When I was taking my degree I ran out of money to pay my college tuition. To solve the problem I ended up opening a stationery store on the college campus. Since then I gained a taste for businesses, launched several projects and became a member of the board of Acredita Portugal, being in charge of different initiatives like one of the biggest entrepreneurship contests in the world (with more than 10,000 participants per year), create and operationalize Aceler@Tech Acceleration Program (a program that attracted to Portugal tourism related entrepreneurs from all over the world), launch 2 business incubators, and raise more than 500k in direct financial investment for the social projects in which I am involved, as well as much more capital converted into free goods and services for which we would traditionally have to use part of our budget.The world never stops so, at some point, I joined the Matosinhos Economy and Tourism City Councilour team, having been involved in several projects related to the economic promotion of the city and development of initiatives through which the city supports its entrepreneurs.I recently accepted the position of Head of Growth and Acceleration at Startup Portugal where I am contributing even more to the success of the Portuguese entrepreneurial ecosystem.