Are you an employee but an entrepreneur at heart?
Would you like to build a product or service-based business around your talent so you can enjoy the freedom to travel and be fueled by the potential of limitless earnings? Or, have you already started on your entrepreneur journey?
During this IRL panel and mixer, hear from 4 experienced entrepreneurs who’ve made the jump from 9-5 to the laptop lifestyle.
Panel Topics We’ll Cover
- Starting Out: Inspiration & Making the Leap
- The Ins & Outs of Running Your Own Business
- Reflection & Challenges
- Q&A Time
Before and after the panel there will be dedicated time to meet other entrepreneurs in the Lisbon community, as well as drinks Happy Hour. Special name tags will be created to make the most of your networking.
Event Schedule
7-7:30 PM: Mix & Mingle
7:30-8:15 PM: Panel + Q&A
8:15-9 PM: Mix & Mingle
Meet the Panelists & Moderator
Eloïse Steen📍 Lisbon, Portugal
🇩🇰👩💻 Google Ads Consultant
Eloïse is a Google Ads consultant and helps lead generation and eCommerce businesses increase sales with advertising. She started her online business 3 years ago while living abroad in Portugal after leaving her full-time job as Google vendor. She loves outdoor life with sports, tennis and the beach, and to be surrounded by people from all over the world. Eloïse is Danish-Belgian, has lived in 7 countries and speaks five languages. eloisesteen.com | @eloisejas
Elston Baretto 📍 Traveling
🇺🇸👨💻 Founder, Tiiny.host
Elston Baretto is the founder of Tiiny.host and is in a similar position to most solo entrepreneurs - working on his side-project alongside a full time job, but has had a career packed with learnings. Elston started out his career at JP Morgan, having reluctantly accepted a graduate job he planned to stay at for 6 months. 4 years later, he was still at the conglomerate bank, but he wasn't satisfied staying there for the rest of his career. While at JP Morgan, Elston launched a few side-projects, some of which still make revenue today, but decided to leave to chase the startup dream. Fast forward a year and the startup dream was over, a company with 14 employees but little traction - sound familiar? Elston went back to work full-time while he figured things out. In January 2020, he launched Tiiny.host, a super simple way to host your work online. Today, more than 100,000 links have been uploaded with Tiiny Host and it's rapidly growing with over 350 customers from all over the world without any funding and marketing budget. tiiny.host | @baretto
Agathe Pommery📍 Lisbon, Portugal
🇫🇷👩💻 Entrepreneurs Coach, Inline Coaching
Agathe is a French entrepreneur who co-founded CetteFamille.com, a social startup to help elderly people to find warm alternatives to retirement houses. After launching CetteFamille, she became a UX/UI design teacher in Paris, Lisbon and Amsterdam and settled in Lisbon before starting a new adventure: Oxalá, a swimsuit brand to mix pleasure, family history and fashion. She now coaches entrepreneurs with Inline Coaching to help them find their own definition of success and build their own. inline-coaching.com | LinkedIn
Moderator: Natalie Thomas 📍 Traveling
🇺🇸👩💻 Founder, The Now With Nat
Natalie Thomas is a Yoga & Meditation Teacher, Mindfulness Coach/Consultant, and Wellness Advisor at SaksWorks. She began using mindfulness techniques at a young age as a junior Olympic diver, and now, with her lifelong yoga, meditation and mindfulness practice, teaches others how to ease stress and find stillness in their day-to-day lives. A qualified yoga / meditation teacher & coach, Natalie has received several training certifications from various international institutions around the world and uses these tools & techniques to help others nourish their mind-body connection. Natalie has also led retreats worldwide and launched a podcast called The Now With Nat. Aside from wellness, Natalie has a background in entertainment, having worked for a major film studio in Los Angeles, and is now currently producing movie scripts. thenowwithnat.com | [masked]