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Mission Statement
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Startup Pirates wants to change the world one entrepreneur at a time!
opening remarks MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDERS
INÊS SANTOS SILVA
DANIELA MONTEIRO
RAFAEL PIRES
We still remember the day the name ‘Startup Pirates’ revealed itself. It was in a rainy night and for 3 hours we were brainstorming about possible names. And then, someone thought about Startup Pirates and we immediately realized this was the right name for us. Almost 3 years have passed, since that crucial moment and lots of things changed. But, one thing remains the same: Our passion is still the same and more than ever we believe our work can make a difference in people’s lives. The past 3 years have been exciting for us, seeing our work in action, especially the success of our programs and the companies and new jobs we helped to create. We are proud to work with teams from 16 different countries, in 3 continents and we are supporting hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs. We are delighted to bring together entrepreneurs, changemakers and young aspiring entrepreneurs to inspire,
influence, learn from each other and work together to develop business ideas and to launch new startups. We honestly believe that young people have an important role to play in our social and economic renewal, and we are privileged to be part of this change for good. In 2014, Startup Pirates wants to organize 30 programs and help more than 1000 entrepreneurs in the making. We are deeply committed on building out robust and impactful programs and support not only our Pirates, but also the startup communities where we have our programs. These are ambitious goals. These are goals that make us proud and make us work hard day after day. The future looks bright for Startup Pirates and we thank you for that. Inês, Daniela and Rafael
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FOUNDING PRINCIPLES
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1 If we don’t love what we do, then we are doing something wrong.
2 Alone we aren’t capable of achieving our full potential. Together we are capable of changing the world.
3 As a non-profit organization we embrace full transparency.
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We make sure to celebrate every small win.
We ship fast and learn along the way.
Boldness, Creativity and Humility are at our core.
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We focus on getting sh*t done.
The desire to create significant impact is baked into our DNA and serves as our “northern-star” for every decision made.
We are guided by a desire to create long term value.
pirate code Startup Pirates wants to break some rules, but being a Pirate takes discipline and focus. So, as Pirates in the past had a Code of Conduct, Startup Pirates has its own Pirate Code:
TIMELINE: STARTUP PIRATES STORY This big adventure started as a hobby when the 5 founders got together with a similar vision and ambition. We felt entrepreneurship was a real possibility that has the power to change people’s lives and contribute to the growth of the economy. So, we decided to launch our first program that went
really well and the hobby got serious! So far, everything went above our expectations both nationally and internationally. ... We are really proud of our accomplishments, but we can’t wait for what is to come. This is just the beginning!
2013
2012 2011
JULY 5 Startup Pirates Launch Party.
AUGUST SP @ Porto First program, first feedback and first improvement.
AUGUST First Startup getting investment. SP @ Bratislava First internacional program.
SEPTEMBER SP @ Zaragoza First program in Spain. SP @ Poznan First program in Poland.
JANUARY SP @ Maastrich First program in the Netherlands.
FEBRUARY People’s Choice Award for best accelerator in Europe by the London Web Summit.
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2014 FEBRUARY SP @ Budapest First program in Hungary.
FEBRUARY SP @ Cluj-Napoca First program in Romania.
JUNE SP @ Lahore First program in the Pakistan and Asia.
JULY SP @ Curitiba First program in Brazil and South America.
SEPTEMBER SP @ Gdansk We reached our 20th program worldwide.
OCTOBER SP @ Lima First program in Peru.
DECEMBER Honorable mention at Manuel Ant贸nio da Mota prize.
MARCH ENTERPRISE We launched our Startup Pirates Enterprise initiative.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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IMPACT ON
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1.35M €
630+
97
Programs SO FAR
different cities
GUEST ENTREPRENEURS
530+
PARTICIPANTS
FUNDING RAISED BY STARTUPS
JOBS CREATED
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Startups /Projects running
STARTUP PIRATES PROGRAM What Startup Pirates offers
Over the course of the 8 day community driven accelerator, participants have the chance to…
Startup Pirates in numbers
· Attend 8 high quality workshops on topics like business model, product development, pitch, etc; · Be mentored and get connected to more than 20 entrepreneurs and innovators who will join the program; · Access our network of perk partners; Work and “live” with 29 other amazing Pirates.; · Be connected with investors, business angels, business leaders and VC’s; · Access valuable prizes to get your startup running.
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30
Participants
25+
guests
Mentors, investors and entrepreneus
8
days
8
Workshops
=
2
One remarkable experience!
other activities
60
1
of working hours
event with the startup community
2/3
entrepreneur talks
2/3
sessions “ask the mentor“
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METHODOLOGY
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EXPANSION
IDENTIFY
NETWORK & CONNECT We make sure to be present in the most important conferences and events around the world and connect with the organizations and people that share a similar vision to ours.
SUPPORT & MONITOR
We work with local organizations to identify when and where we are doing the Startup Pirates programs. The engagement of the local community is essential to the success of the programs.
FACILITATE During the week of the program, we make sure to be present, at least, in the first 3 days to set the culture and give some support.
We give 24/7 support to our local organizers and exhaustively monitor the progress of each program.
FOLLOW-UP After the program, we want to know what was the impact of the program and we always follow-up with local organizers and participants. We are madly committed to the maximization of impact.
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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
WHERE WE’VE BEEN
TOTAL
16
AS PARTICIPANTS
46
AS SPEAKERS
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FEATURING Pioneers Festival 2012 & 2013, Austria
Le Web London & Paris 2013, UK & France
European Pirate Summit 2012 & 2013, Germany
DLD 2013, Germany
London & Dublin Web Summit 2013, UK & Ireland
Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2012, UK
Singularity University 2013, USA
InfluencerConf October 2012, Brazil
Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations - 2013, Dubai
MIT GSW March 2012, Turkey
London Web Summit 2013, UK
Startup Nations November 2012, Canada
Porto Startup Coffee Meetup 2013, Portugal
European Entrepreneurship Foundation & Startup Pirates: Something Ventured 2012, Austria
Almighty Pirate Startup / Community Award - 2013, Worlwide AS ORGANIZERS
SWITCH Startup Competition 2012, Portugal
SWITCH Startup Competition June 2012, Portugal Startup Pirates Meetup Maastricht September 2012, The Netherlands
SPONSORS
DUE was founded in 2009 to provide services in the areas of Information Systems, Web Marketing and Communications. It is our ambition to play a leading position in the domestic market among a new generation of creative companies that dominate the new digital world and know how to use the web to conquer international markets.
Fundação + is a legal person of private right that aims to foster actions that lead to a better world. They pursue this goal by designing, promoting, implementing and supporting social projects in Portugal and in the rest of the world, especially in developing countries. And we’re glad they are partnering with us to support our growth and also social projects’ that have been through our programs.
DUE has a vast experience in delivering services to distributors, primarily in the technology segment, our core business being the development of exclusive websites. DUE works constantly in revenue share models, wishing to improve the performance of SMEs clients mainly, but not exclusively.
“We want bright people. People who feel the pulse of thought and all the adjacent energy. Restless, agile, confident, wise, noble, brilliant, versatile, innovative and unique. People who see in the fight for everyone’s rights their own fight. Insightful and persistent, curious, creative, visionary, nature and animal lovers, willing to work for a better world. We want brains that pulse”..
SOME PARTNERS
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PIRATES IN THE PRESS eu-startups.com It’s Saturday morning and Startup Pirates @ Porto second edition is coming to an end. One week of business modeling, branding, pitching, mentorship and teamwork is over and it’s time to let the team’s ideas shine.
thenextweb.com
venturevillage.eu
You may remember last month our own Robin
(...)
Wauters was in Lisbon at the Switch conference and
Recently, the city council of Lisbon launched the
Reinaldo Ferreira // JS Catier
was shocked – shocked! to find out there are tech
Startup Lisboa initiative, a network of startup smart
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
startups in Portugal.
incubation spaces that mix coworking spaces in the
(...)
historical center of the city with acceleration programs Well, part of that story is an effort to support startups
that is mostly provided in partnership with not-for-
by the non-profit band of salty sea dogs known as
profit organisations like Beta-i or Startup Pirates.
Startup Pirates. These organisations provide several accelerator Not even a year old, the organisation has done some
programs like Beta-start, with mentors, coaches, ending
fast work setting up shop and helping others to do the
with a demo day, getting entrepreneurs venture capital
same. Along with the yo-ho-hos and a bottle of rum,
exposure and organise events such as “Silicon Valley
it is pushing expansion through ten countries and help-
comes to Lisbon” to foster access to an international
ing 1000 young entrepreneurs get their startups going.
network.
blog.unitedstartups.eu
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Startup Pirates Bratislava – Final jury live blogging (...)
Jamillah Knowles
Andre Marquet
July 16,2012
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
AUGUST 18, 2012
The pirate spirit is catching on.With The European Pirate Summit only a few days away, we found another pack of Pirates going out to sea.The Startup Pirates have just organized their first event in Porto, last week. And that was only the beginning of what they, and we, hope will be a worldwide phenomenon. The Startup Pirates is a movement that wants to create one-week Startup Schools around the world, bringing together the latest discoveries in the technology field with the experience and talent of successful entrepreneurs. (...)
Monica Obogeanu eureka-startups.com
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
El emprendimiento está a la orden del día. En estos tiempos revueltos, existe un consenso general en que fomentar el autoempleo y las nuevas iniciativas que generen innovación y puestos de trabajo es deseable. Pero ¿cómo fomentar una nueva cantera de emprend-
vita.it
edores?
Learn by doing, in a creative and informal way, boostStartup Pirates pretende dar a esta pregunta una re-
acceleratorgazette.com
ing entrepreneurship and creativity. Startup Pirates is
spuesta poco común. Esta iniciativa sin ánimo de lucro
Are you a wannabe entrepreneur hoping to find buried
a one-week intensive programme aiming to empower
nació en Lisboa en el 2011 de la mano de jóvenes
treasure with your world-changing idea? Are you in
wannabe entrepreneurs with the necessary tools to
universitarios interesados en potenciar la capacidad
Poland? Here’s your chance -- Poland’s HugeThing
create a startup.
de las personas emprendedoras para llevar a cabo sus
accelerator is one of the organizers of the Startup Pi-
ideas. ¿Cómo? Dotándolas de herramientas y criterio
rates @ Poznań. If you can’t make the event in Poland,
After having visited many cities around Europe, the
para que de forma autónoma puedan validarlas y
there could be a similar event coming soon to a place
programme will be in Barcelona from 24 November to
estructurar el plan de negocio que les abra las puertas
near you. Startup Pirates is a world-wide movement
1 December 2012, with a clear objective: foster social
de la financiación.
that aims to hold a series of one-week acceleration
entrepreneurship.
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programs in cities all over the world.
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#EurekaNews OCTOBER 12, 2012
Cristina Barbetta 2012
NOVEMBER 15, 2012
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blog.howtoweb.co
CULTURE Languages involved
English Romanian
Portuguese Hungarian
Polish
EVERYDAY STATS FROM 2013
19 GB OF E-MAILS 56 368 MILES TRAVELED
Spanish
skype calls
+550
PER YEAR
PHOTOS
+3160
FAVORITE TOOLS
PICTURES ON FLICKR
FUNNY FACTS
9 GOOGLE APPS
MEETINGS
We had 9 consecutive meetings at the local McDonalds before launching Startup Pirates.
SKYPE
1 PROPOSAL
VIDEO
+300
A wedding proposal at Startup Pirates @ Lisboa.
MINUTES OF VIDEO ON VIMEO
PODIO
BUFFER
RAPPORTIVE
30 YEARS
Two mentors met again at Startup Pirates @ Barcelona after 30 years of not seeing each other: they were friends at school and had lost contact!
OUR TEAM EXECUTIVE TEAM
DANIELA MONTEIRO
PIRATES IN RESIDENCE
INÊS SANTOS SILVA
RAFAEL PIRES
JOANNA PLUTA
DANIELA CARVALHEIRA
OUR VISION FOR 2014
30
PROGRAMS
900 PARTICIPANTS
110
PROJECTS / STARTUPS
WITH GRATITUDE
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As you may notice on this document, it has been a great growth and learning experience. All the results achieved lie on hard work and on our maybe naive belief that we can change the world, one entrepreneur at a time. But we wouldn’t be able to get here without the support of many people. To the all participants, local organisers, speakers, mentors, sponsors and partners, a big thank you for being part of this journey. We’re awaiting a challenging year, and we couldn’t be more excited. Hope we can keep counting on you! You sure can count on us.
May the fair winds be with us all!
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HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WORK. — Dr. Burton Lee, PhD MBA – Lecturer, European Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Stanford University; Managing Director, Innovarium Ventures
www.startuppirates.org hello@startuppirates.org facebook.com/startuppirates @HELLOPIRATES