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We're almost sold out for our first Masterclass on Design Thinking with Bill Burnett from Stanford University and 7 years designer at Apple, we've been having amazing interviews for Lisbon Challenge, we've just announced that we're organising our first talk on innovation for big corporations, and today we'll have the first event, co-organised with Landing.jobs, on how Lisbon can become Europe's tech capital
 
Wow, that was a long sentence... I seriously need to catch my breath.

Check out our updates and startup news and see all the events you should attend.  


Main highlights


DESIGN THINKING WORKSHOP WITH APPLE'S DESIGNER

We kicked off our new series of workshops called Masterclasses.

The 1st one will be on the 18th of March, on Design Thinking, with Bill Burnett, Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford University, who has designed award-wining laptops at Apple for 7 years and the Star Wars action figures.

We only have 15 tickets left, so get yours here before it's too late. 


FIRST TALK ON INNOVATION FOR BIG CORPORATIONS

We're organising our first talk for big corporations to learn from from the startup mindset and grow together, called, "Better Innovation: Growth & Collaboration".

We'll have a brilliant keynote from Peter Cohan, Professor at Babson College and writer for Forbes and Inc Magazine. Afterwards, we'll have our friends from Nesta, present their second report on how startups and corporates can collaborate.

If you want to bring the startup mindset to your organisation, join us on the 15th of March, from 5:30pm to 8pm. Get your ticket here


HERE ARE THE 15 FINALISTS OF PROTECHTING 


Now that the bootcamp week is over we have finally selected the 15 startups that will join us for the rest of the accelerator.

Find out who they are right here


NUMA INTRODUCES NUMA BARCELONA

Our friends from Numa have announced their new accelerator in Barcelona, in partnership with mVenturesBcn, and we're partnering up in the program.

Check out all the details here.
 

Events


TODAY: HOW WILL LISBON BECOME EUROPE'S TECH CAPITAL?


This will be the first of a series of events we organise with Landing.jobs in our HQ.

Join us for an interesting debate on Lisbon becoming Europe's tech capital, with Peter Tilsen, CTO at Uniplaces, Jamahl Mcmurran, Head of Talent at Seedcamp, and Alex Hoye, CEO at Faction Skis and RunwayEast.  


MAR-4 MONEY 20/20 MEET-UP IN LISBON


Money 20/20, the world's lasrgest fintech conference, is coming to Lisbon for a meet-up.

Join us in our HQ, to hear Nuno Sebastião, founder and CEO of Feedzai, Jonathan Weiner, founder of Money 20/20 and Venture Partner at OAK HC/FT, Sebastião Lencastre, CEO of EasyPay, and Pat Patel, Content Director of Money 20/20. 


MAR 2-6 BTL 2016 - INTERNATIONAL TOURISM EXHIBITION


BTL 2016, the biggest tourism exhibition in Portugal, is just around the corner. Meet some of the best tourism startups in Portugal from the 2nd until the 6th of March. 


MAR 9-10 WORKSHOP ON MINDFULNESS


Our friends from Terra dos Sonhos are organising a workshop on Mindfulness.

For those interested in attending send an email to ucif@terradossonhos.org  


MAR 11-15 SXSW IN AUSTIN, TEXAS


SXSW is one of the world's largest startup conferences, in Austin, Texas.

If you can't attend the event, make sure you check out the best talks on their live stream.  


MAR-15 "BETTER INNOVATION: GROWTH & COLLABORATION"


We're having our first innovation talk for big corporations on the 15 of March, from 5:30pm to 8pm.

Come and learn from the startup mindset with top speakers. Get your ticket here.  


MAR-18 MASTERCLASS ON DESIGN THINKING


Full-day Workshop on Design Thinking with Bill Burnett from Stanford University.

Get your ticket here - we only have 11 tickets left.   


JUN 7-8 LISBON INVESTMENT SUMMIT


The Lisbon Investment Summit 2016 is already this June and we'll have some big news coming soon... Make sure you save the date on your agenda (7-8 of June) and join us for the main startup event from the Lisbon startup community.

The first 100 tickets get a special discount. Find out all about it here

From our blogs


HOW TO RAISE MONEY FROM AMERICAN VCS


We've interviewed Nuno Sebastião, founder and CEO of Feedzai, on his journey as an entrepreneur who moved to the US to grow his startup in fintech.

Find out all about how to fundraise in from American VCs in this interview.  


6 TIPS FOR GETTING INTO LISBON CHALLENGE


Getting into an accelerator isn't easy, so here you have 6 useful tips that will help with your application process. 


5 MOVIES EVERY ENTREPRENEUR SHOULD WATCH


We all need inspiration every once and a while. So, if you have some time during this weekend, get some popcorn and watch these movies, all related to entrepreneurship somehow. 
 
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