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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Portugal

The Next Web

It might be everyone’s dream to move to Portugal. Like in neighboring Spain, the country was hit hard with a headache-inducing unemployment rate that was concentrated primarily on Portugal’s youth. Beautiful beaches, amazing food, and weather. Its vibrant startup scene is now another reason to add to the list.

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Entrepreneurship in Portugal

entrepreMusings

I went to Portugal with 4 other colleagues (3 of us presented) to help give a workshop on incubation management and on-shoring opportunities for Portuguese technology companies to the US. It’s hard for them, the government, and even us to appreciate how far they have come in the last few years and how much hard work is ahead of them. [

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. Venture capital is an industry best served up from 7-year aged casks. We did not. Fundings boomed. The so-called “ billion dollar club.&#. I’m long the cloud.

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