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Photo copyright, Benjamim These things may sound different and unrelated, yet they fired some of the same synapses in my brain. First, a post in Bored …
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Working as a freelancer means that you sometimes get to see something grow from small to huge. Yesterday, I had the feeling I was watching that process …
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Your day can change pretty fast in Lisbon. One minute I was sitting down at a coffee shop, talking with Pedro Garcia through Facebook, the other I was …
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It doesn’t matter how well you know your trade, if you are a marketing, public relations or IT consultant, or any other for that matter, you should …
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Rest assured, this is not going to be one of those boring and emotional posts about the new year. This is about all the things I have been doing these last …
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A bit of context, a portuguese investments bank (BPI) organised a hackday, a challenge to build a mobile app in 24 hours or less, called Appy Day BPI. …
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Over the last 4 weeks I have been working, together with Basílio, in building something new around the community of photowalkers in Lisbon. It is something …
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Digital Strategy 101 from Bud Caddell Budd Caddell has an interesting presentation on Digital Strategy 101 that you can see above. If you are looking to a …
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I am still looking into good definitions of strategy. A few weeks back I found this slidedeck by Marc Sniukas that starts off with an interesting summary …
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When you work in Management or Communication you hear people talk about strategy all the time. They talk about the need for a solid business strategy, a …