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A Startup Story from the roadshow to China
The second edition of Protechting recently came to an end, with three winners selected for the Roadshow to China. We asked one of the founders of the three startups to report back to us on their...
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The Travel Industry is Changing
Frank Borman, a retired NASA astronaut, once said: ‘exploration is really the essence of the human spirit’. Now, you don’t have to go all the way to space for exploration. There are plenty of wild and...
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Can You Predict the Future of Your Industry?
In 1964 someone said there would be no market for television. “Television won’t be able to hold onto any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a...
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How to Speak Startup Lingo?
Startup culture has its own language. Many of the terms tossed around sounds like something out of a Sci-Fi movie, or an episode of ‘The Big Bang Theory’, at the very least… In fact, hearing the...
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Five FAQs about SingularityU Portugal Summit Cascais
We have been talking about SingularityU Portugal Summit Cascais for a long time now, but it is completely natural that there are still some doubts about it. To clear them out, here are some frequently...
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Free Electrons’ applications are open!
Applications are open for Free Electrons – the first truly global acceleration program, that connects the most promising startups with leading utilities in the energy sector. The program seeks to find...
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5 reasons you should attend Lisbon Investment Summit #LIS
The Lisbon Investment Summit, also known as #LIS, will be back on 6th and 7th of June to our sunny city. The surprisingly informal and slightly unexpected startup conference will bring together the...
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Why Your Startup Should Apply to Smart Open Lisboa Housing
What makes SOL Housing, the new Smart Open Lisboa vertical, the place for your startup? Explore the reasons why you should consider participating in the programme if you have a startup with a solution...
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Smart Open Lisboa: Meet the partners of SOL Housing
Smart Open Lisboa is back again, in its vertical SOL Housing, dedicated to upgrading Lisbon’s City Life. This vertical has a broad spectrum of opportunities in several areas: assisted living, retail...
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Why Corporate Innovation Needs Anthropologists?
The question “Why Corporate Innovations Needs Anthropologists” has been gaining relevance lately because of two “instances” – academy and corporate world. Application of anthropology and ethnographic...
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Results time: two Bootcamps, 29 pilots
The Open Innovation programs The Journey and Protechting achieved major pilot results – involving 23 startups from 15 countries, in three continents – to develop new solutions on Tourism, Fintech,...
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“Free Electrons allows the modulation between corporates and energy startups“
An interview with Stephen Comello, director of the Energy Business Innovations focus area at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Free Electrons invited researcher: “Innovation takes time, and...
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SOL Mobility: walking the talk for a more sustainable Lisbon
Such a week! From 3rd to the 7th of February, the SOL Mobility bootcamp brought 25 startups from 13 different countries to present their solutions for urban mobility to the public and corporate...
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Get ready for Lisbon Tourism Summit
The Lisbon Tourism Summit, organized by Beta-i and sponsored by Turismo de Portugal, will take place on March 17th, at Universidade Nova de Lisboa rectorate. It is an event dedicated to innovation in...
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Beta-i launches online course and ecosystem weekly podcast
Considering the economic context of the coming months, when great difficulties for businesses in several sectors are foreseen, innovation is the keyword to guarantee a sustainable future for...
View ArticleBeta-i 2020: collaborative innovation
Well yes, we do have some exciting news to share. We’re launching our new brand and everything that comes along in these key moments. We’re really happy with the final result – something that was...
View ArticleBeta-i Q&A #1: the new moment
New world, new challenges: Kicking off with this post, we’ll be sharing during the next days and weeks some Questions & Answers in a chat with Beta-i’s CEO, Pedro Rocha Vieira. You’ll get to know...
View ArticleSOL Tomorrow: tackling the post-pandemic in Lisbon
Within the scope of Smart Open Lisbon platform, the Lisbon Municipality, alongside Beta-i, has launched SOL Tomorrow, a new program based on collaboration between key organizations in Portugal and...
View ArticleDownload: “Learnings in times of a pandemic” poll
Digital transformation still has a long way to go before becoming ubiquitous in society and companies. The belief that all the market is fully on digital mode, is actually a myth. B2B relations might...
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