Entrepreneur and Startup Success Workshop

Are you an Entrepreneur or a Start-up? Then you will want to join us in Porto for this workshop open to local entrepreneurs, start-ups, and scale-ups. This is open to all local Entrepreneurs and Start-ups.

Meet one of Portugal's raising Unicorns in person and hear how he did it. Learn what makes Startups Successful and where they fail with advice from Serial Entrepreneur Greg Shepard of Boss Capital, San Diego. Gain free lifetime access to Siinda's Startup Success Platform and hear from investors — registration is necessary.

Agenda for Tuesday 24th of October:

12.30 - 13.30 – Networking Lunch
13.30 - 14.00 – Local SEO and Google

• Helping local businesses understand SEO. Greg Gifford is an experienced Local SEO consultant specializing in the automotive industry. An experienced conference speaker, his movie-themed slide decks are always audience favorites.

14.00 - 14.30 – Unicorn Factory Lisboa - supporting entrepreneurs
14.30 - 15.00 - Due Diligence from an investor's point of view.

• This session discusses what investors think are a company’s success indicators. How do they measure risk, how much attention do they pay to market segment trends, and what leads them to decide to invest in either a start-up or a scale-up?
• Panel with Matteo Rizzi, Investor, John Goddard Private Equity COO group.one , Jon Martinsen, Investor and CEO at FCR Media Group

15.00 - 15.30 - UPTEC Ecosystem - Helping Fostering Entrepreneurship

• In this session, we will hear about the program from UPTEC and two startups from the ecosystem - Connect Robotics and Abuse Total - to explain how the connection between university entrepreneurial programs and the market through organizations like UPTEC can boost innovation.

15.30 - 16.00 - Spotlight on Investment, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship From the Portuguese tech-scene to the world: A Local Portuguese Story- Leadzai – Joao de Sousa Aroso

• This session focuses on how a local Portuguese company went from developing an innovative product in Portugal and is now partnered with companies worldwide.

16.00 - 16.30 - Coffee, Cake, and get to know some of Siinda's Leading companies and CEOs

16.30 - 16.45 - How to help start-ups and entrepreneurs get it right from idea to exit - Greg Shepard (remote)

• Start-ups and scale-ups very often make the same mistakes. This session, led by serial entrepreneur and investor Greg Shepard, CEO of Startup Science, discusses how to avoid those mistakes and ensure your company can succeed and grow.

16.45 - 17.00 - How to use the Siinda for Startups E-learning platform - Tereza Komarkova

• Siinda’s Startup Success platform is available free to all start-ups and entrepreneurs. This session will explain how to use and get the most out of the tools available.