darwinLabs blog

The problem interview

In my process of starting a new service for darwin-labs I’ve been using several tools described in the excellent book by Ash Maurya, Running Lean.

The one that has been having the biggest impact is by far the Problem Interview. This is basically a structured…

Consulting versus Product companies

Lately I’ve been having a lot of discussions on the plus/minus of a product company versus a service company and on how different it is to build a company that has both components (a famous Portuguese entrepreneur called those companies schizophrenic).

What has changed in the Portuguese Startup Scene in the last 2 years and what still needs to change

When I came back to Portugal 2 and a half year ago, the Portuguese startup scene was pretty much innexistent. There were some cool projects already, some great…

A “Simple” Question — How can I build a global company?

Here is my talk at Switchconf that eventually led me to write “European Founders at Work“. Let me know what you think in the comments.