Fred OIiveira brings Silicon Valley entrepreneurial culture to Portugal
As a computer science student at a leading university, Fred Oliveira could have gotten a job with a major technology company anywhere in the world. Google awarded him a prize in 2005 for participating in open-source projects....
Tiago Costa found a way with WayNext
Somewhat different from my other posts about Portugal and entrepreneurship that feature raw startups is Tiago Costa and his digital marketing agency, WayNext. Founded in 2002, WayNext is the brainchild of three colleagues who...
Mário Zenha-Rela and Dognædis – computer science prof turns to entrepreneurship
Solving some of the world’s great online security problems wasn’t enough for researcher and computer science professor, Mário Zenha-Rela, from the University of Coimbra in Portugal. He wanted to take his research out into the...
Rising star Portuguese entrepreneur, Sérgio Santos, is organizing the web with Bundlr
Who are the young, up-and-coming entrepreneurs of Portugal who will help lift the country from its economic woes? Meet 23-year old Sérgio Santos, co-founder of Bundlr. The company’s bundling software organizes web content about...
Anthony Lacenere: Propel IT, Bringing Fuel Efficiency to Truckers
What’s worse than having a married couple run an entrepreneurial startup together? Having a married couple who are both entrepreneurs running two startups! Because then both parties are driven entrepreneurs in pursuit of their...
Ricky Yean: Crowdbooster boosts effective social media to new levels
Ricky Yean emigrated from Taiwan to LA with his father at the age of 11. The logic was that the US would be a better place for Ricky. A hard-working kid, Ricky helped support his family financially through after-school jobs, and...
Rahul Vohra: Rapportive live
Rahul Vohra started Rapportive to make beautiful software. Since he was a child, he loved software and always knew that he would build software that many people would use. Rahul and his startup partners in Rapportive want to...
Trevor Owens, Lean Startup Machine
NYU college dropout, Trevor Owens, filled the gap of lack of entrepreneurial training by creating what is now the world’s leading bootcamp on Lean Startup methodologies. Hosted by his startup, Lean Startup Machine, the events are...
Luke Skurman: College Prowler
It’s back-to-school time. Meet Luke Skurman, founder and CEO of College Prowler, the largest provider of online college content. College Prowler has helped hundreds of thousands of college-bound students pick the right...
NIELSEN OF THE DIGITAL AGE: ALEX WHITE AND NEXT BIG SOUND
Obsessed with understanding how bands become famous, Alex White started Next Big Sound to become the Nielsen ratings of the digital age – for music. Next Big Sound provides online music analytics to music industry professionals....