Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Ageas Innovation Hackathon, an initiative of the Ageas Portugal Group and Nova SBE, is back. The 3rd edition of the innovation hackathon, which challenges students to solve real cases in 24 hours, returns on 11 and 12 February, in digital format.

Could we ever afford to choose not to learn, not to evolve, not to grow? Susana Ferreira, Director for Marketing & Communication at Nova SBE Executive Education, shares her views on the lessons learned during the COVID-19 period.

If we analyse the most creative ideas in the history of humanity, we can see that they are ideas that were born from a combination of realities that already existed. Paula Marques explains why.

Judgment & Decision-Making (JDM) and Complex Problem-Solving (CPS) are among the key skills the world needs for the fourth industrial revolution (HolonIq, 2019, World Economic Forum, 2018).

Starting a company is tempting. The eulogy of the entrepreneur is nowadays exacerbated, full of success stories from Silicon Valley: the garage company that became Fortune 500, the start-up sold for millions or the eccentric life of someone who became a multimillionaire overnight. However, the truth is that not everything translates into a megalomaniac marketing campaign, and achieving this status is not only unlikely, but also implies a lot of work, a lot of time and a lot of mistakes.

The success of an entrepreneurship project depends on a number of factors coming together to solve the existence of a problem - this is called having an idea and should be the first step of any entrepreneur. Read on and discover 5 ways to have ideas based on Applied Knowledge!

Yes, starting a company is tempting. But getting on the list of success stories and achieving that status in the short term is not only unlikely, it involves a lot of work, a lot of time, and a lot of mistakes. However, if none of this puts you off we want to make sure you do it for the right reasons!