New York and is currently honing her Portuguese language skills. Follow Sandra on Twitter @SandraSick .

Talks:

Altino Pinto: is a 29 year old entrepreneur from Aguiar da Beira. He holds a Degree in Social Communication and a Master of Science in Communication – Media and Journalism. His entrepreneurial experience includes being the Founder of local newspaper “+ Aguiar da Beira” and Co-founder of “CHEF Lisboa – Boa mesa, boa cultura!” His work experience includes being Journalist in the “Diplomática” magazine and Superior Technical Communication in Portuguese Youth Institute.

João Romão: is a 25 year old portuguese entrepreneur. At the age of 19, João launched his first web startup, achieving hundreds of customers around the world. At 23, João ensued his entrepreneurial ventures, co-founding Wishareit, a once consumer web platform that gathered dozens of thousands of users from 60+ countries that pivoted into a B2B SaaS startup that helps online shopping companies to increase visibility, retention and sales through peer-to-peer shopping collaboration called GetSocial. GetSocial has raised almost a million dollars in VC funding in 2013.

Mariana Duarte Silva: After obtaining a degree in Business Administration, a young and wide-eyed Madame found herself on an a relatively risk-free career path, working as a product manager for one of Portugal’s biggest media groups. However, anyone who has known Mariana for even a fraction of a minute can pretty much guess what happened soon thereafter. The ever enthusiastic and adventurous young woman quickly tired of the 9 to 5, play-it-safe lifestyle and in 2007 she left Lisbon for the hustle and bustle of London, one of the world’s most exciting cities, in search of bigger and better things. She consulted for Citizensound music and officially founded her own talent agency Madame Management in 2008. Her charm, quick wit, and determination to get things done, quickly endeared her to some of London’s movers and shakers and she held events at such venues and clubs such as Plastic People, AKA, The Egg, Sketch, Cargo, Islington Metal Works and Bar Music Hall. Returning to Lisbon she re-focused her career as a press and communications specialist for music festivals such as Sónar Galicia, Semibreve, Neopop and Lisbon nightclubs Ministerium and Faktory as well as continuing to promote her own events. Her latest project is Village Underground Lisboa, of which she is a co-founder. Launching in February 2014, built around refurbished shipping containers and double decker busses, Village Underground will provide Lisbon with a new cultural centre as well as affordable workspace for those in the creative industries. It is the first international branch of the highly acclaimed project of the same name in London.

Vasco Gaspar: believes that a “new world” is possible in organizations. A world where wise and compassionate leaders are really able to “lead from the future as it emerges” as well as to inspire people to flourish into their highest potential, igniting a real evolution in teams and organizations.
With a toolbox filled with “cutting-edge” awareness-based technologies (e.g. Mindfulness, Integral Model, Presencing, Element-B) his dream is to co-create this future – and he’s already doing it at different organizations, or with the general public as a social entrepreneur (ZorBuddha project).
He was recently invited to be part of the first teacher training program of Search Inside Yourself (Google’s Mindfulness Based Emotional Intelligence program) which, in the long run, has the intention to create the conditions for world peace.

Energizers:

Amalia Ghiban: Everything around us, including ourselves, is made out of energy. At the core of any atom there is energy vibrating at a different frequency, and this for me is fascinating. The way we walk, the words we speak, the way we handle money, relationships, knowledge, life, anything we believe we own, is based on a constant flow of energy, and we are responsible for it. If it gets stuck or flows, we should be aware of how to manage it. I don´t want to talk to much about it, but more to show you how to see it , feel it and use it in your advantage.