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Lisboa
Start-up City
STARTING-UP IN LISBOA
“It must be said that Lisboa probably isn’t on the radar as a preferred location for startups; or that it is a hotbed of entrepreneurial action. But it could be; it can be; it should be. We are, after all, the West Coast of Europe. The business environment has been getting friendlier due to streamlined bureaucracy and there are some local startups that should warrant a closer look.”
Mário Valente, Seed Capital
San Francisco Lisboa
Most blog posts about Lisbon and start ups, make references about the similarities between San Francisco and Lisboa.
No wonder why...
San Francisco Lisboa
Lisboa is all About Style, Hipness and Quality of Life.
…according to Paul Graham’s (YCombinator founder).
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New York (8h15)/San Francisco (17h45)São Paulo (10h)
Airport
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Madrid (1h)Zurich (2h30)Israel (5h)Xangai (19h)
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IADEBelas Artes
River TEJO
Engineering Universities
Lisboa is well connected.
NOVA - ENGINEERING
“Closer to what matters.*”
More than 50Km of golden beaches...Surfing, Kite, Golf, you name it!
Lisbon is one of Europe’s mildest capital cities, with a lot of sunshine (over 3300 hours per year).
“Just the Right Place”
“High Quality Health Services”
Free National Health SystemAffordable Premium Private Insurance
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Multicare(Portugal)
Mutuel Assurance(Switzerland)
Private Insurance
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“Arrival to Lisboa”
“Getting from our office in downtown Lisbon at rush hour to the Airport can be done in under 20 minutes.”
James and Sabrina, Founders of Webnographer
“Lisbon is competitive.”
Thousands of grad-students.English speaking workforce.Competitive engineers and designers, and management students.
“Low cost”Lots of business spaces in Lisboa to help you get started witht the most important: building your product.
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512K USD
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Silicon Valley Lisbon
* Data partially compiled by James and Sabrina, Founders of Webnographer
Feel better with the Planet.Knowing that more than 70% of your electricity that powers Lisbon from renewable CO2 neutral sources, like wind power*.
(*) based on public data from EDP Power utility :http://www.edpsu.pt/pt/origemdaenergia/Pages/OrigensdaEnergia.aspx
TOP Tech&Design Schools:• Instituto Superior Técnico• Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa• Universidade Nova de Lisboa• Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa• ESAD
There are over 100.000 university students in and around Lisbon. Now prefer to join a startup.
Lots of Local Talent Available.
We even have startups on wine! Adegga created a social network around wine that puts winemakers closer to wine-tasters.
Great food and wine!
Local Research Centers, and multi-national eco-system operating in Lisbon
Major US, European and Japanese companies operate development and R&D facilities to take advantage of the high caliber workforce.
Tax breaks for IT start-ups.
The Portuguese Government and the European Union is a major supporter of Portuguese technology through a host of financial programs that encourage investment.
All the Speed you Need.
Fiber-to-the-home symmetrical 1Gbps connections are widely available, and 4G is expected to be deployed along 2012.*
1 – 125 TV channels, 100Mbps internet , unlimited voice, free 100Mb 3G;2 – 160 TV channels, 50 Mbps internet , unlimited voice.
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PT(Portugal)
Swisscom(Switzerland)
Vivo Casa2
144,97 €
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4x better price per speed!
Growing Brazil and Angola Speak Portuguese!
Tolerant and Artistic Life
For all genres, and tastes.
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